Organic sales narrowly dipped year-over-year as modest growth in Applied's Service Center segment offset a decline in Engineered Solutions.
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Tammy Miller spent 32 years at the electrical distributor, serving as CEO from 2006-2020.
Based in Mississauga, metalworking supplies distributor KAR had 2023 sales of about $16 million.
The distributor returns as a multi-race primary partner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and will debut in the Cup Series.
Fourth quarter sales, profits and margins all edged up from a year earlier, and December daily sales topped November's. Get our in-depth breakdown here.
Last year's M&A news volume blew away that of 2022 & 2021. Will its pace hold up in 2024? Brown Gibbons Lang & Company's (BGL) Kevin Sargent joins to discuss what's driving distribution M&A and why it's outpacing the manufacturing sector.
The merger between BradyIFS and Envoy Solutions resulted in a JanSan, foodservice disposables and industrial packaging products distributor with about $5 billion in annual revenue.
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See the slate of industry events during the first half of 2024 that are on MDM's radar.
Plimpton & Hills is a 125-year-old, family-owned distributor with more than 20 locations across Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York.
The figures signalled a bumpy period for fellow metalworking and MRO supplies distributors.
The distribution and supply chain sector saw healthy month-to-month growth in project counts, with Texas leading the way geographically.
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It makes for 10 deals completed by Singer during 2023.
It strengthens Stellar's product offering in the U.S. mid-south and further enhances its VMI and cost savings program.
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Despite a silent final week, pre-Christmas activity made December another very active month to close out 2023.
We continue our year-end retrospective series by showcasing our most popular feature podcast episodes of 2023, which shared plenty of valuable industry perspective.
