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{{Short description|American industrial parts distributor}}
{{Infobox company |
{{Infobox company
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name = Motion Industries, Inc.|
logo = [[Image:Motion industries logo.gif]]|
| name = Motion Industries, Inc.
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| logo = Motion Industries Logo2.png
type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Genuine Parts]]|
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
slogan = ''Keeping Industry In Motion''|
| parent = [[Genuine Parts Company]]
foundation = 1972 |
| foundation = {{start date and age|1946}}
location = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], United States|
| location_city = [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
key_people = Tim Breen, [[President]]
| location_country = United States
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industry = Industrial Equipment & Components |
| key_people = James Howe (president)<ref>{{cite news|title= Genuine Parts Company Announces Officer Promotion |url=https://www.aftermarketnews.com/genuine-parts-company-announces-officer-promotion/|accessdate=2024-07-02|publisher=Birmingham Business Journal|date=2024-03-21}}</ref>
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products = |
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| industry = Industrial Equipment & Components
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revenue = {{profit}}$4.77 billion [[USD]] (2014) |
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| products =
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num_employees = 5,200 (2009)|
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| revenue = {{profit}}$8.8 billion [[USD]] (2023)
homepage = [http://www.motionindustries.com/ http://www.motionindustries.com/] |
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| num_employees = 9,400 (2023)
| homepage = {{url|motion.com}}
| former_name = Owen Richards Co.
}}
}}
'''Motion Industries, Inc.''', headquartered in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], is a distributor of industrial parts and has 150,000 customers and annual sales of $4.5 billion. It is a [[subsidiary|wholly owned subsidiary]] of [[Genuine Parts]].
'''Motion,''' known formally as '''Motion Industries, Inc.,''' is an American distributor of industrial parts and industrial technology headquartered in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. Since 1972, it has been a [[subsidiary|wholly owned subsidiary]] of [[Genuine Parts Company]].


== History ==
== History ==
Motion Industries began as Owen Richards Co., an industrial supply company, which Caldwell Marks and William Spencer III purchased in 1946 in Birmingham. Changing the name to Motion Industries, Marks and Spencer merged with Genuine Parts Co. in 1972. According to Marks, Motion Industries was one of the first industrial distribution companies to establish a central [[distribution center]] and set-up an electronic parts [[database]].<ref name=Garrison>{{cite news|last1=Garrison|first1=Greg|title=Man in Motion: From meeting with JFK to helping start companies and launch Kirklin Clinic, businessman Caldwell Marks led Birmingham behind the scenes (Life Stories)|url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/10/man_in_motion_from_meeting_wit.html|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=The Birmingham News|date=2013-10-06}}</ref>
Motion Industries began as '''Owen Richards Co.''', an industrial supply company, which Caldwell Marks and William Spencer III purchased in 1946 in Birmingham. They changed the name to '''Motion Industries''', according to the founders, "because everything we do moves – we're in the bearing and transmission business."<ref name=Garrison>{{cite news|last1=Garrison|first1=Greg|title=Man in Motion: From meeting with JFK to helping start companies and launch Kirklin Clinic, businessman Caldwell Marks led Birmingham behind the scenes (Life Stories)|url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/10/man_in_motion_from_meeting_wit.html|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=The Birmingham News|date=2013-10-06}}</ref>


