ORS Nasco, a wholesaler of industrial and safety supplies, and MEDCO, a wholesale distributor of automotive aftermarket tools and collision repair products, have named Kevin Short as president and CEO. The two companies were acquired by One Equity Partners from Essendant in October 2019.

Most recently, Short was president of Plaskolite, a global leader in plastic sheet manufacturing with facilities in the U.S., Mexico and Europe after it was acquired by Pritzker Private Capital. Prior to this role, he was president and CEO at Polymershapes, a global full-line plastics distributor with 71 locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Chile after it was acquired by Blackfriars from SABIC.