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Hobart Brothers Co. has announced the expansion of its manufacturing operations into a new, 65,000-sq.-ft. facility located in Troy, Ohio. The new facility will be used to increase production capacity for the company's welding consumables. Forty employees are expected to be added to the work force o...
12/16/08
RevWires LLC, a cored welding wire manufacturer in Troy, Ohio, is scheduled to open an 80,000-sq.-ft. research and manufacturing facility this fall, with production to begin early 2009. The company is investing more than $14 million in the project.
The highly automated plant, which will incorpora...
11/11/08
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. welcomed President George W. Bush to its world headquarters and manufacturing plant in Cleveland on July 29.
Bush toured the facility and learned about the company's welding products, including its automated welding technology. He participated in live robotic and su...
10/14/08
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has added a new flux plant to its filler metal manufacturing facility in Hanover, Pa. The company says the plant significantly upgrades its manufacturing capacity.
The company already operates one flux plant, which opened in 2002. The addition of the new, larger fl...
10/14/08
Houghton Intl., Valley Forge, Pa., has received the Ford Q1 award, Ford Motor Co.'s highest recognition of supplier quality.
Since 2004 Houghton's FLUIDCARE Division has provided chemicals and fluids management services for Ford Motor Co. Brasil Ltda. To qualify for the award, Houghton underwent ...
10/14/08
Houghton Intl. Inc., Philadelphia, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D.A. Stuart. The transaction, anticipated to close in 2008, is subject to regulatory approval.
Both companies are independent specialty fluid manufacturers for the global metalworking fluids marketplace....
9/16/08
Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., recently acquired ESSE A Srl., Italy, a manufacturer and supplier of laser consumables and accessories.
The acquisition adds to Hypertherm's manufacturing assets and customer base in laser cutting heads and consumables, while expanding its product offering to its global...
8/12/08
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., a manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment and welding filler metals, has added Michael J. Ostaffe as vice president of product management and development, filler metals, for North America. He is responsible for driving the company's programs in ...
8/12/08
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., a manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment and welding filler metals, has added Michael J. Ostaffe as vice president of product management and development, filler metals, for North America. He is responsible for driving the company's programs in ...
8/12/08
Unist Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., has promoted Mark Cooper to national sales manager of all of the company's products. He oversees support of the existing independent representatives by traveling to key customers, conducting product training, and assisting with specifying and quoting systems; support...
6/17/08
Thermacut Inc., Claremont, N.H., recently created new sales positions and promoted staff to better serve its customer base throughout North America. The company has appointed Dana Colson as its first outside sales representative to service key selective distributors in the newly formed Northern Zone...
5/15/08
Tower Oil & Technology Co., Chicago, recently appointed Kirk McCubbin as president and CEO.
The company is an employee-owned manufacturer of metalworking fluids.
5/15/08
Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., recently acquired A&N Plant, a European supplier of new and reconditioned rotating, positioning, and welding equipment. The acquisition creates a new business unit of Red-D-Arc Ltd., an Airgas company that provides welding, positioning, and related rental products and servi...
5/15/08
Praxair Distribution Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has acquired Kirk Welding Supply Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Kirk operates 10 facilities in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, selling high-pressure industrial and specialty gases, welding equipment, and related supplies. With ...
3/11/08
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent...
1/15/08
Miller Electric Mfg. Co.'s new Industries and Interests Web page, located at www.millerwelds.com/interests, organizes the information available on the Appleton, Wis., company's Web site into nine categories: Manufacturing, Fabrication, Construction, Service Truck, Welding Instructors, Motorsports, G...
1/15/08
Wind Point Partners, a private equity investment firm, has announced the acquisition of the Harsco GasServ group of gas technology businesses from Harsco Corp. The acquisition includes Taylor-Wharton, compressed gas cylinders and cryogenic storage vessels; American Welding & Tank, propane tanks; Str...
12/10/07
The Linde Group, Murray Hill, N.J., has announced that its integrated BOC Gases and Linde Gas organizations in North America are now branded as Linde. Linde AG acquired The BOC Group PLC in September 2006 to form The Linde Group, which comprises over 100 companies in more than 70 countries.
The ...
11/6/07
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14.
Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS...
10/9/07
The American Torch Tip Company (ATTC), Bradenton, Fla., has purchased Precision Products Co., Canaan, N.H.
