Mincron customers featured in exclusive Premier 150 ranking
June 2017 — Houston, Texas — The May issue of Supply House Times featured the Premier 150, the publication’s annual ranking of distributors with the largest sales volume in the plumbing; pipe, valves & fittings; and HVAC/R markets.
Rankings are determined by the sales volume each company reports from the previous year. While individual companies’ volumes are kept confidential, Supply House Times released several overall statistics gathered from the survey:
More than half of the distributors among the Premier 150 reported a sales volume ranging from $50 million to $199 million
Plumbing distributors on the list reported $12.8 billion in total sales
The HVAC/R distributors realized $13 billion in sales
Distributors in the PVF market, which has struggled in recent years, had the highest total, with $15.1 billion in sales
There is bullish optimism among distributors in all three market segments, with 92% expecting sales gains in 2017
Mincron, a Kerridge Commercial Systems Company, congratulates all the deserving distributors included among the Premier 150, and we particularly applaud the achievements of our customers that were recognized:
#2 — HD Supply (Waterworks Division)
#3 — Watsco
#6 — Hajoca (LCR/M operations)
#10 — MORSCO (Fortiline operations)
#15 — Groupe Deschenes
#22 — Dakota Supply Group
#39 — N.B. Handy Co.
#46 — Plumb Supply Co.
#63 — Plumbing Distributors Inc.
#70 — Central Supply Co.
#85 — Blackman Supply Co.
#109 — Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge
#116 — Hinkle Metals & Supply Co.
#149 — Columbia Specialty Co.
We are incredibly proud to be your business partner!
As the report’s introduction noted, “The companies on the list are successful for many reasons — including a willingness to adapt to industry changes being one of them.”
The introduction also shared a comment from Mincron customer Michael Taylor, President of Long Beach, Calif.-based Columbia Specialty, who described the improvement in that state’s business conditions: “The California economy is gaining momentum into 2017, which includes increasing activity in commercial and industrial construction.”
