Less than a month after a massive fire destroyed one of Medline’s largest distribution centers, the medical-surgical products distributor has secured two new Northern California facilities totaling more than 1.6 million square feet.
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It followed a 4.5% April increase, marking a downtrodden start to the first meaningful month of cooling season.
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The reported offer comes about five months after GPC announced plans to separate its NAPA automotive parts business and Motion industrial parts business into two standalone public companies.
The deal expands Mountainland Supply’s presence in the electrical utility market and adds a Utah-based distributor specializing in high-voltage transmission and distribution products.
The acquisition gives Meritus’ Buckeye Welding Supply platform a fourth Colorado location and expands its helium capabilities in the Denver market.
Resideo’s board has formally approved the planned spin-off of ADI Global Distribution, setting a July 20 record date and Aug. 3 shares distribution date for the low-voltage products provider.
The Greensboro, NC-based HVAC manufacturer representative’s addition of Gulf Breeze, FL-based Aeromechanical marks its first expansion into Florida and the Gulf Coast market.
It's effective July 1, as Terry O’Brien retires and transitions into an advisory and board role.
U.S. construction spending edged higher in May, helped by continued public sector gains and residential improvement. Private nonresidential spending, however, declined for an eighth straight month. Get all the key data and charts here.
The economic indicator was expected to hold or modestly tick down, as indices for new orders and production both declined month-over-month.
Do it Best Group is relocating True Value’s headquarters from Chicago to Fort Wayne, IN, bringing the retail-owned hardware chain’s corporate base to the home of its new parent company.
The deal expands IDI’s spray foam and polyurea capabilities in the Midwest, following its acquisition of Design North Supply one day earlier.
The deal adds repair and maintenance management technology to Parts Town’s OEM foodservice parts distribution platform.
Expected to add about $200 in annual revenue, Flowserve said the Trillium Valves deal strengthens its position in nuclear and power generation markets while expanding its valve, actuation and aftermarket capabilities.
Homebuilding AI company Higharc raised $95 million in Series C funding and named US LBM as the first partner for its new AI Estimating product for building materials distributors.
June's Premium content covered the keys to Grainger's business model success; AI's role in Lean Six Sigma; what 3M's "Ask 3M" AI customer tool means for distributors; City Electric Supply's new services rollout; the growing pricing power gap between large and small distributors; and our monthly MDM Forecast and M&A Roundup. Get the condensed rundown here.
NetPlus Alliance’s latest Industry Outlook showed a strong start to 2026 among its distributor members, with most reporting year-over-year sales gains and more than three-quarters expecting full-year sales growth.
The deal gives Insulation Distributors. Inc. a formal presence across Montana, Alaska and the broader Northwest, adding a spray foam and polyurea distributor with locations in Billings, MT and Anchorage, AK.
