Msc Industrial Direct Co., Inc.

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (MSC), incorporated in 1995, is a direct marketer of a range of industrial products to industrial customers throughout the United States. The Company distributes a line of industrial products to meet its customers′ maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supplies requirements. MSC offers over 590, 000 stock-keeping units (SKUs) through its master catalogs, weekly, monthly and quarterly specialty and promotional catalogs, newspapers and brochures, and the Internet, including its Website, MSCDirect. Com, MSCJLMetalworking. Com and Use-Enco. Com (the MSC Websites). Most of its products are carried in stock. MSC′s customers include a range of purchasers of industrial supply products, from individual machine shops to Fortune 1000 companies, to government agencies, such as the General Services Administration (GSA) and the United States Postal Service (USPS). It has in excess of 371, 000 active customers (companies that have purchased at least one item during the past 12 months).

The Company operates primarily in the United States, with customers in all 50 states, through a network of five customer fulfillment centers (four customer fulfillment centers are located within the United States and one is located in the United Kingdom) and 97 branch offices (96 branches are located within the United States and one is located in the United Kingdom). MSC′s customer fulfillment centers are located near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; Elkhart, Indiana; Reno, Nevada, and Wednesbury, United Kingdom. The Company offer approximately 590, 000 SKUs, representing a range of MRO products that include cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety, janitorial, plumbing, material handling, power transmission, electrical supplies, as well as other categories. Its in-bound sales representatives and technical support associates are trained to assist customers in making intelligent cost-saving purchases. Approximately 83% of sales are fulfilled from the Company′s customer fulfillment centers or branch offices. Certain products, such as specialty or custom items and some very large orders, are shipped directly from the manufacturer. Its customer fulfillment centers are managed via computer-based SKU tracking systems and radio frequency devices that facilitate the location of specific stock items to make the picking process more efficient. For more information, visit the company′s website.