york city 1949 founder michael leeds paul leeds key people bob dooley president 1 products industrial supplies office supplies electrical supplies and equipment plumbing supplies and hardware hvac supplies and parts storage equipment safety equipment parent systemax website www.globalindustrial.com www.globalindustrial.ca global industrial is a business unit of systemax inc a fortune 1000 company listed on the new york stock exchange as nyse syx . global industrial is incorporated in new york as global equipment company inc. 2 and conducts business under the names global industrial global industrial equipment globalindustrial.ca 3 and globalindustrial.com . the company sells industrial products and office supplies through direct to business channels and its retail store in robbinsville new jersey with headquarters in port washington new york . contents 1 history 2 awards and honors 3 references 4 external links history edit global industrial was established in 1949 by michael and paul leeds in queens new york as a material handling equipment supplier . 4 in 1985 the company began to deal with computer products . through acquisitions of other computer supply companies the company expanded across the u.s. and into parts of europe with a revenue of nearly 180 million by 1990 . 5 according to the company website 2 it sells over 1 000 000 products via online sales catalogs and physical retail stores . in may 2013 global industrial opened up its first retail store . 6 the company also has an online market place that allows third party sellers to sell products on its website . according to systemax annual reports and web articles the company has seen double digit growth for the past 5 years . 7 8 awards and honors edit global industrial has been accredited by the better business bureau since june 2002 . 9 references edit robert dooley executive profile & biography businessweek . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved december 2 2014 . a b about us . global industrial . retrieved december 2 2014 . international marketing systemax subsidiary beefs up its canadian industrial products web site . internet retailer . june 2 2011 . retrieved december 2 2014 . about us . systemax . systemax rides an online sales wave . the new york times . july 18 2004 . retrieved december 2 2014 . christina izzo may 11 2013 . global industrial opens retail store in robbinsville s matrix business park . trenton times . systemax inc. systemax investor relations . nasdaq . retrieved december 2 2014 . b2b company news an upgraded web site helps global industrial grow global sales . internet retailer . october 6 2014 . systemax inc. review computers supplies & parts in port washington ny . better business bureau . retrieved december 2 2014 . external links edit global industrial global industrial canada this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title global industrial & oldid 736919781 categories industrial supply companiescompanies based in nassau county new yorkcompanies established in 19491949 establishments in new yorkretail companies of the united statesunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles 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 informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 august 2016 at 17 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view