Employing more than 225 people, ATTC manufactures welding and cutting consumables. Precision Products manufactures plasma torches and consumables....
9/11/07
The Harris Products Group, Gainesville, Ga., has established a scholarship in honor of Larry Schweikert, who recently retired after 32 years with the company. The Larry and Patti Schweikert Scholarship will award $1,000 annually to a full-time business student at Gainesville State College.
The co...
8/7/07
Air Liquide USA LLC, Houston, has named Michael J. Graff as president and CEO and as a director of U.S. subsidiary businesses.
Graff leads the company's industrial gas operations and business activities. He has a master's degree in chemical engineering from Purdue and a bachelor's degree from ...
7/10/07
MS Fluid Technologies, Indianapolis, a specialty chemical formulator and distributor for the metal forming, working, and finishing industries, has announced a distributor agreement with ICQL Quimica Ltda.
Representatives of the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-based ICQL sell and distribute MS Fluid's line...
6/12/07
The American Torch Tip Co. (ATTC) has announced that it has purchased the Precision Products Co. of Canaan, N.H.
Precision Products specializes in manufacturing plasma torches and consumables used primarily in the metal fabricating industry.
ATTC, located in Bradenton Fla., has been in busines...
6/7/07
Techalloy Welding Products, Baltimore, recently appointed Stan Merrick as director of sales—welding products, and Gary Powell as export technical sales manager.
With more than 20 years' experience in the welding industry, Merrick is responsible for sales of the company's stainless steel and...
5/8/07
Gas Innovations, Houston, an independent gas wholesaler, equipment, and services provider serving industrial gas producers and distributors, has added 3,400 square feet of office space to its La Porte, Texas, facility. The space houses staff additions, expanded marketing operations, and a growing di...
5/8/07
Linde Gas, a U.S. affiliate of the Linde Group, has been recognized by the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) for excellent environmental performance in 2006.
The CGA presented the company with its Environmental Excellence Award at the industry trade group's annual meeting in Florida in March.
T...
4/10/07
Techalloy Welding Products has promoted Dave Woike as plant manager and appointed Perry Canning as quality control manager of its Baltimore facility.
Woike joined the company in 1997, and served as manager of quality assurance and technical service until his promotion to plant manager. His experi...
4/10/07
American Air Liquide recently presented awards for exceptional safety achievement at its annual senior management team meeting in Houston.
For 2006, the company's President's Safety Awards honored one team from each of its primary subsidiaries for outstanding commitment to safety:Air Liquide Amer...
3/13/07
Air Products has announced plans to expand its industrial gas production facilities at both its Ashland, Ky., and Reidsville, N.C., facilities. The expansions are being undertaken to meet market demand from industrial gas customers in these regions.
The Reidsville facility, operating since 1967, ...
3/13/07
The 62nd STLE Annual Meeting offered by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers will take place May 6-10, 2007 in the Philadelphia Marriott (downtown).
The meeting will offer technical papers, a commercial marketing forum, a biocides panel discussion, and more than 100 exhibitors s...
2/13/07
Air Products today announced plans to expand its industrial gas production facilities at both its Ashland, Ky., and Reidsville, N.C., facilities. The expansions are being undertaken to meet market demand from industrial gas customers in these key regions, particularly the oilfield services market an...
2/13/07
Air Liquide America L.P., which provides packaged and specialty gases in the U.S., has appointed Michael (Mike) Stoddard as director of its ALNET distributor network, effective Jan. 1.
Stoddard reports to President Kim Denney and is responsible for leading a team of sales managers, business manag...
1/9/07
Praxair Distribution Inc. (PDI) has named Roch Monahan as director of metal fabrication marketing. He reports to James Baughman, vice president, metal fabrication and hardgoods supply chain.
Based in Chicago, Monahan has 22 years' experience in the gas distribution business and welding equipment ...
1/9/07
Hobart Brothers Co., Troy, Ohio, has named Grant Harvey as vice president and general manager for its North American Tubular Wire Div.
Harvey has more than 20 years of experience in welding. He served as the company's vice president of sales and marketing for the Global Tubular Wire Div., and wa...
12/12/06
Praxair Distribution Inc., Danbury, Conn., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., has acquired Hobart Industrial Gases, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Wayne Yakich, president of Praxair Distribution Inc., said that the acquisition, along with two other recent acquisitions, has expanded the company's customer service ar...
