Lake Forest, Ill.-based distributor Grainger is combining its Lab Safety Supply unit with the Grainger Industrial Supply business. At the company's annual analyst conference held Nov. 19, ...

Floor wax, light bulbs and toilet cleaner never looked so good.Gunning for a bigger chunk of the vast market for industrial and office supplies, Chicago-based W.W. Grainger Inc. on Tuesday ...

W.W. Grainger is one of the few companies that's almost everywhere in the world: It distributes some 300,000 products to 2 million customers globally including oil and environmental protection ...

W. W. Grainger Inc. has survived almost 80 years by selling millions of parts and supplies to factories, ... is rapidly expanding through acquisitions into industrial supplies, Grainger's lifeblood.

Grainger, the direct marketer of industrial supplies, will lay off 300 to 400 employees across the company. The Chicago company will also: * Reduce employee travel expenses and relocation. *Eliminate ...

CHICAGO — W.W. Grainger Inc., which supplies industrial maintenance and safety products to manufacturers and government offices, said sales increased 12 percent in January from a year ago due in ...

As WW Grainger supplies the construction and industrial companies, its results are sometimes seen as a harbinger for the wider industrial sector, with Honeywell and General Electric among those ...

Grainger, a Chicago-based distributor of industrial supplies, has begun work on a massive distribution center in Hockley that will bring 400 jobs to the Houston area beginning in 2026. The company ...