Tri-Ed Is Now Anixter

By: John Honovich, Published on Jan 23, 2018

Goodbye, Tri-Ed.

As Tri-Ed's own website now makes clear:

But what difference does this make for one of the industry's largest distributors? In this note, we share feedback from sources close to Anixter and examine the issues involved including operations and branding.

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Comments (1)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

01/28/18 10:28pm

We didn't buy from Tri-Ed before because of their association with Anixter. So not much difference to us.

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