Mergers & Acquisitions | Industrial Distribution

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Van Meter to Buy Remaining Half of Werner Electric

Van Meter has been a part-owner of fellow electrical distributor Werner for 20 years.

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Winsupply Acquires Allegheny Pipe & Supply in Pennsylvania

The news just keeps coming from Winsupply, which announced a waterworks acquisition in Ohio less than two weeks earlier.

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Northern Tool Acquires Online Supplier Jack's Small Engines

Purvis Industries Acquires Fellow Texas Distributor Precision Industrial Services

Builders FirstSource Completes BMC Merger, CEO Succession

Staples to "Evaluate All Alternatives" In Its Pursuit of Office Depot

WEBINAR: How Distributors Gain an Advantage in the Cloud

According to Forbes, 37 percent of workloads in 2019 were on-premise, meaning a significant number of businesses were at a disadvantage when the pandemic hit.

Concept Machine Tool Acquires Fellow Midwest Distributor B.C. MacDonald

Plymouth, MN-based Concept gains a Chicagoland distributor of specialty tooling and gaging products.

Omni Cable to Buy Houston Wire & Cable in $91M Deal

It will result in a national wire and cable redistribution leader that will maximize both firms' complementary businesses, products and footprint.

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White Cap to Combine Canadian Operations with National Concrete Accessories

It's the first acquisition for the concrete and construction supplies distributor since spinning off from HD Supply last fall.

Winsupply Acquires Ohio Waterworks Distributor Discount Drainage Supplies

Akron-based Discount Drainage is the largest stocking distributor of drainage pipe and related products in Ohio.

Watsco Gains Major Midwest Foothold, Acquires Temperature Equipment Corp.

With $291 million in 2020 sales, Chicago-based TEC marks Watsco’s first entry into the US Midwest.

Applied Adhesives Sold from One Private Equity Firm to Another

Applied Adhesives is a manufacturer and value-added distributor of adhesive products and thermal product solutions.

Würth Industry NA Stays on Acquisition Trail, Adds ORR Safety

As a $125 million distributor of safety products, ORR is WINA third acquisition since late October

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Office Depot Rejects Staples' Acquisition Offer, Again

Citing a lack of clarity from Staples, ODP Corp. also emphasized that its B2B business is not on the offer table.

Piezo Motion Expands Rotary and Linear Motion Offerings With DTI Acquisition

Piezo Motion motors find applications in laboratory instruments, biomedicine, optics, semiconductor, and nanotechnology, along with industrial electronic and automotive systems.

Snap-on Buys Dealer-FX Group for $200M

Dealer‑FX is a developer, marketer and provider of service operations software solutions for automotive OEM customers and their dealers.

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Process Equipment Distributor Relevant Industrial Makes Louisiana Acquisition

Houston-based Relevant has purchased Mid-South Sales Company, a supplier of boiler, furnace and dryer applications and services.