Three of them were named to MDM’s 2023 Top Distributors Lists.
Technology company Energage announced the winners of its annual National Industry Awards on July 12, with the national employer recognition awards highlighting organizaitons that prioritize employee feedback and people-first cultures.
Energage’s Top Workplaces program honors organizations across seven industry verticals: Distribution, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, Technology and Construction.
Using a confidential, research-backed employee engagement survey, Energage evaluates participating companies against industry benchmarking that the firm said is based on more than 17 years of culture research.
Below, find a rundown of the 19 companies honored in the distribution vertical. All 19 have more than 500 employees. Three of them were named to MDM’s 2023 Top Distributors Lists.
- Chadwell Supply – Tampa, Florida
- Van Meter – Cedar Rapids, Iowa (No. 14 on MDM’s 2023 Top Electrical Distributors)
- Bay & Bay Transportation – Eagan, Minnesota
- Gold Coast Beverage – Pompano Beach, Florida
- Canal Barge Company – New Orleans, Louisiana
- Harbor Distributing – Huntington Beach, California
- Arrive Logistics – Austin, Texas
- Magid Glove and Safety – Romeoville, Illinois (on MDM’s 2023 Top Safety Distributors)
- Parts Town – Addison, Illinois
- Kirby Risk – Lafayette, Indiana
- M S International – Orange, California
- Wisconsin Vision Associates – Burlington, Wisconsin
- Pacific Seafood – Clackamas, Oregon
- Graybar – Clayton, Missouri (No. 3 on MDM’s 2023 Top Electrical Distributors)
- GP Transco – Joliet, Illinois
- Nicholas & Company – Salt Lake City, Utah
- Echo – Chicago, Illinois
- Kloeckner Metals – Roswell, Georgia
- Sun Coast Resources – Houston, Texas
Energage’s 2023 Top Workplace Awards lists link to profiles of each company honored. Find Energage’s 2023 Top Workplace honorees in the six other industry verticals here and using the filter function to display by industry.
Mike Hockett is MDM’s executive editor, having joined the publication in March 2022. He oversees MDM’s editorial content and direction, coordinates with contributing authors, conducts interviews with executives in the wholesale distribution space and serves as the editorial face of MDM at industry events. He has extensively covered the distribution and manufacturing sectors since 2014. Hockett earned a degree in print journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and works from his home in Madison, Wisconsin. He can be contacted at mike@mdm.com.
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