MSC Industrial Direct is one of the premier distributors of metalworking and products to industrial customers throughout the United States. It distributes more than 550,000 industrial products from suppliers to nearly 350,000 customers. The company reaches its customers through a combination of more than 30 million direct-mail catalogs and CD-ROMs. MSC has nearly 100 branch offices, approximately 500 sales people and is based in Melville, N.Y.