Market Snapshot: Cutting Tools
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2020
News Digest 5009
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Commentary: Distribution’s Value: Rebuilding for the Next Normal
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Distribution’s Value: Rebuilding for the Next Normal
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Download this Issue as a PDF: May 10, 2020
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Manufacturing Employment Fell by 1.3 Million in April
The unemployment rate rose to 14.7%, the highest rate and the largest over-the-month increase in the history of the series.
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Kaman Distribution Group names Mark Stoneburner EVP and GM of Kaman Industrial Technologies unit
Stoneburner was previously at Motion Industries, where he most recently served as the senior VP – Eastern US Branch Sales and Operations, Mergers and Acquisitions.
NN Sales Down 6.3% in 1Q
The company reported a loss for the quarter of $248.2 million, compared to a loss of $19.5 million during the first quarter of 2019.
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Neenah Announces Retirement CFO
Paul DeSantis will take over for Bonnie Lind as senior vice president, CFO and treasurer.
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AmericsourceBergen Sales Up 9.5% in 2Q
Pharmaceutical Distribution Services revenue was $45.6 billion, an increase of 9.3% compared to the same quarter in the prior fiscal year.
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ParkOhio Sales Down 12.8% in 1Q
Supply Technologies net sales declined 15% year-over-year and totaled $141 million compared to $165 million last year.
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Allied Motion Sales Down 1.6% in 1Q
The decline reflected lower sales to the Vehicle market, partially offset by growth in Industrial and Medical, which included contributions from Dynamic Controls.
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IRCG Weekly Pandemic Revenue Index Shows 18.9% Decline
All but one participant in the Pandemic Revenue Index realized a sales decline year over year, with a maximum decline of 43%. We now have six weeks of double-digit average declines.
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Fastenal Posts 7% April Daily Sales Growth on Safety Surge Buys
A follow-up phone call to the industrial distributors mid-April 1Q report provides detail behind dramatic shifts in growth rate, with EVP and CFO Holden Lewis highlighting how the company is pivoting to meet changing customer demands.
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5 Rules for Growing Customer Loyalty During Coronavirus
Customers are more open to change in the wake of COVID-19 disruption. Distributors can take advantage of this opportunity by using profit segmentation to drive strategic decision making and rework customer contracts in favor of increased profitability, Profit Isles Jonathan Byrnes explains in an MDM webcast.
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Now Inc.’s First Quarter Sales Down 23.1%
The company reported a loss of $331 million for the quarter, compared with a profit of $18 million a year ago.
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Meyers Industries Sales Down 12.1% in 1Q
Profit was $16.7 million, compared to $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2019.
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Fastenal’s April Sales Up 6.7%
By region, U.S. sales grew 10% in April.
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AMETEK Sales Down 6.6% in Q1
First quarter Electronic Instruments Group sales were $774.2 million, down 4% compared to the same period in 2019.
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The Goods and Services Deficit Increased in March
Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit decreased $28.1 billion, or 17.8%, from the same period in 2019.
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