OVERVIEW

Grainger helps customers save money and time, by getting them the right products to keep their facilities up and running.

We serve 1.8 million businesses and institutions in North America, Asia and Panama. These organizations have facilities - and challenges - unique to them, yet they share the same requirement: When they need a product, they often need it right away. We're there for them.

Our team - 18,000 strong - works closely with customers to understand their challenges and provide cost-saving, time-saving, headache-saving answers. We serve customers more than 115,000 times a day, through a variety of channels.

A Fortune 500 company, Grainger posted 2008 sales of $6.9 billion. The company is a perennial member of Fortune magazine's list of Most Admired Companies.