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Airgas today announced that it has acquired Welding & Therapy Service, an industrial and medical gas and welding supply distributor with five locations in Indiana and Kentucky and annualised revenues of more than $10m.
Although 2014 is expected to be a tough year, the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) is planning regional expansion with Cape Town and Durban being the first targets.
The Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC) has announced that Jenne Schwartz has joined the group as Event & Meeting Planner – effective from January 27th.
Linde Canada has introduced a new product line – Linde-branded stainless steel welding wire for the Canadian metal fabrication market.
There is approximately 6.2 billion cubic feet of helium gas consumed per year worldwide for use in all market segments with demand increasing by about two percent annually into the near future. From this total consumption, approximately five percent,...
The founder of Weldcoa, Richard Bennett, invented the Sur-Loc™ Pallet in the late 1960s. Since that time the Weldcoa Palletized Process has evolved from an external delivery system, through the use of pallet trucks and trailers, to an...
nexAir (nexair.com), one of the largest distributors of atmospheric gases and welding supplies in the United States, debuted its Advanced Welding & Cutting Demonstration Lab last month. Located at nexAir’s Walnut St. location in Memphis, Tennessee, the lab is an innovative...
FABTECH 2013 will be held at McCormack Place in Chicago, Illinois in November, and North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is expected to attract record numbers. More than 35,000 attendees and 1,500 exhibitors are expected at...
Welding product manufacturers have always supported the industrial welding distribution channel and have been rewarded by that channel for their efforts. However, because of recent changes in the profile and focus of the welding distributor in the US, and the new...
In 2014, Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Atlas Welding Supply Co., Inc. will celebrate its 70th anniversary. In 1944, Charles Temerson and Sons Scrapyard became an Airco distributor and launched its Welding Supply Division. Thirty four years later the name was changed to...
