Vertex Distribution owner Houston Wire & Cable Co. was acquired by OmniCable for $91 million cash.

OmniCable is a subsidiary of Dot Holdings Co, which is owned by Dot Family Holdings, owners and operators of Dot Foods Inc., the largest food industry redistributor in North America.

Each company will retain its own brands and its existing locations.

“Offering both brands allows our customers a choice and to work with their preferred partner,” stated OmniCable CEO Greg Lampert.

The combined company also will continue Vertex, HWCC’s fastener redistribution business.

Houston Wire & Cable acquired Vertex Distribution in 2016. 

Vertex was founded in 1881 as the Pawtucket Manufacturing Company 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 Distribution 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 branches in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas. Web: vertexdistribution.com