Airgas Sales Up 5% in Third Quarter
Profit for the industrial and specialty gases company climbed 14 percent over the same period a year ago.
Day: January 24, 2013
MDM News Digest 4302
News briefs from Jan. 11-Jan. 25, 2013
Don’t Forget Technology Goals in Your Strategic Plan
Brent Grover: Well-executed technology investments can make a real difference for distributors.
New Website Attracts Millennials to Industrial Distribution
Industrial Careers Pathway has overhauled its website.
Think of Your Company as a Portfolio
The portfolio concept can help you better analyze the segments of your business, wherever you have assets deployed.
Conference Board Leading Economic Index Rises in December
Increase led by improvement in initial claims for unemployment insurance and positive contributions from interest rate spread and the LCI.
Timken Sales in 2012 Down 3.5%
Profit increased 8.6 percent over the prior year.
United Rentals Sales Up 60.6% in 2012
Profit fell 25.7 percent to $75 million.
Hexcel 2012 Sales Up 13%
Fourth-quarter sales rose 9 percent.
Stanley Black & Decker Sales Up 8% in 2012
Organic sales increased 2 percent.
Kennametal Fiscal 2Q Sales Down by 1%
Kennametal had a 10 percent organic sales decline for the period.
Grainger 2012 Sales Hit $9B
Grainger's fourth-quarter sales growth slowed, but sales overall were still up 11% for the year.
AmerisourceBergen First-Quarter Sales Up 5.7%
Profit increased 4 percent to $168.6 million.
3M Sales Up 1% in 2012
Organic local-currency sales increased 4.3 percent.
