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The restructuring includes a voluntary retirement offer and "rationalization and optimization" of certain DCs, stores and other facilities.
Chris Cleland will lead Motion’s strategy development for its business groups, eCommerce and digital teams.
Derived from COO Joe Limbaugh's fireside session at MDM's 2023 SHIFT Conference, we dive into Motion's 5-year and ongoing organizational transformation.
NSK achieved the highest score in Motion's complex Supplier Stratification system, which assesses suppliers across multiple categories.
Joe Limbaugh has been with Motion for nearly 40 years while James Howe recently celebrated 30 years with the MRO parts distributor.
Cummings takes over as CFO after Motion's previous CFO, Greg Cook, moved to Genuine Parts Company's U.S. Automotive Group.
The added space will help Motion meet growing customer needs while adding future opportunities across its automation and robotic platforms.
Motion, Genuine Parts Company's industrial segment, achieved better than $8.4 billion in 2022 sales.
Analysis of the latest M&A deals and exclusive results from the 4Q22 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey highlight January's report.
Mike Hockett analyzes the noticeably different levels of optimism in the commentary given by industrial distributors Fastenal and Motion in their third-quarter earnings calls.
Sales growth at Motion Industries narrowly outpaced that of 2Q, with organic sales driving the majority of it, alongside a continued boost from Kaman Distribution Group.
The new website unites the legacy of recently-acquired automation intelligence and comes seven months after MotionAi was launched.
It stems from Motion’s recent $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group and unites the company’s top-tier fluid power business units.
The company's 1Q earnings and subsequent commentary shed light on several other factors driving growth at the MRO parts distributor besides its recent $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group.
Download MDM's M&A Report: Activity in all industries finished 2021 at record levels, with more than 5,000 deals completed in the fourth quarter alone.
MDM this year has hosted an array of guests from across the distribution industry, and many of them have reflected similar outlooks: Challenges may persist, but companies are eyeing realistic paths to growth.
The MRO Distributor has promoted Jon Tart to vice president of the company’s Southeast Group.
Year-end reports of publicly traded distributors support Q4 Baird-MDM Quarterly Industrial Distribution Survey results. Public company commentary remains optimistic for strong year.
Motion Industries President Randy Breaux shares details on how the deal came together, synergies and future growth opportunity in this deeper dive into the $1.3-billion transformative acquisition combining the No. 1 and No. 3 power transmission/motion controls distributors in North America.