Headquarters: Cleveland, OH
2010 Revenues: $496 million
Change in Sales from 2009: 25.57%
Employees: 1,034
Locations: 154
Number of New Locations (not as a result of acquisition): 5
Key Executives: CEO Carl James; CFO Dan Maisonville; COO and USA President John Ruth

BDI is in the following sectors: Industrial, Power Transmission/Bearing, Fluid Power, Electrical, Safety and Supply Chain Services. BDI has grown by acquisition in early 2011, with the purchase of Pneumatrek National in Salt Lake City and Gopher Bearing Company in Minnesota. The distributor reported that it will be starting its One BDI global IT project with SAP and iTelligence in 2011, as well as working to penetrate industrial markets further. It, like many distributors, are working to improve processes company-wide. The distributor sees opportunity for growth in all its markets.

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