During May 14 – 16, 2019 over 500 attendees spanning 112 Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC) member companies and 95 IWDC vendor partners joined together in the “City of Bridges”, Pittsburgh, PA, for the IWDC’s annual Sales and Purchasing Convention.
This year’s theme, “A Bridge To The Future”, spoke to both the meeting venue and IWDC’s progression as a leading cooperative serving the gas and welding industry. It reflects the very unique architecture encompassed in Pittsburgh’s 446 bridges, fourth most in the world behind Hamburg, Amsterdam and New York City and its transformation from a gritty western Pennsylvania steel town to a modern new economy business hub.
Related to IWDC, the theme reflects a transformation from two leading hardgoods buying groups coming together 25 years ago to a company that still has buying at its core, but with a significantly broadened value proposition. In addition to hardgoods and distribution centers, IWDC encompasses two leading brands, a vibrant gas program, an online University and much more including two new platforms launched at the meeting.
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