Marking MES' third deal in a calendar year, it adds industrial safety, instrumentation and process-control capabilities, along with gas-detection calibration services for customers in Florida and Southeast Georgia.
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Grainger extended its early-2026 momentum with robust daily organic sales growth, double-digit gains across most end markets and another outlook increase. Volume became the larger driver in its core U.S. business, while tariff refunds supplied most of the quarter’s gross margin lift.
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Gross margin held steady sequentially despite pricing moderation as Fastenal pointed to continued improvement in end market demand.
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The California-based safety products distributor is investing $1.7 million in a new Missouri facility that will create 21 jobs.
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As the MRO, PPE and industrial safety distribution unit of Total Safety, TSSS operates 13 distribution centers and 20 on-site customer stores.
It's already been a busy year for GME, which made a CEO succession in January and appointed a new COO in April.
Pricing is still playing a large — albeit decelerated role — in the company’s strong results, while management was upbeat on underlying demand. Get our in-depth breakdown of Fastenal’s 1Q metrics.
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They also had previous leadership roles at The Home Depot, BELFOR and McMaster-Carr.
3M is set to spin off its Scott Safety subsidiary as it partners with Bain to buy Madison Fire & Rescue to combine those two entities into a new business to serve firefighters, first responders and industrial workers.
OTEX develops and manufactures electrical safety products, specializing in arch flash PPE.
It boosts the PPE maker’s logistics and fulfillment capabilities in the western U.S.
Fastenal reported a strong February that saw the company's best daily sales growth since October 2022 despite a downstep for its top national accounts.
The deal gives ASA six companies in its family of safety distributors.
That’s despite a small monthly downtick in the portion of in-market locations reporting growth, meaning Fastenal got relatively more out of its biggest customers. Get our full breakdown of the January numbers here.
