HOUSTON (June 26, 2017) – McCord Development, Inc., sole owner and developer of Generation Park, announces GHX Industrial, LLC as the anchor tenant of the new Lockwood Business Park, the first for-lease industrial project at Generation Park. GHX, a national value-added distributor and fabricator of industrial gaskets and hoses, is consolidating four Houston area facilities and their headquarters to the new industrial park.
HOUSTON, Texas – GHX Industrial, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group, has promoted Brad Hoffman to the position of Vice President of Operations. In his new position, Mr. Hoffman will focus on operational and customer service excellence for the organization.
McCarty Equipment Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of GHX Industrial which is a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group, announced today the recent opening of a new location in San Antonio, Texas. The 6,000 square foot facility will provide value added services to customers in the Eagle Ford Shale Play in South Texas. Value added services include hose crimping, hose kitting, vendor managed inventories, custom fabrication of hose and a wide selection of industrial and oilfield products.
HOUSTON, Texas – GHX Industrial, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group, a distributor and fabricator of industrial gaskets and hoses, has promoted Jeff Davis to the position of Vice President of Sales. In his new position Mr. Davis will be responsible for leading all of GHX’s sales programs.
Darrell H. Cole, President & CEO of UDG stated that he is extremely proud that UDG continues to be recognized and ranked as a top distributor in the US.
Houston based GHX Industrial (www.ghxinc.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (www.udginc.com), announced today that it has acquired the assets and operations of Kernersville, North Carolina based Anchor Industrial Sales Inc.
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Houston based GHX Industrial (www.ghxinc.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (www.udginc.com), announced today that it has acquired the assets and operations of Alabama based Valley of Birmingham.
James J. Reilly of Houston-based GHX Industrial (ghxinc.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (udginc.com), was a featured speaker during the February 12 Design World Seminar Series on "Proper Hose Assembly Guidelines".
Houston-based GHX Industrial (ghxinc.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (udginc.com), announced today that it has acquired the assets and operations of Tennessee based Fugitt Rubber and Supply Co.
Houston-based GHX Industrial, LLC (ghxinc.com), a subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (udginc.com), reported today that it has acquired the operations and assets of Houston, Texas based Hose & Fittings, Inc. (hosefittingsinc.com).
Houston-based GHX Industrial, LLC (ghxinc.com), a subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (udginc.com), reported today that it has acquired the operations and assets of Decatur, Alabama-based Specialty Rubber & Gasket.
The United Distribution Group based in Bristol, Tennessee was recently named to the prestigious top 40 industrial distributors in the United States. Modern Distribution Magazine ranked UDG number 23 on the 2014 Market Leader List. In 2013 UDG ranked number 24.
Houston-based GHX Industrial, LLC (ghxinc.com) and McCarty Equipment Co. (mccartyequipment.com), subsidiaries of The United Distribution Group (udginc.com) announced today the opening of three new locations and the expansion of one current location.
Houston-based GHX Industrial, LLC (ghxinc.com), a subsidiary of The United Distribution Group (udginc.com) reported today that it has acquired the operations and assets of Harvey, LA based Hose Specialty & Supply Co., LLC.
Kelly McCarty, President of Abilene, TX based McCarty Equipment Co., Ltd., announced today the recent opening of a new location in Greeley, Colorado. The 10,000 square foot facility will provide value added services to customers in the Niobrara Shale Play in Northeastern Colorado. Value added services include the ability to crimp 10” hose, hose kitting, vendor managed inventories, custom fabrication of hose and a wide variety of industrial and oilfield products.
Abilene, TX based McCarty Equipment Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Houston based GHX Industrial and The United Distribution Group, announced today that it has acquired the assets and operations of the Bakersfield, CA location of Alternative Hose.
Bristol, TN – January 3, 2014. Darrell H. Cole, President & CEO of The United Distribution Group and Richard A. Harrison, President of GHX Industrial announce the acquisition of Dandy Specialties, Inc., headquartered in Abilene, TX. Dandy, founded in 1981, is an industrial distributor of specialized drilling rig and wellhead components and is comprised of three facilities in Abilene, TX; Odessa, TX and Hobbs, NM. Dandy will operate as a division of McCarty Equipment Co., a subsidiary of GHX Industrial. Read More
Kelly McCarty, President of Abilene, TX based McCarty Equipment Co., Ltd., announced today the recent establishment of a new facility in Louisville, Ohio. The 10,000 square foot location will provide value added services such as hose kitting, vendor managed inventories and custom fabrication of hose facilities.
McCarty Equipment is a subsidiary of GHX Industrial and along with GHX is a part of The United Distribution Group family of companies. The combined companies now operate 46 branches in 16 states and provinces throughout the US and Canada.
Headquartered in Houston, TX, GHX provides fluid sealing (gaskets), fluid transfer (hoses) and other products to a variety of industries, particularly the refining and petrochemical, upstream oil and gas, OEM, power generation, marine, mining and agriculture segments.
With 68 locations throughout North America, the subsidiaries of The United Distribution Group (Houston, TX based GHX Industrial, LLC and Bristol, TN based United Central Industrial Supply) are leading providers of products and services to a variety of industries including oil & gas, mining, power generation, petrochemical, agriculture, marine and various other industries.
Carl Mallory
Director of Marketing
United Central Industrial Supply
cmallory@unitedcentral.net
423-573-7300
Richard Harrison, President of Houston, TX based GHX Industrial, LLC announced today the recent establishment of a new facility in Texas City, Texas. The 4,000 square foot location will provide value added services such as hose kitting, vendor managed inventories and custom fabrication of hose facilities.
