ACQUISITIONS: Home Depot Acquires Brafasco

Jason Sandefur

Home Depot acquired Brafasco Holdings II Inc. and its Brafasco subsidiaries.
In a letter to suppliers, Brafasco supply manager Paul Chatterton wrote that Home Depot “has aggressively pursued opportunities to grow its professional business through acquisition as well as aggressive organic investment to support accelerated growth in existing business units. The Home Depot wants us to become part of its distinguished team and to partner with us to accelerate our reach in this market.”
Chatterton assured fastener suppliers that “to ensure a smooth transition, we intend to maintain business as usual in the near term.”
With the recent opening of branches in Markham, Ontario, Elk Grove Village, IL and Clinton Township, MI, Brampton, Brafasco / Brampton Fastener Co. Ltd. has 24 locations. Founded in 1966, Brafsco stocks 20,000 line items of fasteners and industrial supplies and is headquartered at 93 Heart Lake Rd., Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6V 3K1. Tel: 905 451-7774 or 888 272-3272 Web: brafasco.com \ �2005 FastenerNews.com