Description

This market insight provides a qualitative assessment of the role of specialist distributors in the North American and Western European PPE markets. An overview of the industry for the year 2012 is provided for the two regions. The various distribution channels are discussed, and the importance of specialist distributors is explored. The positioning of general industrial distributors in the current competitive distribution space is analyzed, and an overview of consolidation activities, segregated by the purpose of acquisition, is provided. The base year for this research is 2013.