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Grainger (w.w.)


Grainger (w.w.) is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. Grainger is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under GWW.

Grainger's customers are 1.7 million businesses and institutions across North America. While each customer has a unique facility to operate and a different problem to solve, their customers all share the same requirements. W.W. Grainger corporate headquarters is located in Lake Forest, Ill.   

With more than 15,500 knowledgeable employees, the Grainger team works closely with customers to better understand their challenges and provide cost-saving solutions. Grainger's employees serve customers more than 115,000 times every day through multiple channels. With more than 400 branches in the U.S., customers can go to their nearby Grainger location to pick up their order the same day or have it shipped directly to them. Knowledgeable customer service associates at branches nationwide also assist customers via telephone and fax. The Lab Safety Supply, Inc. (LSS) is a leading business-to-business direct marketer of safety and other industrial products in the U.S. and Canada, helping customers save time and money.

Richard L. Keyseristhe Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. James T. Ryan is the Group President and P. Ogden Loux is the Sr. Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Grainger trades on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Chicago Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GWW.

Grainger is investing between 5 million and 10 million dollars on the product line expansion in 2006. It expects sales from product expansion this year to represent 1 percent of its sales growth.

Grainger serves more than 1.7 million customers from the manufacturing, commercial, government, and transportation and contractor markets by providing broad access to high quality facilities maintenance products. For immediate needs, customers go to local Grainger branches. For shipping, customers order via phone or the company Web site.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is the leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions throughout North America. Through a highly integrated network including nearly 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites, Grainger's employees help customers get the job done, saving them time and money by having the right products to keep their facilities running.
 

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