Marks and Spencer merged Motion Industries with [[Genuine Parts Company]] in 1972. Motion Industries now forms the Industrial Parts Group of Genuine Parts.<ref name="genuine">{{cite web |url=https://genpt.com/ |title=Motion Industries |publisher=Genuine Parts Company |accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref> According to Marks, Motion Industries was one of the first industrial distribution companies to establish a central [[distribution center]] and set up an electronic parts [[database]].<ref name=Garrison />
Modern Motion Industries is an industrial parts distributor for products including [[bearing (mechanical)|bearings]], [[transmission (mechanics)|mechanical power transmission]], electrical and industrial [[automation]], and [[Hydraulic machinery|hydraulic hose]]. It also provides fabrication and repair services.<ref name=Stroud /> As of 2015, Motion Industries had annual sales of $4.5 billion and 150,000 customers. Its customers cross numerous industries including: food and beverage, [[pulp and paper industry|pulp and paper]], iron and steel, [[Chemical industry|chemical]], mining, [[petrochemical]], [[Automotive industry|automotive]], wood and lumber, and [[Pharmaceutical drug|pharmaceuticals]].<ref name=Barth>{{cite news|last1=Barth|first1=Cindy|title=Miller Bearings acquired by Motion Industries|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2015/02/03/miller-bearings-acquired-by-motion-industries.html|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=Orlando Business Journal|date=2015-02-03}}</ref> At $4.5 billion in sales, Motion Industries placed ninth on ''Industrial Distribution's'' 2014 "The Big 50" list of industrial distributors.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 2014 Industrial Distribution Big 50 List|url=http://www.inddist.com/news/2014/09/2014-industrial-distribution-big-50-list|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=Industrial Distribution|date=2014-09-09}}</ref> It was also recognized as "Distributor of the Year" by [[3M]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=3M Presents Distributor Of The Year Awards|url=http://www.inddist.com/news/2014/07/3m-presents-distributor-year-awards|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=Industrial Distribution|date=2014-07-17}}</ref>


In January 2021, Motion Industries announced an official rebrand as Motion. The company announced that "the move to rebrand is intended to solidify the company's structure and advance its position in the marketplace."<ref name="Motion">{{cite web |url=https://www.mdm.com/news/sales-marketing/motion-industries-rebrands-as-simply-motion/ |title=Motion Industries Rebrands as Simply 'Motion' |publisher=MDM |date=January 19, 2021}}</ref> The rebranding also coincided with Motion's 75th anniversary.
===Leadership===
Tim Breen is Motion Industries' [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]. He replaced Bill Stephens, who led the company for 37 years, in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=West|first1=Ty|title=Magic City Newsmakers: Lewis Communications, Motion Industries & more|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2015/03/12/magic-city-newsmakers-lewis-communications-motion.html|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=Birmingham Business Journal|date=2015-03-12}}</ref>


===Name===
== Operations ==
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[[File:Motion Industries Branch Office Livonia Michigan.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Motion Industries branch office [[Livonia, Michigan]]]]
Stephens explained the founders' decision to change the name from Owen Richards to Motion Industries "because everything we do moves – we’re in the bearing and transmission business."<ref name=Garrison />
Motion Industries is an industrial parts distributor for products including [[bearing (mechanical)|bearings]]; [[transmission (mechanics)|mechanical power transmission]]; electrical and industrial [[automation]]; hose, belting, and gaskets; hydraulic and pneumatics; [[pump|process pumps]]; [[Hydraulic machinery|hydraulic and industrial hose]]; material handling; seals and accessories; and industrial/safety supplies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Motion Press Release |url=https://view.publitas.com/motion/preleasemiacqalliedcir051424fnl/page/1 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=view.publitas.com |language=en}} </ref> It also provides fabrication and repair services.<ref name="Stroud">{{cite news |last1=Stroud |first1=Rob |date=2015-04-02 |title=Motion Industries relocates to new location in Mattoon |agency=Journal Gazette & Times-Courier |url=http://jg-tc.com/business/motion-industries-relocates-to-new-location-in-mattoon/article_27d25f93-9b34-5792-a876-d3ad69576c36.html |accessdate=2015-08-18}}</ref> The company's business units Motion Automation Intelligence (Motion Ai), Motion Conveyance Solutions and Motion Repair & Services were formed to offer specialized, related products and services in those respective areas.<ref name=":0" />


As of 2023, Motion had annual sales of over $8 billion and 200,000 customers.<ref name=":0" /> Its customers cross numerous industries, including aggregate and cement, [[Automotive industry|automotive]], [[Chemical industry|chemical]] and allied products, equipment and machinery, equipment rental and leasing, fabricated metals, food and beverage, iron and steel, lumber and wood, oil and gas, [[pulp and paper industry|pulp and paper]], and rubber products.<ref name=":0" />
== Locations ==
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[[File:Motion Industries Branch Office Livonia Michigan.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Motion Industries branch office [[Livonia, Michigan]]]]
There are more than 500 Motion Industries offices located throughout the [[United States]] and in [[Canada]] through its Motion Canada subsidiary. The company operates in Mexico through its Motion Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. division.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Profile|url=http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/companyProfile?symbol=GPC.N|publisher=Reuters UK|accessdate=20 April 2012}}</ref>


