genuine parts industry industrial equipment & components founded 1972 headquarters birmingham alabama united states key people tim breen president revenue 4.77 billion usd 2014 number of employees 5 200 2009 slogan keeping industry in motion website http www.motionindustries.com motion industries inc. headquartered in birmingham alabama is a distributor of industrial parts and has 150 000 customers and annual sales of 4.5 billion . it is a wholly owned subsidiary of genuine parts . contents 1 history 1.1 leadership 1.2 name 2 locations 2.1 regional locations 2.2 acquisitions 3 legal 4 references 5 external links history edit motion industries began as owen richards co. an industrial supply company which caldwell marks and william spencer iii purchased in 1946 in birmingham . changing the name to motion industries marks and spencer merged with genuine parts co. in 1972 . according to marks motion industries was one of the first industrial distribution companies to establish a central distribution center and set up an electronic parts database . 1 modern motion industries is an industrial parts distributor for products including bearings mechanical power transmission electrical and industrial automation and hydraulic hose . it also provides fabrication and repair services . 2 as of 2015 motion industries had annual sales of 4.5 billion and 150 000 customers . its customers cross numerous industries including food and beverage pulp and paper iron and steel chemical mining petrochemical automotive wood and lumber and pharmaceuticals . 3 at 4.5 billion in sales motion industries placed ninth on industrial distribution s 2014 the big 50 list of industrial distributors . 4 it was also recognized as distributor of the year by 3m in 2014 . 5 leadership edit tim breen is motion industries ceo . he replaced bill stephens who led the company for 37 years in 2015 . 6 name edit stephens explained the founders decision to change the name from owen richards to motion industries because everything we do moves we re in the bearing and transmission business . 1 locations edit motion industries branch office livonia michigan there are more than 500 motion industries offices located throughout the united states and in canada through its motion canada subsidiary . the company operates in mexico through its motion mexico s. de r.l. de c.v. division . 7 regional locations edit with 6 500 employees motion industries is the largest employer in alabama . 8 acquisitions edit in the late 1990s motion industries acquired illinois bearing co. in mattoon illinois . 2 on october 26 2013 motion industries acquired ast bearings . 9 in 2015 the company acquired miller bearings an orlando based industrial parts distributor . 3 legal edit in 2012 donald g. maynor ii an employee sued motion industries for age discrimination alleging that the company fired him due to his age in violation of the west virginia human rights act . 10 in 2015 motion industries sued superior derrick services for 1 million due to non payment of a portion of a contract for parts delivered between 2011 and 2014 . 11 references edit a b garrison greg 2013 10 06 . man in motion from meeting with jfk to helping start companies and launch kirklin clinic businessman caldwell marks led birmingham behind the scenes life stories . the birmingham news . retrieved 2015 08 18 . a b stroud rob 2015 04 02 . motion industries relocates to new location in mattoon . journal gazette & times courier . retrieved 2015 08 18 . a b barth cindy 2015 02 03 . miller bearings acquired by motion industries . orlando business journal . retrieved 2015 08 18 . the 2014 industrial distribution big 50 list . industrial distribution . 2014 09 09 . retrieved 2015 08 18 . 3m presents distributor of the year awards . industrial distribution . 2014 07 17 . retrieved 2015 08 18 . west ty 2015 03 12 . magic city newsmakers lewis communications motion industries & more . birmingham business journal . retrieved 2015 08 18 . company profile . reuters uk . retrieved 20 april 2012 . dugan kelli 2015 06 08 . want to work for austal 68 positions currently available in mobile . alabama media group . retrieved 2015 08 18 . press release from ast bearings asbury kyla 2012 11 14 . motion industries sued on claims of age discrimination . west virginia records . retrieved 2015 08 18 . ostrow carol 2015 08 06 . industrial equipment supplier alleges non payment by client . louisiana record . retrieved 2015 08 18 . external links edit motion industries website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title motion industries & oldid 742697558 categories companies based in birmingham alabamacompanies established in 1972 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 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