Sumitomo Corp. and Baton Rouge, La.-based Edgen Group recently announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement whereby Sumitomo will acquire all outstanding shares of Edgen Group for $12 per share in cash

Modern Supply, the 2011 Supply House Times Supply House of the Year, recently announced that it is again a Kohler distributor.

Ferguson will become an authorized American Standard wholesaler as of Jan. 1, 2014.

M. Cooper Supply revitalizes its showroom with space that fits its customer base.

 According to the latest statistics relating to the nation’s wholesale inventory values, there has been a notable shrinkage in the amount and value of stock retained by this critical factor in the United States’ distribution channel, considered the outstanding network of its kind anywhere in the world. 

Ferguson recently broke ground on a 400,000-sq.-ft. distribution center in Celina, Ohio. The company will create 70 new full-time jobs at the 77-acre site, which is scheduled to open in late fall.

Tom O’Connor is the author of NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence bestseller “Strategic Planning for Distributors: Execution Isn’t Everything – It’s the Only Thing!”

PRIER Products’ distribution center in Grandview, Mo., suffered a collapsed roof in February as a result of a massive overnight snowstorm that dumped more than 24 in. of snow.

MRC Global opened a new regional distribution center in Tulsa, Okla., in mid-June