• DGI Supply acquires Tool Crib Supply

  Jack Keough, June 10, 2009
  The DoAll company gains metalworking customer base  More

• Grainger acquires Asia Pacific Brands

  Jack Keough, June 5, 2009
  Broad-line distributor W.W. Grainger today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of Asia Pacific Brands  More

• HD Supply White Cap acquires Orco Construction Supply

  Victoria Fraza Kickham, May 20, 2009
  Deal expands HD Supply's presence in California, Arizona and Nevada  More

• Leviton acquires East Coast Electrical Services

  Victoria Kickham, May 14, 2009
  Wiring device manufacturer broadens its offering with the addition of the Miami-based company's EZE-Rough system  More

• Industrial M&A activity remains down

  Jack Keough, May 14, 2009
  More than half of the deals in Q1 were in the industrial machinery area  More

• Motion Industries Acquires General Tool and Supply

  Jack Keough, May 7, 2009
  Motion Industries has acquired General Tool and Supply, a regional industrial supplies distributor, headquartered in Portland, Oregon and its subsidiary Industrial Tool and Supply headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.  More

• Acquisitions and the recession

  Jack Keough, Editor/Associate Publisher, May 1, 2009
  Stabilizing. Plateauing. Bottoming out. These are the words we heard time and time again as the ID editorial staff conducted interviews for our Annual Big 50 report published in this issue ( p. 30). These executives warn us that their businesses are not out of the woods from this deepening recession.  More

• Creswell and Richardson merge

  Industrial Distribution Staff, April 27, 2009

  Power transmission and electrical/automation distributors join forces in Tennessee

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