12/12/06
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has announced that Nick Culich was named vice president and general manager of consumables, effective Nov. 6, 2006. He is based at the company's filler metal manufacturing plant in Hanover, Pa.
Culich's 30-year career includes key manufacturing positions and signi...
12/4/06
Hobart Brothers, Troy, Ohio, recently promoted Dan Jackson to general manager for distribution filler metals. In this new role, Jackson oversees the company's stick electrode and solid wire businesses.
Jackson has more than 15 years of financial, operational and supply chain experience, and previ...
11/14/06
When Linde and BOC Group collaborated to form The Linde Group, a portion of the business was required to be divested in accordance with an order issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This separate business, known as the Bulk Business Group (BBG), is the fifth-largest producer of merchant liq...
11/7/06
ESAB Welding & Cutting products has announced that Del Tanner, chairman and CEO of Anderson Group Inc. (AGI) has assumed the role and responsibilities of president of ESAB North America in addition to his responsibilities as chairman and CEO of AGI. Tanner replaces Andy Blanchard, who left the comp...
10/9/06
The Associated Press has reported that a jury in Cleveland today cleared welding rod makers of any liability for heath problems affecting Ernesto G. Solis, a former civilian worker at a Navy base. Solis claims that years of exposure to the manganese in welding fumes damaged his health.
The jury w...
6/27/06
Frost & Sullivan has reported that demand for welding equipment in Malaysia is set to expand as foreign investment boosts the general level of industrial infrastructure and manufacturing activity in the country. In 2005 the Malaysian Government eased rules to allow foreign investors 100 per cent own...
6/22/06
The Lincoln Electric Company has received the President's "E Star" Award for Exports in recognition of its achievement in supporting export growth in the U.S. business community. The award was presented by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez to John M. Stropki, Lincoln's chairman and CEO, May 23,...
6/2/06
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has earned environmental management system certification for ISO 14001. The company says it is one of the first welding and cutting businesses in the steel industry to achieve the certification for multiple locations worldwide.
That standard requir...
3/7/06
Harsco GasServ, Mechanicsburg, Pa., a division of Harsco Corp., has appointed James E. Cline as president and has promoted Mark Fleischer and Jeff Clay to expanded roles within its sales department.
Cline has served in management roles since joining the company in 1994. He retains responsibility ...
3/7/06
Hobart Brothers Co., Troy, Ohio, has announced that Gene Sabel, vice president of sales, has retired after more than 40 years of service in the welding industry.
Sabel made his start in 1963 at A.O. Smith Corp.’s Welding Products Div. under Marquette University’s cooperative education program. A....
2/7/06
Strong Welding Products Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has named William Shum as vice president and managing director of Rankin Industries, San Diego, a designer and producer of hardfacing products.
Shum has spent 10 years at Rankin, where he served as director of research and development. Throu...
1/10/06
The BOC Group, Murray Hill, N.J., has added Merriam-Graves, Charlestown, N.H., to its network of independent distributors.
Merriam-Graves is a privately held distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases. It has 22 locations throughout New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut,...
1/10/06
Harris Calorific Inc., Gainesville, Ga., and Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., have announced an agreement to jointly market gases and gas control equipment for CO2 lasers used in materials processing.
With the agreement, Airgas has chosen to market Harris Calorific laser gas control equipment exclusivel...
1/10/06
Arcos Industries LLC, Mount Carmel, Pa., has announced five new appointments.
Cindy Henninger has been named northeast regional sales representative. She has been with the company for 12 years.
Harry Wehr has been promoted to military and nuclear sales manager. He was been with the company for...
12/13/05
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced that its subsidiary, Praxair Distribution Inc., has formed an alliance with Preco Inc. to promote and sell laser welding, cladding, and heat-treating systems and services to the fabrication industry.
According to Janet Coffman, vice president of busines...
12/13/05
BOC Canada, Mississauga, Ont., has named Doug Bonnar as its operations and technical director. Bonnar is responsible for establishing the new operations and technical group, in line with the company's global business model.
The new group consists of the company's supply chain, production, transpo...
10/11/05
Diamond Ground Products, Newbury Park, Calif., has upgraded its Web site.
Besides showcasing the company's products, the site also features free tungsten guidebook downloads designed to help welders select and prepare tungsten, tungsten sample request pages, new sections on tungsten fabrication and...
