Global Industrial is a business unit of
Systemax Inc, a
Fortune 1000
The Fortune 1000 are the 1,000 largest American companies ranked by revenues, as compiled by the American business magazine ''Fortune''. It only includes companies which are incorporated or authorized to do business in the United States, and for ...
company, listed on the
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed ...
as . Global Industrial is incorporated in New York as Global Equipment Company Inc.,
and conducts business under the names Global Industrial, Global Industrial Equipment, Globalindustrial.ca
and GlobalIndustrial.com. The company sells industrial products and office supplies through direct to business channels with headquarters in
Port Washington, New York
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. The hamlet is the anchor community of the Greater Port Wa ...
.
History
Global Industrial was established in 1949 by Michael and Paul Leeds in Queens, New York as a material handling equipment supplier.
In 1985 the company began to deal with computer products. Through acquisitions of other computer-supply companies, the company expanded across the U.S. and into parts of Europe, with a revenue of nearly $180 million by 1990.
According to the company website,
it sells over 1,000,000 products via online sales and call center.
According to
Systemax annual reports and web articles the company has seen double digit growth for the past 5 years.
Awards and honors
Global Industrial has been accredited by the
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 97 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the Unite ...
since June 2002.
Global Industrial was ranked number 21 on Modern Distribution Management's Top 40 Industrial Distributors in 2017.
References
External links
Global IndustrialGlobal Industrial Canada
Industrial supply companies
Companies based in Nassau County, New York
Business services companies established in 1949
1949 establishments in New York City
Retail companies of the United States
{{US-manufacturing-company-stub