Our employees reflect our company's values: fair, ethical, inclusive, and invested. We make sure customers receive the parts they need, when they need them.
Since 1976, Motion has been a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC)
Continually earn our place as the premier industrial solutions company by:
Owen-Richards Company purchased by Caldwell Marks & William Spencer in Birmingham, Alabama
First year sales exceed $500,000
Owen-Richards Company begins $150,000 warehouse expansion
Bearings & Transmission Supply (BATS) & Owen-Richards Company merge to form Motion Industries
Motion Industries becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
New 30,000 SF Headquarters completed in Irondale, Alabama
"Keeping Industry in Motion" adopted as official slogan
Michael S. Gaffney named President/CEO
Mi Learning & Development opens first training center
Motion Industries expands into Canada with Oliver Industrial Supply
Sales exceed $1billion
William J. Stevens namedPresident/CEO
www.MotionMro.com launches, the first transactional website for Mi
Over 500 locations in North America
Sales of $3.1billion
www.MotionIndustries.com launches
MiHow2, new video series launches
Timothy P. Breen namedPresident/CEO
Mi Dallas DC moves to new facility
Randall (Randy) P. Breaux named President – North America
Sales reach $6 billion
Completed Headquarters renovation in Irondale, Alabama
Inenco becomes Mi Asia Pacific
Motion unveils new logo and branding to celebrate 75 years
Motion’s first Fulfillment Center opens in Lakeland, FL
Randy Breaux named GPC Group President – North America
The new Learning & Development Center opens at the Birmingham Headquarters
James Howe named President – North America