Featured story
Our highly anticipated annual feature is here for you to peruse via web listings and our downloadable report. Explore our 20 different lists to see distribution’s biggest movers and shakers.
July 6, 2026
Just six days after another deal, Shrieve acquired England-based Clear Solutions International, expanding its energy and infrastructure offerings with proprietary water-based drilling fluid systems.
Shrieve’s third announced acquisition of 2026 adds Alabama-based Research Solutions Group’s industrial solvents business and blending, recycling and logistics capabilities. The deal follows April acquisitions in Illinois and Scotland.
Wisconsin-based EMCO will net two Northeast distribution and packaging facilities, more than 80 employees and a portfolio of over 3,000 SKUs.
The two producers said their all-stock merger will create OlinHuntsman, a North American chemicals company with about $12.5 billion in annual revenue.
FIS serves a range of industrial sectors that include oil and gas, renewables, marine, hospitality and logistics.
As two of America’s freight railroads move to merge, industrial supply chains could see both streamlined coast-to-coast shipping and reduced competitive alternatives in an increasingly consolidated market. Here are the key details and context distributors...
Our highly anticipated annual feature is now available to view and download. Explore our 20 different lists to see distribution’s biggest movers and shakers.
The companies said the merger will create a global leader in consumer packaging, enhancing innovation and sustainability.
Eighteen Brenntag warehouse workers and truck drivers have been locked out of the company’s Richmond, CA location since May 21. See commentary from both sides here.
The company is set to separate its electronics and water businesses from its industrial unit.
The rankings feature awards companies for their ESG efforts and supporting their local communities.
In the last of his three-part detective series, John Gunderson examines the role that Fastenal’s investments, product line expansions and digital growth have played to drive a decade-long performance increase.
