Grainger (NYSE: GWW), North America’s leading broad line distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, announced in September it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cromwell Group (Holdings) Limited, together with its subsidiaries (“Cromwell”).
Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Leicester, England, Cromwell is the largest independent MRO distributor in the United Kingdom, serving more than 35,000 industrial and manufacturing customers worldwide with more than 80,000 industrial products and employing more than 2,150 team members. Sales for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2015, are forecasted to be approximately £283 million GBP ($440 million USD).