Industrial Distribution

For many years, Industrial Distribution magazine has been a reliable source in the manufacturing industry. Our active readership includes key decision-makers looking for the newest updates, products, and insights. With a range of media formats, captivating content, and diverse marketing choices, ID provides everything your target audience needs, all while showcasing your brand alongside it.

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As Tariffs Put Trade Between China and the U.S. in Peril, Chinese Businesses Ponder the Future

1 week ago | inddist.com | Huizhong Wu |Didi Tang

When the first two rounds of 10% tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn't find the barriers insurmountable. He gave up some of his profits and offered his client, a snow-bike factory in Nebraska, price cuts ranging from 5% to 10%. It seemed to work: The factory agreed to a new order of molds and parts.
Freak Sell-Off of ‘Safe Haven’ U.S. Bonds Raises Fear that Confidence in America Is Fading

1 week ago | inddist.com | Stan Choe |Bernard Condon

NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them as not even the lure of higher interest payments on the bonds is getting them to buy.
Major Nations Agree on First-Ever Global Fee on Greenhouse Gases with Plan that Targets Shipping

1 week ago | inddist.com | Sibi Arasu |Jennifer McDermott

Many of the world's largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum fee of $100 for every ton of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain thresholds, in what is effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions.
5 Minutes with ID: Ballistix Justin Roff-Marsh

1 week ago | inddist.com | Anna Wells

What if your efficiency-improvement initiatives were actually damaging the profitability and handicapping the growth of your organization? That is the claim of today's guest, Justin Roff-Marsh, who argues that managers should be optimizing their departments for speed rather than efficiency (or cost). Justin's new book, explains how to install a speed-based framework for all management decisions and how to ensure that departments are synchronized to maximize profitability without cost escalation.
Fastenal Posts Better-than-Expected Quarterly Sales

1 week ago | inddist.com | Andy Szal

Fastenal on Friday reported higher sales and profits in the first quarter of the year while earnings edged up slightly compared to the same quarter last year. The Minnesota distributor — no. 4 on ID’s 2024 Big 50 — posted $1.96 billion in net sales in the first three months of the year, a 3.4% year-over-year increase despite one fewer selling day in the current window. On a daily average basis, sales were up 5% over that span.
Q&A: Endries CEO Michael Knight on Today's 'Increasingly Chaotic' Trade Environment

2 weeks ago | inddist.com | Anna Wells

Endries International has grown tremendously since its founding in 1970, adding companies and capabilities in order to respond to the market as it shifts. Michael Knight, the distributor's CEO, joins the latest "5 Minutes with Industrial Distribution" to chat about some of the trends that the firm has its eye on, including supply chain issues, tariffs and the company's expectations for the coming years. For more information on Endries, visit endries.com.
5 Minutes with IEN: Len Mazzanti CRC Industries

2 weeks ago | inddist.com | Anna Wells

Industrial companies, no matter their age, are constantly pressured to respond to shifting variables within their markets and the overall economy. The goal, then, is how to react effectively while also maintaining a strong brand identity and the product quality youâ€™ve been known for. For a case study in striking the right balance, we look to CRC Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based supplier of specialty chemical products.
Lost the Sale Because of Price? Think Again

2 weeks ago | inddist.com | Paul Reilly

Recently, I met with a firm to improve our digital marketing footprint. During our meeting, his thought-provoking questions challenged me to think deeper about our core mission and how to craft a compelling story around it. It was a strong discovery call â€” he identified key areas of my business that needed attention. We discussed the budget, and the fee aligned with my expectations.
MSC Q2 Sales Down Nearly 5%; Earnings Off by 36%

3 weeks ago | inddist.com | Andy Szal

MSC Industrial Supply again posted a decline in sales and a sharp drop in earnings in its latest fiscal quarter on Thursday, although company officials said that the “solid results” fell within MSC’s expectations for the period. The Long Island-based metalworking and MRO distributor — no. 9 on ID’s 2024 Big 50 — reported net sales of $892 million in its second quarter, down 4.7% compared to the same window last year.
Motion on a Buying Spree

3 weeks ago | inddist.com | Andy Szal

If an extremely uncertain trade environment has made companies more skittish about spending money on acquisitions at the outset of the year – and, from all indications, it has – somebody forgot to tell Motion. The overall pace of mergers and acquisitions has slowed way down – to its lowest level through the first two months of a calendar year in two decades, according to one analysis – but the MRO and industrial technology giant has instead gone on something of a buying spree.