- 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 & PresidentCharles 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 inMelville, 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 ofKennametal 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
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W. W. Grainger
*McMaster-Carr
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* [http://www.airgas.com Airgas]References
External links
* [http://www.mscdirect.com/ MSC homepage]
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