9/13/05
Airgas Inc. has appointed Jay Sullivan as president of its Airgas South region.
Sullivan, who has served as chief financial officer of Airgas South since 1997, succeeds Mike Rohde, who recently was named senior vice president of distribution operations for Airgas Inc. Airgas South's region comprise...
7/12/05
Airgas, Radnor, Pa., has acquired the assets and operations of Vancouver Welding Supply Inc. (VWS), based in Vancouver, Wash., and Cumberland Welding & Supply Co. Inc. in Cumberland, Md.
Airgas Nor Pac, also based in Vancouver, has taken over the industrial gas and welding supply business at th...
6/14/05
Centricut LLC, West Lebanon, N.H., a subsidiary of Hypertherm Inc., has announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed an earlier decision of a federal New Hampshire court, lifting an injunction filed by ESAB Welding & Cutting Products prohibiting Centricut’s manufacture of cer...
5/10/05
Airgas Inc. has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Kanox Inc., a Kansas-based distributor of packaged gases and welding hardgoods. Airgas currently owns 25 percent of the outstanding stock and would purchase the remaining shares from private shareholders. The companies are working towar...
5/10/05
Flame Technologies Inc. has named 20-year company veteran Shawn Toops as president and COO.
Toops previously served the company as vice president/general manager, a position he held since 1999. In his new role, he assumes overall responsibility for the company's daily operations, as well as its lon...
4/12/05
BOC has signed a multiyear supply agreement with AWISCO NY Corp., a distributor of compressed gases and welding, safety, and industrial supplies.
AWISCO serves the construction trades, including steel erectors, mechanical contractors, and infrastructure repair contractors, in New York City and the ...
3/8/05
Airgas Inc. has appointed David E. Levin as vice president–hardgoods, with responsibility for product management of all welding/MRO hardgoods and safety products. Levin had been vice president–safety products since April 2003.
Levin manages a combined product management team that over...
2/4/05
Airgas Inc. has announced that president and COO Glenn M. Fischer resigned on Jan. 14. The company has appointed Michael L. Molinini executive vice president and COO.
Molinini, an eight-year Airgas veteran, has more than 32 years' operating experience in the industrial, medical, and specialty gas...
1/18/05
Airgas Inc. has acquired A&R Welding Supply Inc., an industrial gas and welding supply distributor with locations in San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, Calif. The two branches now operate as Airgas West.
Three brothers, Dave, Tom, and Tim Erbstoesser, founded A&R nearly 20 years ago and built...
12/7/04
The Lincoln Electric Co. has introduced the Q-Cert Program, a quality indicator for welding consumables. The program features three levels of quality certification (Q-Cert), depending on tests, traceability, and records.
Q-1 certification provides identification for a quantity of consumable materia...
12/7/04
Linde Gas LLC has begun operating a nitrogen liquefier at its Canton Air Separation Unit (ASU) in Canton, Ohio.
The liquefier converts gaseous nitrogen byproduct, previously lost during the production of gaseous oxygen, liquid oxygen, and liquid argon, into a daily production increase of 500 tons o...
12/7/04
Hobart Brothers has received a patent for its Tri-Mark® Metalloy Vantage™ and Metalloy Vantage Ni1 gas shielded metal cored wires.
According to the company, the wires reduce silicon island formation and produce almost silicon-deposit-free weld bead toe lines.
The Metalloy Vantage wire is...
11/9/04
Airgas Inc. has appointed Jeff Finch as president of Airgas Gaspro, its newest regional company operating in Hawaii. Airgas Gaspro became the company's 13th regional company when it completed the acquisition of BOC's U.S. packaged gas business, including all operations in Hawaii.
Finch, who serve...
10/12/04
Harris Calorific Inc., a Lincoln Electric Co. provider of gas apparatus equipment, has added five district managers to its sales force.
The new managers and their territories are Ken McGraw, north Texas; Lonnie Malley, south Texas; Brandon Gerke, Michigan and Indiana; Tom White, Connecticut and u...
10/12/04
Airgas Inc. has announced that it is the exclusive supplier of cutting and welding gases, welding consumables, safety products, and other industrial and MRO supplies to Discovery Channel’s series “BIG!”.
A 16-part series in which host Frank Payne challenges his team of craftsmen, fabricators, bui...
7/13/04
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