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Dallas-based Builders FirstSource said the large increase in net sales was driven in part by deal to buy BMC Stock Holdings, which closed earlier this year.
Deal will expand PrimeSource’s portfolio of specialty residential building products.
Emerson’s underlying sales were up 2%, while acquired assets and currency translation had 1% and 3% of positive impacts on sales.
Year to date, Hillenbrand has seen sales grow 16.4% to $1.4 billion.
In the period, the company also reported a profit of $69.6 billion, up from a loss of $11.3 million in the year-ago quarter.
Veritiv’s sales for the first quarter were down 8.7% from the same quarter a year ago.
Landscape supply distributor SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc. also posted a profit of $7.4 million, up from a loss last year.
NOW Inc., which reported a loss of $10 million for the quarter, saw sales sink 40.2% in 1Q.
BlueLinx also reported a gross profit of $180 million compared to $93 million in the prior year period.
Systemax, the parent of Global Industrial, also reported first-quarter profit fell 33.7% to $5.5 million.
