 Genuine Parts Cos NYSE: GPC wholly-owned subsidiary, Motion Industries Inc, will acquire Kaman Distribution Group KDG from private investment firm Littlejohn Co LLC for about 1.3 billion in cash. Bloomfield, Connecticut-based KDG is a power transmission, automation, and fluid power industrial distributor and solutions provider with operations throughout the U.S. KDGs 1,700 employees serve more than 50,000 customers. 