private industry industrial supply founded 1948 headquarters muskegon michigan products global industrial parts website reid supply company reid supply company is a global supplier of industrial parts based in muskegon michigan . it has been one of the major employers in the muskegon region since its founding in 1948 . reid supply company is known for serving industries like medical alternative energy oil and gas engineering aerospace packaging food processing manufacturing construction and government . contents 1 history 2 catalog 3 philanthropy 4 government relations 5 competitors 6 references 7 external links history edit reid tool supply was started in 1948 by mr. liberty reid . as an office manager and purchasing agent in a local tool supply and die shop he discovered that there were many tools parts which were not readily available . this inspired him to start reid tool supply in his home with the help of his wife gloria . mr. reid stocked those hard to get tools and parts in inventory for immediate delivery . great customer service was one of the founding principles of reid tool supply . 1 in about 4 years reid tool supply moved from mr. reid s house and into a newly constructed warehouse . by 2005 reid tool supply was offering a wider range of industrial tools and parts and changed its name to reid supply company to reflect its expanded offerings.reid supply company global industrial parts distributor united signgraphics signage custom and large format printing reid safety outerwear workwear safety products total quality machining machining services and customization of reid supply stock products and professional parts warehouse snow plow parts and accessories encompass the collection of reid companies or reid entities . catalog edit reid supply company s catalog started as a 16 page catalog which was sent to over 5 000 machine shops . today the catalog is more than 850 pages and boasts 12 color coded product categories manual controls knobs handles and handwheels clamps and workholding tooling components fasteners and hardware leveling devices and vibration control material handling bearings and power transmission metalworking maintenance repair and operations mro pneumatics and hydraulics structural systems and safety . their catalog has been recommended by many industry experts stanford university 2 south point hawaii . 3 you can also find a fully searchable online version of their catalog on their e commerce site which has a free downloadable cad library with over 90 % of the products in their catalog represented as cad drawings . 1 philanthropy edit reid supply company was amongst the first in the muskegon area to take a proactive approach on banning smoking in the work place . 4 reid entities the collection of reid companies also has a policy of rewarding employees that participate in blood drives . as red cross michigan puts it this 60 year old collection of local companies in muskegon is never short on ways to bring creative twists to its quarterly blood drive . 5 government relations edit reid supply company has dealt with the government on a regular basis . as a gsa contact holder and small business reid supply company has been awarded several federal and state contracts . 6 it was also a bronze sponsor in 2008 for the natural resource commission nrc meetings . 7 the michigan nrc is a seven member public body whose members are appointed by the governor . nrc holds these meeting to provide michigan citizens with the opportunity to speak about issues and concerns they have with the way michigan s natural resources are being managed . competitors edit fastenal mcmaster carr monroe engineering products w.w. grainger manhattan supply company msc global industrial references edit a b http www.ien.com company reid supply co 350162 industrial equipment news http www.slac.stanford.edu spires find books irn 277010 stanford university http www.southpointhawaii.com include pdf files 060616 plansnow download.pdf south point hawaii http blog.mlive.com chronicle 2007 11 ban could leave smokers out in.html everything michigan http www.redcrossmichigan.org newsletters drivetime % 20spring09 % 20glr.pdf red cross michigan http www.fedspending.org fpds fpds.php parent id 264146 & detail 1 fed spending http www.timbermen.org media 1202333296.pdf michigan natural resource commission external links edit reid supply company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reid supply company & oldid 667684767 categories industrial supply companiesprivately held companies based in michigan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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