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Celebrating 105 Years of Business, Partnership, and Growth!

We're celebrating 105 years of business, partnership, and growth in 2023!
Following a century of resiliency, evolution, and success, D&H continues to look to the future as an industry-leading technology distributor. While our business has changed throughout those 105 years, our commitment to our partners has remained unwavering. We want to thank our valued customers, manufacturer partners, suppliers, channel associates, and affiliates for their continuous support as we mutually grow our businesses, and we look forward to reaching many more milestones together in the coming years.

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We have so much in store for 2023 to celebrate 105 years in business and we’re thankful for
the opportunity to share those celebrations with you as we reflect on this incredible milestone.
Here’s how you can join in on the party:

Share how D&H has helped you grow your business by tagging @dandh and use #DH105th

Give to worthy causes by partnering with D&H Cares at events throughout 2023.

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Thanks to our sponsors for celebrating with us in 2023

Check back soon for full details on giveaways, promotions, and D&H Cares charity announcements.

Our legacy is built around relationships, evolution, trust, and grit. We are committed to being true partners and want to see our customers and vendors have the same growth and evolution that D&H has shown throughout our 105 years in business.

Investing Infrastructure

D&H recently moved to a new 745,000 square-foot distribution center in central Pennsylvania. This new logistics facility allows D&H to accommodate higher inventory, increase our shipping and logistics capacity, scale our white glove and integration services, and deliver best-in-class supply chain services to scale with and meet the needs of our vendors, our customers, and their clients.

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Industry Accolades

We're grateful for strong, trusted relationships with our customers and vendors, and our talented and tenacious family of Employee Co-Owners that support our partner community. D&H is always hard at work to grow our mutual business and it hasn’t gone unnoticed! Take a look at some of our most recent and recurring accolades that prove our commitment to growth in the today, tomorrow, and for generations to come!

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25 Years Employeed-Owned

D&H is also celebrating 25 years as an Employee-Owned company. As an ESOP, we’re all Co-Owners, which means we have a higher level of investment and commitment than what you’ll find elsewhere. And because we are not a huge global enterprise, we can operate with a partner-first mentality, making decisions that focus on what is most important – growing our business together.

