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Company Profile

MSCO Inc., DBA Martin Industrial Supply, Martin Plant Services, Townsend Door Hardware, and Townsend Systems, is one of the nation’s leading providers of custom tailored solutions for maintenance, repair, and operation supplies (MRO) to industry and the construction markets. Louis Martin founded the company to provide basic industrial supplies and repair parts to the local Alabama market during the Great Depression. From those humble beginnings, we have grown into a thriving corporation doing business throughout the country. Today, we are proud to be ranked among the top 100 industrial  distributors in the nation.

Our client base includes every type of industrial customer, from small machine shops on up to the largest plants and everything in between. We offer a broad menu of products and services geared to helping our customers improve their business performance. Our inventory includes various product lines, including cutting tools and abrasives, hand and power tools, material handling equipment, pumps and compressors,  paints, lubricants and adhesives, electrical products, motors and drivers, fasteners, commercial landscape products, plus safety equipment. A separate division handles commercial construction products.

Martin Supply Company -
A Tradition of Excellence

Company Milestones

1934 Established by Mr. Martin
1967 Moved to 200 Appleton Avenue (current Corporate Office)
1967 Opened Decatur Branch
1968 First Systems contract - Monsanto
1989 Opened 1st Integrated Supply - GM/Harrison
1995 MPS division formed to manage "Integrated" contracts
1995 Joined Affiliated Distributors (A-D)
1997 Acquisition of M&W Supply, Tupelo, MS.
1997 Acquisition of Townsend Supply, Jackson, TN.
2005 Aquisition of Toolspecialty, Birmingham, Alabama
 

At MSCO, we partner with leading manufacturers to bring you the best the marketplace has to offer at competitive prices. You’ll find that our personnel, experience, and hands-on service traditions truly set us apart.

Founded in 1934 by Louis Martin