Houston Wire & Cable acquired Vertex Distribution.

HWC is a master distributor of electrical wire and cable, mechanical wire rope and lifting products. Started in 1975, HWC is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under symbol HWCC. The company’s products are sold through electrical distributors from 17 distribution centers totaling 800,000 sq ft of warehousing. Web: HouWire.com

Vertex dates its company history back to 1881 as Pawtucket Manufacturing in Rhode Island. Subsequent related company names include Bell Fasteners, Zelenda Metric, West-Spec Partners and All Metric. The companies became Vertex in 2003.

Vertex distributes corrosion resistant products including inch and metric corrosion resistant fasteners and alloy fasteners, blind rivets, hose clamps and security screws to industrial distributor markets.

Attleboro, MA-based Vertex has nine branches in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. Web: VertexDistribution.com