IDTODAY P Insights & News From The Inside Compiled by the ID editorial staff Ferguson Acquires Companies in Massachusetts, Toronto lumbing and industrial supply giant Ferguson disclosed a pair of new acquisitions this spring. The Virginia-based company added Independent Pipe & Supply, a suburban Boston pipe and valve distributor, in late March, and af liated Toronto suppliers National Fire Equipment and National Fire Fabrication in mid-April. Independent Pipe & Supply operates eight locations in New England and serves commercial and mechanical professionals in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. National Fire, meanwhile, will join the company’s Wolseley Canada subsidiary within its Fire & Fabrication segment. The business has seven locations – including two fabrication sites – in Canada. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. “Acquisitions continue to be a key driver of our overall growth strategy, complementing our organic growth,” Ferguson CEO Kevin Murphy said in the announcement. “The acquisition of Independent Pipe & Supply and National Fire will allow us to better leverage our scale locally, expanding our commercial plumbing and mechanical contracting footprint in the Northeast and our re and fabrication business into Canada.” ID NEWS Vallen promoted Senior VP of Finance Sonia Timmons to CFO … Exotic Automation & Supply promoted Executive VP Steve Orlando to company president, succeeding Tom Marino, who was named CEO … Batesville Tool & Die Sales VP Gene Lambert will serve as 2025 chair of the Precision Metalforming Association … Sonepar named Stacy Stanslaski, the president of its Viking Electric subsidiary, to the newly created role of VP of business transformation … Core & Main Chairman and CEO Steve LeClair stepped down as CEO and moved into an advisory role as executive chair; CFO Mark Witkowski was named the company’s new CEO, while Senior VP of Finance and Investor Relations Robyn Bradbury succeeded him as CFO … Border States ’ Matt Eddleman, the executive VP of its construction market, announced his retirement; he was succeeded by sales director Jody Brannock … GME CEO Caleb Messer was elected to the board of AD ’s Industrial & Safety-U.S. division … Wholesale tool, equipment and supply distributor PHP Distribution named longtime company of cial Marc Smith as its new president, succeeding John Walsh, who remains the company’s chairman … McNaughton-McKa y appointed former AD of cial Steven Guidry as its new executive VP of sales and marketing … R.S. Hughes named Chief Revenue Of cer John Mathis as its next CEO following the retirement of Bill Matthews … NIBCO promoted former regional wholesale director Colin Crain to VP of specialty and retail sales … Lawless Group promoted Senior VP of Business Development Rodney Hill to chief sales of cer … QXO named former Yahoo Chief Technology Of cer Val Liborski to the same role … MiddleGround Capital promoted Jonathan La to CFO and Jordan Gabbert to head investor relations … TricorBraun named former FleetPride and Grainger executive Kevin Weadick as CEO … F.W. Webb named Ryan Heusinkveld as its VP of information technology, succeeding the retiring Michael Michaud; the company also promoted branch manager Pat Casey and outside sales rep Warren Bean to director of business advancement for HVAC and director of commercial HVAC sales, respectively … The Whittemore Co. added Tim Laitinen as its new territory representative for Minnesota, the Dakotas and select accounts in northern Wisconsin … The Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative named Chris Stout, formerly of Purity Cylinder Gases , as its VP and general manager. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Home Depot subsidiary SRS Distribution acquired Iowa construction supplier Rising Star Wholesale … White Cap acquired Texas construction supplier Kris-Con Supply & Fasteners … Purvis Industries acquired Alabama MRO distributor A & A Resources … TIPCO Technologies added New Jersey hose assembly manufacturer Flexline and upstate New York hydraulics, valves and gaskets provider Potter Associates … Winsupply acquired a minority stake in Ohio data rm Mined XAI … Honeywell announced an agreement to acquire pump maker Sundyne for nearly $2.2 billion … QXO nalized its acquisition of building materials giant Beacon ; Beacon added California sealants, waterproo ng and concrete repair distributor DM Figley … Fortiline Inc. acquired Baltimore wholesale distributor Belair Road Supply and will rebrand its ve branches … Meritus Gas Partners added Twin Cities packaged gases and welding supply distributor Oxygen Service Company … S.F.E. Group acquired fellow Houston equipment provider Sumner Brand from Southwire … Minnesota gas and welding supply distributors Central McGowan and Minneapolis Oxygen announced their merger … nVent agreed to acquire Avail Infrastructure Solutions ’ electrical products division in a deal worth $975 million … RefrigiWear acquired German workwear company Fortdress Group … Ruland Manufacturing acquired California supplier RoCom 6 INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION | May/June 2025 www.inddist.com
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