M&A Deal Summary

MSC Industrial Direct Acquires American Specialty Grinding

On July 18, 2011, MSC Industrial Direct acquired distribution company American Specialty Grinding

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MSC Industrial Direct’s 4th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is MSC Industrial Direct’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is MSC Industrial Direct’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-07-18
Target American Specialty Grinding
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) MSC Industrial Direct
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

American Specialty Grinding

Chicopee,, Massachusetts, United States
American Specialty Grinding Co., Inc.specializes in custom made tools and re-sharpening services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MSC Industrial Direct

Melville, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1941
Sector Distribution
Employees7,131
Revenue 4.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

MSC Industrial Direct is one of the direct marketers and premier distributors of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States. MSC employs sales forces and distributes over 500,000 industrial products from over 2000 suppliers to over 300,000 customers. MSC Industrial Direct was founded in 1941 and is based in Melville, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 15
Sector (Distribution) 4 of 13
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 12
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 14
Year (2011) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-18 American Tool Supply

Chicopee,, Massachusetts, United States

American Tool Supply, Inc. provides customers with a full line of metalworking supplies and an experienced metalworking sales team.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-22 Barnes Group - North American Distribution Business

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Barnes Group - North American Distribution Business ( BDNA), is a distributor of fasteners and other high margin, low cost consumables with a broad distribution footprint throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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