MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. is one of the largest direct marketers and premier distributors of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States. MSC employs one of the industry’s largest sales forces and distributes approximately 600,000 industrial products from approximately 3,000 suppliers with next-day standard delivery to the contiguous United States on qualifying orders up until 8 p.m. EST. MSC reaches its customers through direct-mail catalogs, branch sales offices, the internet, and associations with B2B e-commerce portals.