Val-Test Distributors
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Val-Test Distributors, Inc. is a cooperative
that supplies over 100 wholesale
rs who distribute to 22,000 hardware
, sundries
, plumbing
, electrical, variety and marine
retailers. It was founded in 1962 and has sales in excess of $2 billion per year. It markets Keen-Kutter private label products.
The company is based in Schaumburg, Illinois
. It has formed a strategic alliance with Distribution America.
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
that supplies over 100 wholesale
Wholesale
Wholesaling, jobbing, or distributing is defined as the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users, or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services...
rs who distribute to 22,000 hardware
Hardware
Hardware is a general term for equipment such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores....
, sundries
Sundries
Sundries may refer to:* Toiletries and other usually small items both of no large value, and too numerous to mention separately such as cosmetics, threads, needles et cetera...
, plumbing
Plumbing
Plumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems. A plumber is someone who installs or repairs piping...
, electrical, variety and marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
retailers. It was founded in 1962 and has sales in excess of $2 billion per year. It markets Keen-Kutter private label products.
The company is based in Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. A common misspelling of the city name is Schaumberg, a spelling which persists on some modern maps. Schaumburg is located just under northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately northwest of O'Hare International Airport. As...
. It has formed a strategic alliance with Distribution America.
Competitors
- Pro GroupPRO GroupPRO Group is a retailers' cooperative and distributors' cooperative with $3 billion in annual sales. It has over 50 distributor-members serving 75,000 retail stores, and is the largest wholesale marketing organization in the United States...
- Distribution America
- Reliable Distributors
- Associated Building Materials Distributors