Industrial Distribution Group Announces Date for Second Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call

Industrial Distribution Group Announces Date for Second Quarter
2004 Earnings Conference Call 


ATLANTA, July 28  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Industrial Distribution Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ:IDGR) will host a conference call and live webcast on Thursday, August
5, 2004 to discuss its Second Quarter 2004 results, which will be announced on
Thursday, August 5, 2004, before the opening of the market.

   WHEN:   9:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, August 5, 2004

   WHO:    Andrew Shearer, President and Chief Executive Officer
           Jack Healey, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

   WHERE:  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/
           through midnight Thursday, August 12, 2004
           or by calling 800.642.1687, Conference ID #8405857
           through 12:00 midnight, August 12, 2004

  About IDG


Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDGR) is a nationwide products and
services company that creates a competitive advantage for customers.  The
company provides outsourced maintenance, repair, operating, and production
("MROP") procurement, management, and application expertise. IDG also 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.  In addition, IDG distributes a
full line of MROP products, specializing in cutting tools, abrasives, hand and
power tools, coolants, lubricants, adhesives and machine tools, and can supply
virtually any other MROP product that its customers may require.

IDG has four operating divisions organized into regional responsibility areas. 
IDG serves over 20,000 active customers representing a diverse group of large
and mid-sized national and international corporations including General
Electric Company, Borg-Warner Inc., Ford Motor Company, Duracell Corporation,
and The Boeing Company.  The company currently 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.

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 provided by the Company under the caption "Certain
Factors Affecting Forward Looking Statements," which discussion is incorporated
herein by reference.

   For Additional Information, Contact:
   Jack P. Healey
   Senior Vice President and
   Chief Financial Officer
   Industrial Distribution Group, Inc.
   [phone]
   http://www.idglink.com/

DATASOURCE: Industrial Distribution Group



CONTACT:  Jack P. Healey, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer of Industrial Distribution Group, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.idglink.com/ 

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