Empire Machinery & Supply

Soon after, insulation, marine and cold storage contracting were added to the business. In 2002, C. E. Thurston & Sons began focusing solely on contracting and sold its distribution business. In 2010, under new ownership, C. E. Thurston began marketing its business and growing. During this period of restructuring and revitalization of the business,... several customers inquired about the potential return of the distribution business at C. E. Thurston. Upon listening to the company's customers, the company decided to move back into the industrial distribution business in June 2012 launching C. E. Thurston and Sons Distributing, LLC. In 2014, to enhance the company's return to the distribution and expand the company's customer base, C. E. Thurston acquired Empire Machinery & Supply, a well-established industrial distribution company based in Norfolk, Virginia, and founded in 1914. Today, all the company's prior business units, previous acquisitions, and both the distribution and contracting services divisions, operate under one company, C. E. Thurston & Sons, Inc. Thus the company has returned to the company's founder's original business structure and are excited about the future and the opportunity to work with and exceed the company's customers and suppliers expectations. LocationsRead More