MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc

Infobox_Company
company_name = MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc
company_
company_type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=MSM MSM] ) | slogan =
foundation = New York, NY (1941)
location = Melville, NY
key_people = Mitchell Jacobson, Chairman
David Sandler, CEO & President
Charles A. Boehlke , CFO
num_employees = 3,607 (2007)
industry = Industial Equipment Wholesale
products =
revenue = increase$1.688 Billion USD (2007)
net_income = profit$290 Million USD (2006)
homepage = [http://www.MSCdirect.com www.MSCdirect.com]

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSC), through its subsidiaries, primarily, MSC Industrial Supply Co., is one of the largest industrial equipment distributors in the world. MSC is most famous for publishing "The Big Book", a catalog detailing the company's products, which currently number almost 600,000. [ [http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPAGE?PMPAGE=aboutmsc/about.html&PMINI=Y MSC About MSC ] ]

MSC was founded in 1941 as "Sid Tool, Inc.", by Sidney Jacobson, in New York's Little Italy. It originally sold cutting tools and accessories to New York City machine shops. [ * [http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzwinn0515,0,2269389.story Newsday: A Wall Street Darling] ] The company later moved its headquarters to Plainview, NY and in 1998, moved to its current headquarters in Melville, New York. The company currently operates from four regional distribution centers and 95 branch offices. [ [http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPAGE?PMPAGE=aboutmsc/about.html&PMINI=Y MSC About MSC ] ] On June 8, 2006, MSC completed the acquisition of J & L America, Inc., DBA, J & L Industrial Supply (J & L), a subsidiary of Kennametal for $349.5 million. [cite web | title = MSC History | url=http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNPAGE?PMPAGE=aboutmsc/history.html&PMINI=Y | accessdate = 2007-06-22 ]

ee also

*W. W. Grainger
*McMaster-Carr
*Fastenal
* [http://www.airgas.com Airgas]

References

External links

* [http://www.mscdirect.com/ MSC homepage]


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