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Beacon Roofing Supply to acquire Cassady Pierce
Pittsburgh-based distributor of residential and commercial roofing products and related accessories

Precision Castparts sales up 16%
Sales increased to $1.95 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012

Lincoln Electric acquires Wayne Trail Technologies
Wayne Trail Technologies is a privately held manufacturer of automated systems and tooling

April industrial production increased
Manufacturing output increased 0.6% in April after falling 0.5% in March

Brady Corporation sales fall 1.9%
Company reports drop in sales and earnings for the quarter

PTDA members see growth
PTDA Business Indicator at 75.4 for the first quarter

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Industrial Supply Cover May/June 2012May/June issue

The May/June issue of Industrial Supply magazine is off the press. It features an in-depth cover story by editor Rich Vurva about Grainger, plus articles by contributing writers that include Frank Hurtte, Scott Benfield, Dick Friedman, Dave Kahle and other leading experts in the distribution community.

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In Search of the Perfect Customer. View the Webinar sponsored by Infor with presenter Brent Grover.

ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS

3M honors ISA distributors

PTDA Summit registration opens in June

2012 PTDA Membership Directory

ISA names Buffington Scholar

Distributor hiring plans

PTRA annual conference

BSA introduces inventory sharing program

BSA Proper Handling brief

Scott Benfield

AmazonSupply: A new business model or MRO paper tiger?
Scott Benfield offers his perspective on how the new b-2-b marketplace launched by Amazon will impact traditional distribution.

Competing with AmazonSupply
Advice on how traditional brick-and-mortar distributors can compete with Amazon's new b-to-b MRO marketplace. 

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