1/7/2010

The parent company of Industrial Distribution closed the magazine January 6, 2010.

Founded in 1911, the trade magazine recently claimed twice the advertising pages of any publication in industrial distribution and a readership of 30,000 company owners, managers and sales personnel.

The magazine was targeted to industrial and construction distributors with customers in manufacturing, construction, mining, petroleum, utilities, MRO and OEM.

The Waltham, MA-based magazine was led by editor Jack Keogh.

“It’s been a shock to all of us here,” Keogh told GlobalFastenerNews.com.

He will be leaving Reed to set up a company dealing with distribution. “I just love this business too much to leave.” E-mail: jkeough@reedbusiness.com

The Industrial Distribution staff will be at Reed until the end of January.

Reed Business Information-U.S. also is closing Manufacturing Business Technology and Video Business magazines.

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