ABOUT MOTION

MOTION'S VISION

Continually earn our place as the premier industrial solutions company by:

MOTION'S VALUES

MOTION'S VISION

Continually earn our place as the premier industrial solutions company by:

MOTION'S VALUES

Since its beginnings in 1946, Motion has grown to become the premier industrial solutions company for industry in North America. 

As a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), we will will publish an annual Corporate Sustainability Report to address current materiality and trending issues related to the Environment, Social Responsibility, and Governance (ES&G).

You can learn more about our parent company GPC, including the GPC financial and sustainability initiatives and related news at www.genpt.com.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

TRUSTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTOR

James Howe
Motion President

Motion’s sustainability commitment can be seen throughout our journey that began in 1946. Year after year, we continue to improve our sustainability performance and consider the long-term view of our business and the impacts to our stakeholders in all respects, including critical environmental, social and governance topics. Our 2024 Sustainability Report provides an update on our expanding sustainability journey.

The following highlights some areas of progress from the past year:

Business: In 2022, Motion completed its largest acquisition to date: Kaman Distribution Group (KDG). Last year, we completed this integration ahead of schedule, delivering results earlier than anticipated. These results include operational and environmental synergies, and additional capabilities to drive customer satisfaction and performance.

Environmental: We continue to execute our customer-centric fulfillment center project. The result is a better customer experience with more inventory available for same- and next-day deliveries to our customer base. We opened our first fulfillment center in 2022 in Lakeland, Florida; the results from a customer perspective have been tremendous. This consolidation of resources has provided an operational efficiency and an environmental performance improvement—reducing our footprint and accordingly our energy usage and GHG emissions. In 2023, we opened our second fulfillment center in Charlotte, North Carolina. We are tracking this project’s performance and look forward to reporting the results. This fulfillment center model will be duplicated in additional markets.

Social: Motion continues to prioritize employee safety, engagement, retention and inclusion. This year, our talent acquisition team continued to diversify our talent base by liaising with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and broadening our partnerships to engage veterans.

With a $5 million investment, we created a new, state-of-the-art Learning & Development Center from a repurposed building that would have been otherwise demolished, preventing waste. This learning center is serving our employees and customers in their professional growth, for everything from technical training to leadership development.

Governance: Motion continues to align its program under the direction of our parent company, Genuine Parts Company (GPC). Engaging closely with GPC leadership and our Board of Directors, we oversee all strategic decisions of the organization. We practice our core values of being ethical, fair, inclusive and invested, and ensure accountability at all organization levels. We monitor effectiveness through various channels, including enterprise risk management, internal and external audits, and a robust Quality Management System, including ISO 9001. During 2023, we began the due diligence of expanding our Quality Management program. In 2024, we will begin the implementation of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, which will allow us to enhance and audit the effectiveness of our environmental, health and safety programs.

At Motion, we work diligently to continually earn our place as the premier industrial solutions provider. We are pleased with our continued progress in our sustainability program and the value created for our customers and stakeholders. We continue to add capabilities and expand our teams, investing our time and resources in operations that increase service in an efficient and sustainable manner.

Thank you to our Motion teams, partners and suppliers for their continued contributions to exceed our customers’ expectations, invest in our communities and improve the world around us.

MOTION

TIMELINE OF SUCCESS

  • 1940s1946

    Owen-Richards Company purchased by Caldwell Marks & William Spencer in Birmingham, Alabama First year sales exceed $500,000

  • 1970s1976

    Motion Industries becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC) New 30,000 SF Headquarters completed in Irondale, Alabama

  • 1980s1983

    "Keeping Industry in Motion" adopted as official slogan

  • 1990s1994

    Motion expands into Canada and sales exceed $1 Billion

  • 2000s2000

    MotionMro.com launches, the first transactional website for Motion

  • 2010s2018

    Randall (Randy) P. Breaux - President

  • 2020s2020

    Motion expands into Asia Pacific

  • 2021

    Motion unveils new logo and branding to celebrate 75 years

  • 2022

    Motion acquires Kaman Distribution Group

MOTION

TIMELINE OF SUCCESS