GHX, a subsidiary of the United Distribution Group now operates 46 branches in 16 states and provinces throughout the US and Canada.
Headquartered in Houston, TX, GHX provides fluid sealing (gaskets), fluid transfer (hoses) and other products to a variety of industries, particularly the refining and petrochemical, upstream oil and gas, OEM, power generation, marine, mining and agriculture segments.
With 68 locations throughout North America, the subsidiaries of The United Distribution Group (Houston, TX based GHX Industrial, LLC and Bristol, TN based United Central Industrial Supply) are leading providers of products and services to a variety of industries including oil & gas, mining, power generation, petrochemical, agriculture, marine and various other industries.
Carl Mallory
Director of Marketing
United Central Industrial Supply
cmallory@unitedcentral.net
423-573-7300
Houston, Texas – June 12, 2013. Houston based GHX Industrial (The Expert Fit), a wholly owned subsidiary of The United Distribution Group announced today that it has acquired the assets of Flowline Components, Inc. and Flowline OEM Group, Inc.
Founded in 1988 by Larry Blackburn and Greg Johnston, Flowline operates two branches in Baltimore, Maryland and Greencastle, Pennsylvania and is a value added distributor of fabricated hose, MRO products and other related products.
“Flowline concentrates on several primary areas including hydraulic and pneumatic fluid conveyance products, custom assembly, kitting solutions and vendor managed inventory” stated GHX President, Richard Harrison.
Flowline’s core customer base has historically consisted of agriculture, construction and food & beverage OEMs.
“Expanding our service area throughout the US and Canada is an ongoing strategic focus for GHX and the acquisition of the Flowline locations compliments our already strong North American presence” said Darrell Cole, President & CEO of The United Distribution Group.
Mr. Harrison further stated that “the executive management staff of Flowline will remain with the company after the acquisition with Mr. Blackburn maintaining responsibility for sales, marketing and customer relations and Mr. Johnston continuing in his current capacity focusing on operations and inventory management”.
In recent months, GHX has also consolidated its Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida branches into a newly constructed, 25,000 square foot facility in Loxley, Alabama. The company has also opened a brand new 18,000 square foot state-of-the art facility on West Little York Drive in Houston, Texas.
In addition, McCarty Equipment Company, a subsidiary of GHX Industrial has recently established a location in Dickinson, North Dakota which along with its Williston branch accounts for two locations in the state of North Dakota.
GHX now operates 40 branches in 15 states and provinces throughout the US and Canada.
Headquartered in Houston, TX, GHX provides fluid sealing (gaskets), fluid transfer (hoses) and other products to a variety of industries, particularly the power generation, refining and petrochemical, mining, agriculture, marine and upstream oil and gas enterprises.
With 62 locations throughout North America, the subsidiaries of The United Distribution Group are leading providers of products and services to a variety of industries including oil & gas, mining, power generation, petrochemical, agriculture, marine and various other industries.
Headquartered in Bristol, TN, United Central Industrial Supply is a full line, full service mining and industrial supplies distributor with 21 locations throughout the United States and Canada.
Darrell H. Cole, CEO of Bristol, TN-based United Central Industrial Supply is pleased to announce, a merger with Houston, TX-based GHX Industrial, LLC forming one of the largest energy focused industrial distribution and service-related companies in North America. Both entities will continue to operate independently and serve their respective markets and customer bases but will utilize a combination of shared administrative, strategic and management services.
Since its inception in 1974, United Central has been focused on serving mining industries in the US and Canada. A combination of organic growth and eleven strategic acquisitions have propelled United Central into the position of being the largest distributor of mining supplies in North America. United Central currently operates 26 locations throughout the US and Canada.
Headquartered in Houston, TX, GHX, known as “The Expert Fit” in the industries it serves, has a more than 70-year history of providing fluid transfer (hoses), fluid sealing (gaskets), and other products to a variety of oil and gas upstream companies, refineries, power generation, petrochemical, mining, agriculture and marine enterprises. GHX currently operates 39 locations throughout the US and Canada.
Coming out of the merger, The United Distribution Group, Inc. has been formed to manage United Central and its subsidiaries, Gooding Rubber Co. and National Mine Service and GHX and its subsidiaries McCarty Equipment Company and McCarty Equipment of Canada. “All entities will operate as standalone business divisions,” stated United Central CEO Darrell H. Cole, who has recently been appointed President & CEO of The United Distribution Group, Inc.
Henry E. Looney, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of United Central and a 31 year industry veteran, has been promoted to President of United Central effective with the merger and reports to Mr. Cole. Richard A. Harrison, a 30 year industry veteran will continue in his role as President of GHX. Mr. Harrison will also report to Mr. Cole.
Mr. Cole stated, “I am confident that Messrs. Looney and Harrison will make significant contributions to the enhancement of the United Central and GHX service models.” Mr. Cole further stated, “I look forward to continuing to work directly with both Mr. Looney and Mr. Harrison.” Mr. Cole stated, “the merger of these two leading organizations allows the combined companies to provide a greater depth of resources to the respective industries they serve.”
Daniel D. Ahuero, a founder and former Executive Chairman of GHX Industrial, LLC, has joined The United Distribution Group as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. Benjamin B. Andrews, also a founder and former Executive Vice President of GHX Industrial, LLC, has joined The United Distribution Group as Vice President of Corporate Development. Messrs. Ahuero, Andrews and Cole jointly stated they look forward to continuing to contribute to the model that creates increased customer value as well as overall growth for United Central and GHX.
The combined organization now has a nationwide network of 65 branches and over 800 employees.
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