improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message anixter international type public traded as nyse axe industry distribution business founded 1957 headquarters glenview il key people robert eck ceo products communication products and electrical and electronic wire and cable and a leading distributor of oem fasteners and aerospace hardware revenue us 6.147 billion fy 2011 1 operating income us 362.8 million fy 2011 1 net income us 188.2 million fy 2011 1 total assets us 3.034 billion fy 2011 1 total equity us 1.001 billion fy 2011 1 number of employees 8 200 dec 2011 1 website www.anixter.com anixter international is a company based in glenview illinois united states and founded in 1957 . the company supplies communications and security products and electrical and electronic wire and cable . anixter is a fortune 500 company . 2 in 2011 the company had 6.15 billion in revenue operating in 260 cities in 50 countries . 1 3 4 the company operates with three major divisions network & security solutions electrical and electronic solutions and utility power solutions . aerospace hardware once considered the fourth division was sold by anixter in 2011 to greenbriar equity . 5 1 in 2002 anixter was named as a forbes platinum 400 company . 6 in 2013 fortune ranked anixter 405 in the fortune 500 list . 3 revenue for 2012 was at 6.2 billion . 7 contents 1 early history 2 telecommunications era 3 references 4 external links early history edit anixter was started in 1957 by brothers alan and bill anixter . known originally as anixter brothers the two opened anixter as a wholesale distribution company that resold cable . the two brothers received a 10 000 loan from their mother to get the business started and within 10 years grew revenue to 10 million . 4 in 1969 anixter moved its headquarters to skokie . in an interview with the chicago tribune alan anixter said he carried a list of acquisitions in his pocket and by the end of the 1960s anixter acquired 19 companies . 4 anixter went public on the american stock exchange in 1967 and expanded to the u.k. in 1972 . in 1975 anixter gained a listing on the new york stock exchange and by the end of the 1970s it had 268 million in sales and 38 warehouses in the u.s. nine in canada three in the u.k. and one in the netherlands . 4 telecommunications era edit with the breakup of at & t in early 1984 anixter went about hiring executives from phone companies and suppliers and invested heavily in its telecommunications business . 8 until this time regional telephone companies had to buy their equipment directly from at & t s western electric company ; however this ruling allowed a business like anixter s to sell direct to regional telephone companies . 9 by the mid 1980s telecommunications sales made up 60 to 70 percent of anixter s business . 8 in 1987 the holding company bought anixter which had moved into the data communications business . itel was led by samuel zell who had become chairman in 1985 . 4 in the late 1980s anixter created a program called levels to compare one brand of cable to the other . 10 by the 1990s the levels program became industry standard and in 2003 anixter sold the levels program to underwriters laboratories . 11 12 in 1989 anixter crossed the 1 billion mark in sales . 13 by the 1990s itel made anixter its core operation 6 and in 1995 itel changed its name to anixter . 6 in the 1990s anixter continued to expand into different markets . it entered the mexico market in 1991 australia in 1992 and eastern europe and asia pacific in 1993 . anixter entered the south american market in 1995 . in the later 1990s and 2000s anixter purchased pacer electronics pentacon walters hexagon ddi infast group mfu eurofast total supply solutions quality screw & nut and quality screw de mexico world class wire & cable sofrasar camillegergen clark security products and jorvex . 6 references edit a b c d e f g anixter form 10 k annual report filing date feb 27 2012 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 9 2013 . anixter profile on fortune 500 list a b http www.hoovers.com company information cs company profile.anixter international inc.b4978e991e7ba7b5.html a b c d e http www.answers.com topic anixter international inc 1 anixter form 8 k current report filing date oct 25 2011 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 9 2013 . a b c d http www.hoovers.com company anixter international inc rfxfsi 1 1njhxk.html http www.hoovers.com company anixter international inc rfxfsi 1 1njhy8.html a b http articles.chicagotribune.com 1985 07 22 business 8502170743 1 inventories anixter bros computer system http www.twst.com yagoo eckrobertj1.htm http www.cablinginstall.com articles print volume 5 issue 7 products services industry spotlight anixter creates levels 97 program.html http www.chicagobusiness.com article 20030305 news08 20008116 http www.ul.com global documents offerings perspectives regulators electrical newsletters w & cmg april2007 final.pdf http articles.chicagotribune.com 1989 01 03 business 8902220297 1 itel sales anixter bros external links edit anixter international sec filings v t e illinois based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size 2013 walgreens boots alliance archer daniels midland boeing caterpillar inc. state farm insurance abbott laboratories sears holdings united continental holdings deere & company mondel z international allstate mcdonald s exelon kraft heinz illinois tool works baxter international navistar international rr donnelley cdw hillshire brands discover financial w. w. grainger motorola solutions dover corporation tenneco officemax ingredion anixter cf industries holdings telephone and data systems united stationers old republic international other major public companies alphabetically abbvie acco brands accretive health allscripts amcol international corporation arthur j. gallagher & co. beam inc. brookdale senior living brunswick corporation calamos career education corporation catamaran corporation cboe holdings cme group cna financial continental materials corporation equity residential fortune brands home & security general growth properties hospira hyatt hotels corp. integrys energy group jones lang lasalle kemper corporation nalco holding company nicor rli corp. rubicon technology stericycle titan international tribune media tronc tootsie roll industries ulta beauty usg corporation westell zebra 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