February 1, 2012

Applied Industrial Acquires Two Quebec Distributors

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Solutions Industrielles Chicoutimi and Specialites Industrielles Harvey will continue to operate under their existing names.

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Sandvik Sales Grow 9% in 4Q

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Offer to buy outstanding shares of Seco Tools was accepted by shareholders in January.

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Rexnord 3Q Sales Climb 17%

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Core sales grew 7 percent in the quarter.

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China Surpasses U.S. as World’s Largest Manufacturer

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MAPI chief economist: Total numbers don’t tell the whole story about global manufacturing.

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McKesson Agrees to Buy Two Businesses from Katz Group

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Drug Trading Company Limited and Medicine Shoppe Canada Inc. both operate in Ontario, Western Canada and Atlantic Canada.

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Neenah Paper Acquires Premium Brands from Wausau Paper

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The transaction, valued at $21 million, includes a supplier agreement between the two companies for a transitional period.

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Rexel Acquires Liteco

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Liteco has 13 branches in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

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DXP Enterprises Acquires Mid-Continent Safety

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Mid-Continent provides safety instrumentation, fall and hand protection and other related safety products.

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Construction Employment Up in 148 Metro Areas in December

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Increase likely fueled by 4.3 percent increase in total construction spending.

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Manufacturing Continues to Expand in January

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Prices of raw materials increased for the first time in four months.

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Manitowoc Sales Up 24.5% in 4Q

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Increase in sales primarily driven by Crane segment sales growth of 40 percent.

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Parker Hannifin Buys Railroad Filtration Business of Camfil Farr

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The acquired business will become part of Parker’s Filtration Group.

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December Construction Spending up 1.5% over November

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Value of construction in 2011 was 2 percent below construction spend in 2010.

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Arrow Electronics Sales Up 14% in 2011

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Profit in 2011 for the electronics distributor grew 25 percent year-over-year.

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How Distributors Can Ride the Wave of Change

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NAW speaker David Houle: How business leaders can adapt in the ‘Shift Age.’

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