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Singer Industrial President Pete Haberbosch joins the MDM Podcast to explain how the rubber, fluid power and automation distribution platform’s “coordinated autonomy” model balances scale with local control. This episode explores the company's decentralized operating philosophy, M&A strategy, leadership development and what the company is seeing across its industrial end markets heading into 2026.
The news comes just a few days after the bankrupt auto parts supplier said it would wind down operations at several of its key brands.
The bankrupt company said it has begun winding down parts of the business as part of its Chapter 11 restructuring, while continuing to operate and seek buyers for its remaining units.
It was the sixth consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth in Asia for the electronic components distributor.
AIT added a like distributor with about $20 million in annual revenue, while encouraging financials led to raising the lower end of the company's guidance.
Tariffs are no longer episodic shocks — they are structural operating costs for transportation and distribution companies. With margins tight and sourcing uncertainty set to last, the question now is how leaders manage them profitably. In this sponsored MDM Amplify podcast, three Grant Thornton leaders cover how T&D organizations are managing tariff exposure, protecting cash flow and building flexibility under sustained pressure.
More than a handful of companies on MDM's Top Distributors Lists garnered the reputation-based honor from Fortune.
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The manufacturer/distributor made nine bolt-ons during 2025 that led to healthy annual gains in sales and EBITDA.
Divested from Grainger in late 2023, metalworking and industrial supplies distributor E&R Industrial is entering a new chapter marked by independence, modernization and rapid expansion. CEO Joe Stephens stops by the MDM Podcast to tell us about what the company’s next couple years might look like, as well as his broader thoughts on relationship selling, what it means to be tech-enabled and the role of vending today.
Following a $1.2 equity commitment announced a week earlier, the financing suggests QXO expects to land its second acquisition soon.
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A federal judge has rejected Amazon’s bid to dismiss a major consumer lawsuit alleging price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. government shutdown hampered sales in October and November, but the company expects continued acceleration in its current December-February quarter.
See the extensive slate of industry events during the first half of 2026 that are on MDM's radar.
December's issue contains articles that cover Singer Equipment's culture-centric M&A engine; how Stellar Industrial turned documented cost savings into a market-defining value proposition; Crane Group's recent sale to PE and lessons for distributors entering the 2026 M&A cycle; and more.
A person familiar with the deal told MDM that QXO is in talks with seven companies with between $1 billion and $20 billion in revenue. Get the details here.
The electrical supplies distributor shot down a report by a French news group that the company is negotiating a buyout.
