They also had previous leadership roles at The Home Depot, BELFOR and McMaster-Carr.
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Canals has launched an expanded “Operating AI” platform that automates workflows across customer service, sales and back-office functions, aiming to help distributors reduce manual work, improve accuracy and deliver faster, more consistent customer responses. Get the details here.
IPG brings three locations to Colonial — a specialty chemical distribution platform that includes the legacy businesses of Chemisphere and Chemsolv.
A massive fire destroyed a Kimberly-Clark distribution center in Ontario, CA on April 7. Authorities have arrested a contract employee on suspicion of arson, with the facility and its inventory deemed a total loss.
Co-developed with major electrical distributors, Parspec unifies quoting and post‑award execution to reduce manual coordination and give contractors real‑time visibility into orders and deliveries.
It's the master wholesaler's seventh facility overall and its largest facility investment since its 2008 founding.
It strengthens Wolter’s presence in the area and expands its ability to support growing demand for warehouse capacity from 3PL and distribution operations.
It marks the eighth acquisition for Elverson, PA-based Singer since 2016, and gives it its 29th location overall.
This is the 10th acquisition for Rensa Filtration since 2022.
It was a new all-time annual spend record for the welding distributors cooperative, with nondirect spend notably higher.
The hardware and industrial supplies distributor expects to net $20 million in annual sales from York, PA-based Campbell.
The name change to ISC recognizes the evolution of AD's Industrial & Safety division and synergies between the group's existing industrial, safety and construction-focused members and suppliers.
Those relying on 3PL or parcel carriers will see immediate shipping cost increases, while even distributors operating private fleets will likely face downstream impacts.
It becomes Holston’s fifth location in Georgia and 46th overall across the U.S. Southeast.
It results in a combined industrial packaging, JanSan and foodservice distributor with $28 billion in total revenue.
The leadership changes are designed to fully align Ryerson and maximize the synergies of its completed merger with Olympic Steel.
All were promoted from other roles within the electrical and industrial supplies distributor.
F.W. Webb has launched a mobile app that brings real-time inventory, pricing and order management to contractors’ fingertips — extending the branch experience to the jobsite as customers increasingly run their businesses from their phones.
However, HARDI notes January and February are not good indicators of the year ahead because they are low-volume, seasonally insignificant months.
With prior digital leadership roles at BP, Uber and Toyota, they’ll now lead the strategy, development and alignment of product management, data and AI for he company.
