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Kimball Midwest Rises on Leading Distributors List

Written by Kimball Midwest | September 28, 2021

Columbus, Ohio – September 28, 2021 – Kimball Midwest has reached its highest ranking on a notable annual ranking of industrial distributors. 

This week, the company came in at No. 33 on Industrial Distribution’s Big 50. That’s up two spots from 2020. In the video announcing the rankings, the publication’s editors mentioned Kimball Midwest’s recent move to a larger location for its Texas distribution center and the announcement of plans to open a fifth distribution center in Newtown, Connecticut.


“This ranking is only possible because we have great people doing great things every day across the nation,” President and CEO Pat McCurdy said. “We’ve been honored to help keep America working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.”


Kimball Midwest primarily serves its customers through a network of more than 1,000 sales representatives across the continental United States. In the last year, it has been honored among the 50 Best Companies to Sell For by Selling Power magazine as well as Training magazine’s Training Top 100.


Kimball Midwest is a family-owned, national distributor of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products that has been providing superior products and superior service since 1923. The company services sales representatives and end-use customers from its corporate office and distribution center in Columbus, Ohio, and distribution centers strategically located in Dallas, Texas; Reno, Nevada; and Savannah, Georgia. The company will open its fifth distribution center in 2022 in Newtown, Connecticut.