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Proton.ai’s new agentic system converts customer emails, spreadsheets, PDFs and spoken requests into draft quotes and orders while handling follow-ups and product substitutions.
Nashville-based Agape Sales & Service distributes and installs commercial doors, frames, architectural hardware and related building products for new construction, renovation and retrofit projects.
A 23-year company veteran will lead the distributor’s cybersecurity resilience and enterprise risk efforts, becoming the latest longtime Border States employee-owner elevated to a VP role in 2026.
The acquisition adds Indesco’s hydraulic, pneumatic and power transmission expertise and expands IBT Industrial Solutions’ distribution presence into the Southeast.
The investment firm’s private equity business will acquire a controlling interest in the Edmonton-based industrial MRO distributor, while Gregg employees retain a meaningful ownership stake.
Cavallo has expanded its SalesPad for Business Central platform with tools designed to automate distributor pricing decisions, document routing and customer intelligence, alongside additional inventory allocation and service workflow enhancements.
Drewry’s latest World Container Index showed a second consecutive weekly decline, but U.S.-bound shipping rates remain far above early-2026 levels amid tariff-driven frontloading, constrained capacity, elevated fuel costs and continued geopolitical uncertainty.
Tinicum’s investment ends GracoRoberts’ 11-year partnership with CM Equity Partners, which helped the aerospace and defense materials distributor expand through acquisitions, organic growth and operational improvements.
The private equity firm will partner with CMW’s longtime management team to expand the St. Louis-area distributor’s service offerings and geographic reach.
Developed with the AI Applied Consortium, NAW’s new AI Governance Architecture gives distributors a practical framework for managing AI risks, accountability, transparency and workforce impacts while keeping people at the center of implementation.
