IDGR Industrial Distribution Grp (MM)

ATLANTA, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDGR) will host a conference call and live audio webcast on Thursday, February 23, 2006 to discuss its fourth quarter and full-year 2005 results, which will be released on Thursday, February 23, 2006, before the opening of the financial markets. In addition, the Company will provide a strategy update to the Company's outlook for full-year 2006. WHEN: 9:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, February 23, 2006 WHO: Charles Lingenfelter, President and Chief Executive Officer Jack Healey, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer WHERE: There are two ways to access the conference call: Toll free dial-in: (800) 497-8785 Conference ID# 5165672 Please dial-in 10 minutes prior to the call to ensure that management can begin promptly. Live audio Webcast: http://www.idglink.com/ Web participants are encouraged to go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. REPLAY: Will be available on the internet at http://www.idglink.com/ or by calling (800) 642-1687, Conference ID # 5165672 through 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2006 About IDG Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDGR) is a nationwide products and services company that creates a competitive advantage for its customers. IDG distributes a full line of MROP products, specializing in cutting tools, abrasives, hand and power tools, coolants, lubricants, adhesives, machine tools and safety products and can supply virtually any other MROP product that its customers may require. Through its business process outsourcing services, the Company provides outsourced maintenance, repair, operating, and production (MROP) procurement, management, and application expertise. IDG provides an array of value-added services and other arrangements, such as Flexible Procurement Solutions(TM) (FPS). These solutions emphasize and utilize IDG's specialized knowledge in product applications and process improvements to deliver documented cost savings for customers. IDG's associates work full-time in over 100 customers' manufacturing facilities to ensure process improvements, documented cost savings and continuous improvement at their facilities. IDG serves over 20,000 active customers representing a diverse group of large and mid-sized national and international corporations including Honeywell International, Inc., The Boeing Company, Arvin Meritor, Borg-Warner Inc., Pentair, Inc., as well as many local and regional businesses. The company sells in 49 of the 50 states and has a presence in 43 of the top 75 manufacturing markets in the United States. Flexible Procurement Solutions(TM) IDG's Flexible Procurement Solutions(TM) (FPS) offer customers an answer for the entire supply chain management process for MROP materials. IDG recognizes that managing MROP materials is a costly, time-consuming function for the industrial marketplace. FPS services merge state-of-the-art technology with the expertise of IDG personnel to deliver supply chain management services. In a fully integrated supply relationship, IDG associates work directly on-site at a customer's location to provide documented cost savings from product application innovations, continuous process improvements, more effective management of inventory, and many other areas, all focused on reducing customer costs. Best of all, these cost savings are quantified and documented and most go directly to the customer's bottom line. Safe Harbor In addition to the historical information contained herein, certain matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements relating to expected operating results. Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. warns that caution should be taken in relying upon any forward-looking statements in this release, as they involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors including heightened national security risks including acts of terrorism and potential for war, that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements of Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. to differ materially from any such statements, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K filed or furnished by the Company under the caption "Certain Factors Affecting Forward Looking Statements," which discussion is incorporated herein by reference. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE: Industrial Distribution Group CONTACT: Jack P. Healey, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Industrial Distribution Group, Inc., +1-404-949-2010 Web site: http://www.idglink.com/

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