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Founded in 1941, MSC Industrial Direct originally manufactured and sold cutting tools to metalworking shops in New York. Through a series of acquisitions and organic expansions, MSC has grown into an industrial distribution powerhouse with a focus on specialized metalworking products and services. The firm also distributes a wide breadth of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supplies. MSC primarily operates within North America where it derives over 95% of its revenue.
Liberty Global is a holding company with interests in several telecom companies in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Liberty owns the main cable network in each of these geographies, and has pursued a strategy since 2016 to merge or partner with mobile-network operators to be able to offer converged services. Liberty also owns minority stakes in other media, entertainment, and cloud companies.