Motion placed first in Modern Distribution Management's list of Top Bearings/PT Distributors in 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |title=MDM Top Distributors List 2024 |url=https://s33009.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MDM-2024-Top-Distributors-Report.pdf |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Modern Distribution Management |language=en-US}}</ref> and second on ''Industrial Distribution's'' 2023 Big 50 list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Industrial Distribution Big 50 |url=https://www.inddist.com/big-50/article/22874459/the-2023-industrial-distribution-big-50 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Industrial Distribution |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Regional Locations===

With 6,500 employees, Motion Industries is the largest employer in Alabama.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dugan|first1=Kelli|title=Want to work for Austal? 68 positions currently available in Mobile|url=http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/06/want_to_work_for_austal_68_pos.html|accessdate=2015-08-18|publisher=Alabama Media Group|date=2015-06-08}}</ref>
=== Facilities ===
There are more than 550 Motion facilities, including branches, distribution and fulfillment centers, and service centers located throughout North America. Additionally, there are more than 150 locations in Australasia.<ref name=":0" />


===Acquisitions===
===Acquisitions===
Motion has made many acquisitions throughout the decades; a few of the larger ones include Berry Bearing (1993),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bearings business on a roll in Chicago |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-09-09-9309090050-story.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=9 September 1993 }}</ref> BC Bearing/US Bearings/Norcan (2010),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Lauren B. |date=2010-03-03 |title=Motion Industries finalizes purchase of Canadian distributor. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2010/03/01/daily25.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> and Kaman Distribution Group (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-04 |title=Motion Completes $1.3B Acquisition of Kaman Distribution |url=https://www.inddist.com/mergers-acquisitions/news/21977378/motion-completes-13b-acquisition-of-kaman-distribution |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Industrial Distribution |language=en-us}}</ref>
In the late 1990s, Motion Industries acquired Illinois Bearing Co. in [[Mattoon, Illinois]].<ref name=Stroud>{{cite news|last1=Stroud|first1=Rob|title=Motion Industries relocates to new location in Mattoon|url=http://jg-tc.com/business/motion-industries-relocates-to-new-location-in-mattoon/article_27d25f93-9b34-5792-a876-d3ad69576c36.html|accessdate=2015-08-18|agency=Journal Gazette & Times-Courier|date=2015-04-02}}</ref> In 2015 the company acquired Miller Bearings, an [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]-based industrial parts distributor.<ref name=Barth />

The acquisition of Inenco (completed 2019), now Motion Asia Pacific, expanded Motion's global markets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genuine Parts Company Completes Acquisition Of Leading Industrial Distributor In Australasia |url=https://www.genpt.com/2019-07-10-Genuine-Parts-Company-Completes-Acquisition-Of-Leading-Industrial-Distributor-In-Australasia |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Genuine Parts Company |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Legal ==
== Legal ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.motionindustries.com/ Motion Industries Website]


[[Category:Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama]]
[[Category:Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1972]]
[[Category:Business services companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:1946 establishments in Alabama]]

Latest revision as of 23:19, 2 July 2024

Motion Industries, Inc.
FormerlyOwen Richards Co.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryIndustrial Equipment & Components
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Headquarters
Birmingham, Alabama
,
United States
Key people
James Howe (president)[1]
RevenueIncrease$8.8 billion USD (2023)
Number of employees
9,400 (2023)
ParentGenuine Parts Company
Websitemotion.com

Motion, known formally as Motion Industries, Inc., is an American distributor of industrial parts and industrial technology headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Since 1972, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company.

