inc type public traded as nyse msm industry industrial equipment wholesale founded new york ny 1941 founder sidney jacobson headquarters melville ny davidson north carolina key people mitchell jacobson chairman erik gershwind ceo & president jeff kaczka cfo charles bonomo cio revenue 2.457 billion usd 2013 net income 238 million usd 2013 number of employees 6257 2013 website www.mscdirect.com msc industrial direct co. inc msc through its subsidiaries primarily msc industrial supply co. is one of the largest industrial equipment distributors in the world . msc is most famous for publishing the big book a catalog totaling over 3 000 pages detailing the company s products which currently number over 1 million . 1 msc was founded in 1941 as sid tool inc. by sidney jacobson in new york s little italy . it originally sold cutting tools and accessories to new york city machine shops . 2 the company later moved its headquarters to plainview ny in 1970 manhattan supply company was acquired and in 1998 moved to its current headquarters in melville new york . the company currently operates from four regional distribution centers and 95 branch offices . 1 on june 8 2006 msc completed the acquisition of j & l america inc. dba j & l industrial supply j & l a subsidiary of kennametal for 349.5 million . 3 in 2013 the company opened its co headquarters office in davidson north carolina which is located in the charlotte north carolina metropolitan area . the company has expanded to 750 employees at the co headquarters with 120 employees making the move to the carolinas from the melville office . 4 see also edit companies portal fastenal w. w. grainger mcmaster carr global industrial references edit a b about msc . retrieved 2016 05 31 . newsday a wall street darling msc history . retrieved 2016 05 31 . msc opens davidson coheadquarters . retrieved 2016 05 31 . external links edit msc homepage msc uk homepage this corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title msc industrial direct & oldid 723056107 categories distributorsindustrial supply companiesdistribution companies of the united statescompanies based in suffolk county new yorkcompanies listed on the new york stock exchangecompany stubshidden categories all 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 31 may 2016 at 18 40 . 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