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Nov 28, 2017

In this week's Quick Hits episode, ID editor Mike Hockett recaps

The Security Breach Podcast

The Security Breach Podcast

October 16, 2026

SKF CTO Annika Ölme and Swedish Ambassador to the Netherlands Julius Liljeström cut the ribbon at SKF’s new Ceramic Process Laboratory, Houten, The Netherlands.

SKF Announces New Ceramics Lab

October 23, 2026

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The Competitor Your Prospect Has Learned to Tolerate

October 23, 2026

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Cutting Tool Shipments Up Over 30% in August

October 22, 2026

The Security Breach Podcast

The Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach from Manufacturing.net offers the insight needed to ready your company's defenses against hackers.

October 16, 2026

SKF CTO Annika Ölme and Swedish Ambassador to the Netherlands Julius Liljeström cut the ribbon at SKF’s new Ceramic Process Laboratory, Houten, The Netherlands.

SKF Announces New Ceramics Lab

The bearings giant said the facility would bolster adoption of “advanced hybrid bearing technology.”

October 23, 2026

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The Competitor Your Prospect Has Learned to Tolerate

When customers grow accustomed to the problem, they eventually stop questioning what's broken.

October 23, 2026

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Cutting Tool Shipments Up Over 30% in August

Shipments through the first eight months of the year were up 22%.

October 22, 2026

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MSC Reports Record Sales

The company said the results exceeded expectations and showed it is “heading in the right direction.”

October 22, 2026

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Sonepar to Spend Over $500M to Deploy AI ‘at Scale’

The company announced the initiative at its annual supplier summit in Paris.

October 21, 2026

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3M Posts Q3 Sales Increase, Announces Agreement With Amazon

Amazon would purchase billions in 3M data center products under the agreement.

October 20, 2026

H.B. Fuller site, Lüneburg, Germany.

Adhesives Giant Rejects Activist Investor’s $1.2B Offer

But H.B. Fuller also said it would conduct a “market check” of its “segments and product lines.”

October 20, 2026

Motion branch, Val-d'Or, Quebec.

Motion Posts 6% Jump in Sales

The company maintained its full-year forecast and remains “on track” for an early 2027 separation.

October 20, 2026

Echo Electric branch, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Sonepar Subsidiary Expands in South Dakota, Iowa

The company has added a new branch and relocated another.

October 19, 2026

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Capital Machine Acquires Ohio Robotics Company

The deal is the machinery distributor’s first since its 2025 partnership with a private equity firm.

October 19, 2026

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Wajax to Appoint New Executives for Industrial, Equipment Businesses

The company announced “organizational changes” as part of a new strategy roadmap.

October 16, 2026

Grand opening of All State Fastener's distribution center in Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 13, 2026.

All State Fastener Opens New Ohio Distribution Hub

The company said that it expects to continue its expansion efforts into next year.

October 15, 2026

Patriot Pumps campus, Wolfforth, Texas.

Oregon Pump Manufacturer Moves Headquarters to West Texas

The company also plans to add a "state-of-the-art" facility near its new campus.

October 15, 2026

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Distribution Solutions Group to Acquire the Owner of Winzer, FastServ Supply

The deal adds a national MRO distributor and a retail chain in Texas.

October 14, 2026