Timken Taps ABB’s Mehta as Next CEO
Bearings and industrial motion products maker Timken has found its next top leader. Tarak Mehta The North Canton, OH company has reached a deal with Tarak Mehta — currently President of ABB’s Motion...
View ArticleMarcone Adds HVAC VPs to Leadership Team
Marcone (St. Louis) — a distributor of HVAC, plumbing, commercial kitchen, pool & spa and appliance parts — expanded its HVAC leadership team with four vice president appointments. Ben Merritt is...
View ArticleCalifornia Safety Board Approves Indoor Heat Rules
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OHSA) has called for workplace safety rules that would require employers, including distribution center, warehouse and manufacturing...
View ArticleABC Supply Adds Roofing Distributors in Texas, British Columbia
Roofing and other building materials distributor ABC Supply Co. (Beloit, WI) announced a pair of acquisitions — one in Texas and one in British Columbia. The company has added United Roofing Supply in...
View ArticleBirmingham Fastener Adds Mexico Branch
Alabama-based fasteners distributor and manufacturer Birmingham Fastener will expand to Mexico with the creation of a new subsidiary and the addition of a facility in Querétaro City. The new facility,...
View ArticleNYC Approves Nation’s First Congestion Pricing for Vehicles
On March 27, a majority of the Metropolitan Transit Authority board of directors voted in favor of New York City congestion pricing — a plan that will charge trucks $24 or $36 depending on their size —...
View ArticleOSHA Hits Ohio Hosemaker Again with Violation Fines
An industrial rubber hose manufacturer that has frequently been cited for unsafe working conditions has been hit with more than a dozen additional violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
View ArticleMDM Podcast: Inventory Opportunities in Slower-Demand Markets
While business conditions in most industrial and commercial wholesale distribution markets haven’t sunk to anywhere near the downtrodden levels widely predicted at this time a year ago, product demand...
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