Posted by Traveling Salesman at 11/21/2011 9:15 PM
Categories: uncategorizedIn the past year or two there have been several interesting acquisitions. Fastenal purchased Holokrom. Fontana purchased Lake Erie. Wurth purchased Cardinal. In two of those acquisitions, distributors purchased manufacturers. And, while Fontana has always been a manufacturer in Europe, their U.S. division was more of a distribution company in the past. These are several instances of large distributors buying domestic manufacturing operations. Yes, Wurth had already invested and started the Dokka operation, but Wurth is mostly known as a distribution company. Makes me wonder if that is a trend or if these were just opportunities that could not be passed up […]
