Communications Supply Corp. (CSC), Carol Stream, Ill., has expanded into Ohio with the purchase of Calvert Wire & Cable Corp., Brook Park, Ohio.
The acquisition includes the Calvert Wire & Cable and Famous Telephone Supply branch operations. Calvert has approximately 100 employees and is a distributor of communication infrastructure products, including cable, fiber optics, network electronics and industrial wire and cable products.
Steve Riordan, president and CEO of CSC, said the acquisition bolsters two of CSC’s core verticals. "They are very focused on voice/data communications," he said. He added that they also have a strong presence in the industrial wire and cable MRO/OEM space and will become a "nice platform for CSC nationally to build that vertical space."
In addition, he said the acquisition gives CSC a strong foothold in the Cleveland and Ohio River valley region, where CSC did not yet have a presence. Before the Calvert acquisition, CSC’s locations in Indianapolis, Chicago and Detroit were the closest CSC branches to the Cleveland and Ohio River region.
The addition of Calvert/Famous Telephone Supply to the CSC family brings the number of stocking branch operations across the United States to 29 and gives CSC more than 800 employees, Riordan said.
Brian Coughlin will continue as Calvert’s general manager, and all of the company’s employees will maintain their current positions and responsibilities. In addition, Coughlin will serve as president of CSC’s Industrial Wire and Cable segment. In his new role, he will be charged with creating a national presence for CSC within the industrial wire and cable market.
Riordan says the two companies share many of the same core vendors, although CSC is a distributor for several manufacturers that will be new to Calvert. "That will bolster their offering on the network infrastructure side," he said. "There are synergies from a product and supplier standpoint going both directions," he said.
Communications Supply Corp. distributes low-voltage network infrastructure and industrial wire and cable products. CSC is listed as the 15th largest distributor on Electrical Wholesaling’s 2005 Top 200 distributors.