Ingram Industries is a manufacturing company headquartered in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...

. The company consists of diversified businesses in marine transportation aggregate supply, book distribution, print on demand book manufacturing, management and distribution services. Ingram's businesses are divided into two units: Ingram Marine Group and Ingram Content Group.

History

The company was founded by

E. Bronson Ingram II E. Bronson Ingram II (1931–1995) was an American billionaire heir and business executive. He served as the Chairman of Ingram Industries from 1963 to 1995.Leslie Eaton, 'E. Bronson Ingram, Who Built Family Concern Into Giant, 63', in ''The New Yo ...

in 1978. It is headquartered at One Belle Meade Place, in Belle Meade, West Nashville.One Belle Meade Place

Emporis Emporis GmbH was a real estate data mining company that was headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022. On 12 Sept ...

Its Chief Executive Officer is Orrin H. Ingram II.Company Overview of Ingram Industries Inc.
''Bloomberg Business'' In 1989, Micro D, a wholesaler of personal computer products, agreed to be acquired by Ingram Industries in a $43.9-million deal. It evolved into Ingram Micro. In 2002, Ingram Industries acquired Midland Enterprises, a company that owns 2,300 barges and 80 towboats. Ingram made the acquisition for $230 million and assumed $135 million of debt as a result.

Subsidiaries

Ingram Industries includes

Ingram Barge Company {{Unreferenced, date=October 2019 The Ingram Barge Company is a barge company based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. According to the company website, Ingram operates nearly 4,000 barges with a fleet of over 80 linehaul vessels and over 30 ...

Ingram Content Group Ingram Content Group is an American service provider to the book publishing industry, based in La Vergne, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Ingram Industries. Shawn Morin is CEO, and John R. Ingram is chairman of Ingram Industries. History T ...

, and Ingram Entertainment.Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce: Ingram Industries
/ref>

References

Manufacturing companies based in Nashville, Tennessee Ingram family Manufacturing companies established in 1978 1978 establishments in Tennessee Privately held companies based in Tennessee {{US-manufacturing-company-stub