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D&H Timeline

Dave Schwab and Harry Spector start a business retreading solid tires in Williamsport, PA.
Dave Schwab and Harry Spector start a business retreading solid tires in Williamsport, PA. The company was called Economy Tire and rubber. Dave and Harry guaranteed retreads in a time when the tire itself wasn't guaranteed.
1918
1921
  • Name changes to Williamsport Auto Parts, reflecting the addition of wholesale inventory for the fledgling automobile service industry.
1926
  • D&H enters the electronics business by adding Crystal radios.
Name changes to D&H Distributing; Adds Philco radios, the first brand, and D&H grew with them.
1929 — 1930
D&H becomes official RCA distributor.
1938
After 25 years, D&H sells the auto parts business to finance consumer electronics expansion.
1943
1959
  • D&H enters the Security Products market.
1973
  • The TV parts department enters personal electronics with Bearcat scanners and Cobra CBs. A turning point for D&H and the advent of the ESP (Electronic Specialty Products) Division; later named Computer Products Division.
D&H enters the video game market by becoming an Atari distributor.
D&H enters the video game market by becoming an Atari distributor. Within two years, D&H merchandises Mattel along with 15 lines of game software.
1979
1980
  • Authorized as Distributor for Texas Instruments, Packard Bell, Commodore computers and Panasonic Printers.
1985
  • Largest US distributor of both the RCA and Whirlpool brands.
D&H expands the Home Entertainment Division with the addition of over 30 consumer electronics manufacturers.
D&H expands the Home Entertainment Division with the addition of over 30 consumer electronics manufacturers. D&H focuses on expanding its presence and service area, making the transition from a regional to national distribution business opening sales/warehouse locations outside the traditional territory in Hickory Hills, IL as well as in Boston, MA and Dallas, TX.
1988 — 1990
1992
  • D&H completes the expansion of the Computer Products Division with eight distribution hubs throughout the United States.
1995
  • D&H announces the Education Division, selling into the K-12 and College Bookstore markets.
D&H K-12 Division becomes the nation's largest supplier of calculators and related products to educational institutions.
1997
D&H becomes an employee-owned company and institutes ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program)
D&H becomes an employee-owned company and institutes ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Program); D&H announces the formation of the Government Services Division to support its growing base of Government Resellers, D&H releases dandh.com web-based ordering and inventory module.
1998
2000
  • D&H announces formation of the Access to Education Division, dedicated to meet the needs of Educational Resellers targeting the K12 school markets; D&H becomes the largest technology distributor to college bookstores.
2002
  • D&H relocates Chicago and Dallas warehousing facilities and grows total nationwide warehouse capacity to 1.1 million sqft; debuts as a full-line gaming distributor; and celebrates its 85th Anniversary. D&H rates as highest performing distributor in CRN Preferred Sourcing Study for the 2nd year in a row.
D&H hits $1B in revenue and expands warehouse capacity to 1.5 million square feet.
D&H expands warehouse capacity to 1.5 million square feet; security division merged into computer products division; D&H receives RAM Distributor of the Year Award.
2004
2005
  • D&H becomes authorized as a Cisco distributor, first disti added in over 10 years; 2nd year in a row D&H receives RAM Distributor of the Year Award.
D&H receives award as winner of the 2006 CRN Sourcing Study: Most Valued Broadline Distributor
D&H becomes authorized as a Lenovo distributor; D&H receives award as winner of the 2006 CRN Sourcing Study: Most Valued Broadline Distributor for: Unique Products, Relationships and Ease of Doing Business.
2006
D&H expands its award-winning service to Canada, creating D&H Canada ULC.
2007
D&H celebrates 90th Anniversary; D&H celebrates D&H Canada 1 year anniversary.
D&H celebrates 90th Anniversary; D&H establishes D&H Cares Foundation; D&H launches D&H TV training and educational webisodes; D&H celebrates D&H Canada 1 year anniversary; D&H Canada announces Microsoft partnership.
2008
2009
  • Atlanta mega warehouse opens; Formalizes "Go Green" initiative; Expands reseller credit line with the Business Assurance; Receives Cisco SB Distributor award; Winner of Microsoft Licensing's Operational Excellence and Intel Marketing Distributor of the Year Awards; Leads 6 out of 14 categories in ASCII Distribution Study.
D&H wins Cisco Global Distribution Partner of the Year Award; Microsoft Top 3 Distributor Partner of the Year (only U.S. Distributor).
2010
2011
  • D&H leads in 10 out of 14 categories in ASCII Distribution Study; named Top Private PA Company of the Year for 2011. D&H receives the National ESOP Association Award.
D&H Canada celebrates 5th anniversary; US & Canada combined recognize annual volume of nearly $3B
2012
D&H celebrates 95th Anniversary! D&H named the PA/DE Chapter ESOP Company of the Year.
2013
2015
  • D&H increases customer engagement opportunities through new VAR Track and Advisory Board sessions for resellers at its trade show events. The company sees gains in categories beyond core SMB areas including home and outdoors, sporting goods and housewares; plus growth in verticals including K-12 education. D&H also optimizes its dandh.com site for mobile screens.
2016
  • Aggressive VAR growth with ongoing Educational opportunities for Partners
D&H Canada Vancouver DC opens; D&H Canada Toronto Celebrates 10 year anniversary.
D&H Canada Vancouver DC opens; D&H Canada Toronto Celebrates 10 year anniversary. D&H becomes early supporter of collegiate eSports League.
2017
100th Anniversary of D&H; 20th Anniversary of ESOP; 10th Anniversary of D&H Cares
2018
Move to Tech Drive
Learn more at www.dandh.ca/techdrive
2019
D&H surpasses $5B in revenue; Warehouse capacity expands to more than 2 million square feet with the new warehouse in Harrisburg, PA.
2021
15th Anniversary of D&H Canada; Establishment of D&H Canada Cares Foundation; D&H Canada becomes authorized to sell Microsoft CSP.
2022
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