by jbs031509 j3 — March 18, 2009—Grainger, a major distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, recently announced the release of its 2009 catalog including nearly 240,000 maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products. Grainger spokesperson Mike Rowe, creator, executive producer and host of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs” is featured on the cover.
Grainger’s 2009 catalog features 64,000 new items over last year’s offering. Easy access to a broad array of products enables customers to consolidate vendors and establish a local source for just-in-time inventory, lowering the total costs associated with maintaining, repairing, or operating their facilities.
Grainger says that customer feedback drove the addition of more than 8,000 items in the electrical category; 15,000 products in metalworking, which nearly doubles the current offering; and 41,000 additional products across all product categories including safety, heating ventilation air conditioning (HVAC), fleet maintenance and material handling.
Grainger’s 2009 catalog features more than 3,900 pages of product and technical information with tools to help customers quickly find the products they need to keep their facilities up and running. Beyond the product expansion to the catalog, the company recently added 27,000 safety, material handling, and other products, bringing the total products available online to more than 300,000.
