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.
January 24, 2013
3M Sales Up 1% in 2012
Organic local-currency sales increased 4.3 percent.
AmerisourceBergen First-Quarter Sales Up 5.7%
Profit increased 4 percent to $168.6 million.
Grainger 2012 Sales Hit $9B
Grainger's fourth-quarter sales growth slowed, but sales overall were still up 11% for the year.
Kennametal Fiscal 2Q Sales Down by 1%
Kennametal had a 10 percent organic sales decline for the period.
Stanley Black & Decker Sales Up 8% in 2012
Organic sales increased 2 percent.
Hexcel 2012 Sales Up 13%
Fourth-quarter sales rose 9 percent.
United Rentals Sales Up 60.6% in 2012
Profit fell 25.7 percent to $75 million.
Timken Sales in 2012 Down 3.5%
Profit increased 8.6 percent over the prior year.
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.
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.
New Website Attracts Millennials to Industrial Distribution
Industrial Careers Pathway has overhauled its website.
Don’t Forget Technology Goals in Your Strategic Plan
Brent Grover: Well-executed technology investments can make a real difference for distributors.
MDM News Digest 4302
News briefs from Jan. 11-Jan. 25, 2013
