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The US LBM Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by specialty building materials distributor US LBM, has committed $100,000 to the Gary Sinise Foundation's R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence, Supporting Empowerment) Program, which builds mortgage-free, specially adapted smart homes for our nation's most severely wounded heroes.

GMS Inc. announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of Westside Building Material (“Westside”), one of the nation’s largest independent distributors of interior building products.

Sunbelt Business Advisors served as the exclusive financial advisor to Material Distributors, Inc. (MDI), a wholesale distributor of building materials based in Marshall, Minnesota, in connection with a sale of the Company to Amerhart.

AD has finalized a merger agreement with pipe, valves and fittings buying group Delta Distributors effective Jan. 1, 2021.

L&W Supply, one of the country’s largest distributors of drywall, acoustical ceilings and other interior building materials, has announced that Greg Zucchero has accepted the role of Business Development Manager for Southern California.

ln today's unprecedented time of canceled industry meetings, STAFDA is making the equally unprecedented offer to distributors only in
the construction/industrial channel whose organization's annual meeting was canceled to attend STAFDA's upcoming November 8-10 Anaheim Convention & Trade Show for this year onlv.

On March 17, 2020 AD held its first ever live virtual member meeting, welcoming over 250 member distributors in their Industrial & Safety – U.S. division to the event.

AD and SafetyNetwork (formerly SMG) are announcing that on Feb. 28, 2020, SafetyNetwork’s independent members overwhelmingly voted in favor to merge the two groups. The transaction is expected to close April 1, 2020.  The merger is part of AD’s commitment to ensuring a strong future for independent distributors. 

As part of its 2020 LLC board of directors’ election, AD is announcing a new director and two reelected directors among its complement of 12 board members and committee chairs.