McJunkin Corp, Cameron & Barkley and their joint venture McJunkin-Cambar have signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of 18 Fairmont Supply Co. industrial-supply branches and stores-management sites.
A little more than a year after its founding, supplyFORCE.com announced that it will target virtually all its sales and marketing activities and technology development at national accounts and integrated supply.
Wilson Industries, a subsidiary of Smith International, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the net assets of Houston-based Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Corp.
Few would argue that technology has had - and will continue to have - enormous impact on the way business is done. But the expanded use of technology and increased reliance on integrated-supply does not represent a threat to distributors.