Grainger to Provide Supply Chain Update at Investor Meeting

CHICAGO, Sept. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- D.G. Macpherson, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, will present an update on Grainger's logistics network at an investor meeting and tour of the company's distribution center in Robbinsville, N.J., on Thursday, September 3, 2009. The audio webcast of Macpherson's presentation, scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. EDT, can be accessed through the company's Web site at http://www.grainger.com/investor.  In addition, a recording of the webcast will be available for 30 days on the site.

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW), with 2008 sales of $6.9 billion, is a leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, China and Panama. Through a highly integrated network including more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites, Grainger's employees help customers get the job done. 

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Relations, [phone], all of W.W. Grainger, Inc.



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