History

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Motion Industries began as Owen Richards Co., an industrial supply company, which Caldwell Marks and William Spencer III purchased in 1946 in Birmingham. They changed the name to Motion Industries, according to the founders, "because everything we do moves – we're in the bearing and transmission business."[2]

Marks and Spencer merged Motion Industries with Genuine Parts Company in 1972. Motion Industries now forms the Industrial Parts Group of Genuine Parts.[3] According to Marks, Motion Industries was one of the first industrial distribution companies to establish a central distribution center and set up an electronic parts database.[2]

In January 2021, Motion Industries announced an official rebrand as Motion. The company announced that "the move to rebrand is intended to solidify the company's structure and advance its position in the marketplace."[4] The rebranding also coincided with Motion's 75th anniversary.

Operations

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Motion Industries branch office Livonia, Michigan

Motion Industries is an industrial parts distributor for products including bearings; mechanical power transmission; electrical and industrial automation; hose, belting, and gaskets; hydraulic and pneumatics; process pumps; hydraulic and industrial hose; material handling; seals and accessories; and industrial/safety supplies.[5] It also provides fabrication and repair services.[6] The company's business units Motion Automation Intelligence (Motion Ai), Motion Conveyance Solutions and Motion Repair & Services were formed to offer specialized, related products and services in those respective areas.[5]

As of 2023, Motion had annual sales of over $8 billion and 200,000 customers.[5] Its customers cross numerous industries, including aggregate and cement, automotive, chemical and allied products, equipment and machinery, equipment rental and leasing, fabricated metals, food and beverage, iron and steel, lumber and wood, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and rubber products.[5]

Motion placed first in Modern Distribution Management's list of Top Bearings/PT Distributors in 2024,[7] and second on Industrial Distribution's 2023 Big 50 list.[8]

Facilities

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There are more than 550 Motion facilities, including branches, distribution and fulfillment centers, and service centers located throughout North America. Additionally, there are more than 150 locations in Australasia.[5]

Acquisitions

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Motion has made many acquisitions throughout the decades; a few of the larger ones include Berry Bearing (1993),[9] BC Bearing/US Bearings/Norcan (2010),[10] and Kaman Distribution Group (2022).[11]

The acquisition of Inenco (completed 2019), now Motion Asia Pacific, expanded Motion's global markets.[12]

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In 2012 Donald G. Maynor II, an employee, sued Motion Industries for age discrimination, alleging that the company fired him due to his age in violation of the West Virginia Human Rights Act.[13] In 2015 Motion Industries sued Superior Derrick Services for $1 million due to non-payment of a portion of a contract for parts delivered between 2011 and 2014.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Genuine Parts Company Announces Officer Promotion". Birmingham Business Journal. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  2. ^ a b Garrison, Greg (2013-10-06). "Man in Motion: From meeting with JFK to helping start companies and launch Kirklin Clinic, businessman Caldwell Marks led Birmingham behind the scenes (Life Stories)". The Birmingham News. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  3. ^ "Motion Industries". Genuine Parts Company. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "Motion Industries Rebrands as Simply 'Motion'". MDM. January 19, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Motion Press Release". view.publitas.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  6. ^ Stroud, Rob (2015-04-02). "Motion Industries relocates to new location in Mattoon". Journal Gazette & Times-Courier. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  7. ^ "MDM Top Distributors List 2024" (PDF). Modern Distribution Management. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  8. ^ "The 2023 Industrial Distribution Big 50". Industrial Distribution. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  9. ^ "Bearings business on a roll in Chicago". Chicago Tribune. 9 September 1993. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  10. ^ Cooper, Lauren B. (2010-03-03). "Motion Industries finalizes purchase of Canadian distributor". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  11. ^ "Motion Completes $1.3B Acquisition of Kaman Distribution". Industrial Distribution. 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  12. ^ "Genuine Parts Company Completes Acquisition Of Leading Industrial Distributor In Australasia". Genuine Parts Company. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  13. ^ Asbury, Kyla (2012-11-14). "Motion Industries sued on claims of age discrimination". West Virginia Records. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
  14. ^ Ostrow, Carol (2015-08-06). "Industrial equipment supplier alleges non-payment by client". Louisiana Record. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
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