Global Industrial Company

Global Industrial Company
FormerlySystemax
Company typePublic[1]
NYSE: GIC
Russell 2000 Component
IndustryIndustrial Supplies and MRO
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Headquarters
Port Washington, New York
,
U.S.
Area served
Nationwide
Key people
  • Barry Litwin (CEO)
  • Tex Clark (CFO)
RevenueDecreaseUS$1.265 billion (2017)[2]
DivisionsIndustrial Products
Subsidiaries
  • Global Industrial
  • Nexel
  • Infotel
  • C&H Distributors
  • Avenue Industrial Supply Company
  • Indoff Incorporated
Websitewww.globalindustrial.com

Global Industrial Company, is a Port Washington, New York based company and is a provider of industrial and MRO (maintenance, repair, and operating supply) products through a system of branded e-Commerce websites and relationship marketers in North America. The primary brand is Global Industrial.[3]

The company was founded in 1949 as Global Equipment Company, a material handler. It first entered direct marketing in 1972 and began marketing computer equipment in 1981. The company changed its name to Global Direct-mail, in 1995 and to Systemax in 1999 and Global Industrial Company in 2021.[4]

Former Systemax logo
  1. ^ "Systemax - Press". Archived from the original on February 25, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
  2. ^ "Systemax Reports Fourth Quarter 2017 Financial Results". Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  3. ^ "Systemax Closes Sale Of France Operations".
  4. ^ "Systemax to Change its Name to Global Industrial Company" (Press release). Accesswire. June 9, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.