Wolseley will be a national distribution partner for Kohler, Sterling and Kallista brands.

Nunn currently serves as executive director, stainless steel and alloys, for MRC Global.

Fortune worked with its long-standing research partner Great Place to Work to help find the best employers for those born between 1981 and 1997— a generation known for appreciating firms with strong values and thirst for growth opportunities.

The move demonstrates OEP's ability to drive transformative growth through strategic acquisitions.

I am a servant. To my company, my family, my friends and even people I don’t know — I am a servant. As I sail into the twilight of a 40-year career in business, it seems the world we live in today has forgotten and devalued the lost art of service. 

"Great Together: Employee Owned" - how Soderholm & Associates shares its path from family-owned to employee-owned, a lesson in succession planning.

For many distributors across the country, COVID-19’s impact was felt economically as well as emotionally, reaching farther and longer than any slight downturn the industry has witnessed. 

In 1979, Bob Hunter started his PVF career in sales with O’Neal Steel. In 2021, he retires after many successes in the industry.

My hunch is the showroom crowd will continue to be apprehensive; you should respect the parameters of what the consumer wants in the showroom.