The deal adds rotating equipment sales, service and repair capabilities in Oklahoma and Arkansas as OTC continues building out its national service network.
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The master distributor’s new U.S. eCommerce experience spans Star Stainless, Stelfast and Lindstrom Fasteners, adding another customer channel after an active period of leadership changes and expansion.
The Canada-based specialty hardware manufacturer and distributor acquired The Penrod Company’s hardware division, expanding Richelieu’s reach in the U.S. door hardware market.
The deal adds door, window and building products distribution operations in Kentucky and Indiana while extending Trimlite’s reach across the Mid-South and Central U.S.
Myers Tire Supply, a distributor that dates back to the 1933 founding of Myers Industries, has been sold to private equity firm Lion Equity Partners as Myers narrows its focus on engineered products.
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The deal adds fastener expertise to TIPCO’s Corpus Christi operations and expands the fluid solutions distributor’s footprint to more than 45 locations across 16 states.
Conexiom Relay is designed to automate order and invoice data from a wider range of unstructured formats while giving distributors greater visibility into how AI makes decisions and applies workflow rules.
Distribution Solutions Group’s second announced deak of 2026 adds more than 11,000 customers and three locations to its MRO business as the company approaches a pending take-private deal with controlling shareholder LKCM.
The acquisition expands subsidiary Buckeye Welding Supply’s footprint in the Denver market and marks Meritus Gas Partners’ fourth announced acquisition of 2026.
The packaging, JanSan and foodservice disposables distributor promoted a VP to the top finance role, about 5 months after Network merged with Packaging Distributors of America.
The deal adds Global O-Ring and Seal’s Houston operation and sizable O-ring inventory to Marco’s growing platform, marking its third acquisition of 2026 and 10th since partnering with Align Capital Partners.
It was a second straight healthy growth month amid the peak of cooling season, with July regularly performing as the best month of the year for HARDI distributors.
Total monthly construction spending fell 0.5%, missing expectations of a flat July. Get all the key figures here for total, nonres and residential spending both month-over-month and year-over-year.
Though still well in expansion territory, the industrial economic indicator decelerated month-to-month, primarily due to a reduction in the index for new orders alongside weaker employment.
The combination will add Foster Fuels’ fuel, propane, lubricants and nationwide mission-critical energy services to Colonial Group’s diversified energy portfolio. The deal is expected to close Oct. 1.
WizCommerce has launched WizCRM — a distributor-focused CRM platform that combines customer records, sales activity, quoting, order entry and AI-assisted workflows within its broader software suite.
Mansfield Oil Company alleges that distributor KRSM failed to pay for nearly $4 million worth of gasoline, hundreds of thousands of gallons of which were delivered to stations participating in the recently launched Freedom Fuel Network.
he electronics distributor completed its move from Phoenix into a former GoDaddy corporate campus at Arizona State University Research Park that it purchased in June 2025.
The electrical supplies distributor promoted its veteran director of supplier relations from its Communications & Security Solutions unit to take the role.
