Day: February 25, 2010
Kaman Sales Down 8.8% in 2009
Industrial Distribution sales for Kaman fell 16.9%.
Rexel Sells Non-Core Business
HCL Asia was part of Rexel's electronics division.
How to Be Successful with Email Marketing
All too often, companies make the mistake of treating email as a prospecting tool.
Indutrade Agrees to Buy the Lekang Group
The Lekang Group will be the fifth acquisition by Indutrade this year.
Kaman Agrees to Buy Allied Bearings Company
Allied Bearings has locations in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.
Gibraltar Industries 2009 Sales Fall 32%
The manufacturer and distributor of products for the building and industrial markets has closed 34% of its facilities in the last two years.
Fourth-Quarter Public Distributor Report: The Back and Forth Between Air Products and Airgas
This is the MDM Public Distributor Report, provided on a quarterly basis to subscribers of Modern Distribution Management. This report includes an overview of public distributor earnings calls, Airgas and Air Products acquisition talk, and financial metrics for publicly traded distribution companies.
Fourth-Quarter Public Distributor Report: Signs of Optimism Start to Appear in Quarterly Calls
This is the MDM Public Distributor Report, provided on a quarterly basis to subscribers of Modern Distribution Management. This report includes an overview of public distributor earnings calls, Airgas and Air Products acquisition talk, and financial metrics for publicly traded distribution companies.
MDM Industrial Inflation Index: December 2009
Modern Distribution Management's Industrial Inflation Index measures a cross-section of industrial supplies.
MDM News Digest 4004
News briefs from Feb. 11 - 25, 2010.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories for December 2009
Wholesale revenues increased in December, while inventories declined.
Economic Update: Is Manufacturing Bouncing Back?
Cautious optimism remains the theme for the economy in 2010. Slow but steady improvement is being seen in several sectors, yet the latest round of earnings reports demonstrate a hesitation to proclaim the U.S. and global economies have entered the recovery phase.
Last month, Donald A. Norman, an economist for the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, referred to the economy having been in "rehab" during the last quarter, while now it "finally appears to be on the road to recovery."
Indeed, manufacturing – one of the hardest hit sectors during this recession – began posting some positive numbers.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, manufacturing added …
Commentary: Recommended Reading in 2010
MDM Interview, Part 2: Applied Industrial Technologies’ Growth Plans
U.S. Market Analysis: 2009 Safety Products
The product group listed here - Safety Products -represented a market in 2009 of $X.XX billion, accordingto estimates by Industrial Market Information,Minneapolis. The charts in the pdf linked below show the top ten industries, by SIC code,consuming these products; and the 2009 end-userconsumption of these groups sorted by the ninegovernment market regions.