McMaster-Carr explained

McMaster-Carr
Type:Private
Foundation:1901
Location:Elmhurst, Illinois
Num Employees:3,001[1]
Industry:Industrial supply

McMaster-Carr Supply Company is a private American supplier of hardware, tools, raw materials, industrial materials, and maintenance equipment. The company was founded in 1901 and is based in Elmhurst, Illinois, with distribution centers in Robbinsville, New Jersey; Santa Fe Springs, California; Douglasville, Georgia and Aurora, Ohio.[2] [3]

History

The company was founded in 1901 at 160 East Lake street in Chicago as the McMaster-Davis Supply Company.[4] [5] Starting with $50,000 in investor capital, its founders were T.J. McMaster, a former stationary engineer, and F.C. Davis, who had been a chief engineer in the U.S. Navy.[6] In 1904, an attorney with a background in mechanical engineering named Walter S. Carr purchased the company.[7] As early as 1908, the name of the company had been changed from McMaster-Davis to McMaster-Carr.[8]

Harry and James Channon, the sons of Henry Channon the founder of the H. Channon company, a large Chicago distributor of maritime and steam engine supplies, later purchased the company.[9]

Catalog

In 1908 the company printed and copyrighted its first catalog, at 506 pages in length.[10] [11] It releases its current catalog annually.[12] The distinctive yellow print edition of the catalog is limited in distribution, sent primarily to established customers.[13]

Website

McMaster-Carr's website ranked third among e-commerce sites in a 2002 study performed at Stanford University about trust and credibility, just behind Amazon and Barnes & Noble.[14] The site intersperses design tips and explanations of material properties within product offerings.

Mobile phone app

The McMaster app was released in May 2013 for the iPad[15] and March 2014 for Android devices.

Awards

In 2015 McMaster-Carr was recognized by customers, in a survey by B2B business reviewer VendOp, as one of the top B2B vendors in the United States in multiple categories.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McMaster-Carr’s Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding, Acquisitions . www.owler.com.
  2. Web site: Company Overview of McMaster-Carr Supply Company. Bloomberg Business. March 28, 2015.
  3. Web site: McMaster-Carr – Contact Us. March 28, 2015.
  4. Book: The Railway Age. Wilson Company. 1901. 32. 617.
  5. Book: Directory of Combination Export Managers. USAID Office of Small Businesses. 1962. Washington, D.C.. 93.
  6. Web site: The International Steam Engineer. 1903.
  7. Web site: The National Engineer. 1904.
  8. Web site: Directory of Stationary Engineers of the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin: Containing a List of Steam Plants, with Capacity and Name of Engineer in Charge; an Alphabetical List of Engineers in Chicago; Classified Telephone Directory of Manufacturers and Supply Houses; List of Associations, and Useful Information for the Engineer .... March 3, 1908. Stationary Engineers Directory Company. Google Books.
  9. News: Channon to Pay $450,000 to Two Sons he 'Fired'. The Chicago Daily Tribune. July 11, 1919. 17. Chicago, Illinois.
  10. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. New Series]. March 3, 1908. Google Books.
  11. Web site: The Engineer: With which is Incorporated Steam Engineering. March 3, 1908. Google Books.
  12. Web site: McMaster-Carr Catalog. August 28, 2013. LaPlace. Jules. AIGA. March 28, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180607160234/http://designenvy.aiga.org/mcmaster-carr-catalog/ . 2018-06-07 . dead .
  13. Web site: Techronomicon: The McMaster-Carr Catalog. Sung. John. Highway1. March 18, 2015. March 28, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133612/http://highway1.io/techronomicon-the-mcmaster-carr-catalog/. April 2, 2015.
  14. Web site: How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility? . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613034839/http://consumerwebwatch.org/pdfs/stanfordPTL.pdf . June 13, 2010 . dead . Fogg . B. J. . Soohoo . Cathy . Danielson . David . Marable . Leslie . Stanford . Julianne . Tauber . Ellen R. . November 11, 2002.
  15. Web site: McMaster-Carr iPad App. Edman. Lenore. June 18, 2013. March 28, 2015.
  16. Web site: Unveiled: VendOp's Top 50 B2B Vendors List. www.vendop.com.

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