11/13/2014 2:16:00 PM
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Applied Industrial Opens New Distribution Facility
Applied Industrial Technologies is continuing its growth and expansion of the Applied Maintenance Supplies and Solutions (Applied MSS) business into the company’s distribution center in Fontana, CA.
The facility will maintain an inventory of tens of thousands of products and ship directly to customers in an 11-state region of the western U.S.
The distribution center complements two other Applied MSS regional distribution facilities in Cleveland, OH, and Atlanta, GA.
The Applied MSS product line includes more than 40,000 C-Class MRO supplies. Products include fasteners, cutting tools, paints and chemicals, fluid flow, safety, janitorial and much more, with immediate stock availability throughout the Applied MSS distribution network along with access to an additional 250,000 SKUs.
“Our Maintenance Supplies and Solutions business is expanding rapidly, with increased people, products and services,” said Rob Onorato, GM of Maintenance Supplies and Solutions. “This modern facility has expandable racking capabilities to meet the growing demand for fast, local delivery of C-Class MRO consumables.”
Onorato said Applied MSS specialists are available to lay out a customer’s maintenance shop in a “lean, organized format.”
Applied is installing demo vending machines in more than a dozen of its service centers in this region — including its Fontana service center — to support growing interest in its Applied MSS vending solutions.
The company also has additional operations in the Fontana facility, including the Applied distribution center, an Applied rubber shop, and an Applied fluid power subsidiary.
Applied MSS plans to hire several new associates to support this location and its growth in the C-Class maintenance supplies business. Web: AppliedMSS.com
Cleveland, OH-based Applied Industrial Technologies operates more than 560 facilities with 5,800 employees, offering more than five million parts for MROs and OEMs. Web: applied.com
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