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Andy Oxy Company
Since its earliest days as a welding supply distributorship, Andy Oxy has offered its customers a full line of medical gas, industrial gas and welding supplies. -
ARC Gas Products
ARC Gas Products supplies specialty gas products, expertise, and service in Silicon Valley and the greater San Francisco Bay area. -
Atlas Welding Supply Company
New owners of the welding distributor Atlas Welding Supply Company look to grow the welding company -
Atlas Welding Supply Company Multimedia Profile
New owners of the welding distributor Atlas Welding Supply Company look to grow the welding company -
AWESCO
(Now known as Noble Gas Solutions) AWESCO’s continuous reinvestment in employees and technology leads to escalating success in the welding and specialty gases industry. -
AWISCO: The AWISCO Advantage
Get to know GAWDA President Lloyd Robinson and see how he leads at AWISCO. The company has a long history of going above and beyond what needs to be done when serving its welding and specialty gases customers. -
Cee Kay Supply Develops Strategies For Success
Cee Kay Supply’s commitment to complete customer satisfaction drives this welding and specialty gases distributor to leading-edge technology. -
Commonwealth Supply Company
Commonwealth Supply Company carries several equipment, safety, welding rod and wire lines, and manufactures its own oxygen, argon, nitrogen, propane hpg and the max line of mixed welding gases. -
Corp Brothers Inc.
The key to Corp Brothers’ success has been its ability to adapt to changing times and markets. -
Craig Welding Supply Company
This Los Angeles distributor offers no substitute for experience and first-class service. -
Earlbeck Gases & Technologies Multimedia Profile
Earlbeck Gases & Technologies is a distributor of atmospheric, compressed, industrial, liquid, medical and specialty gases, cylinders and MIG, TIG and flux core welding equipment. -
Earlbeck Gases & Technologies: Showing Customers The Way
Earlbeck Gases & Technologies is a distributor of atmospheric, compressed, industrial, liquid, medical and specialty gases, cylinders and MIG, TIG and flux core welding equipment. -
General Distributing Company: Three Generations Prove That Obsession Is The Key
General Distributing Company prides itself on its ability to adapt to the welding and specialty gasses needs of its customers, responding quickly and efficiently. -
Jackson Welding Supply Company
(Now known as Jackson Welding and Gas Products) Rochester-based distributor Jackson Welding Supply finds growth in industrial, medical, specialty gases. -
Keen Compressed Gas
Member profile on Keen Compressed Gas. -
Lampton Welding Supply Co., Inc.
Lampton Welding Supply Co. prides itself on its ability to adapt to the welding and specialty gasses needs of its customers, responding quickly and efficiently. -
Machine & Welding Supply Company
Machine & Welding Supply provides welding supplies and industrial, medical and specialty gases to customers in the Carolinas. -
Mahany Welding Supply
Mahany Welding Supply supplies welding equipment and specialty gases, offers training courses in welding, and focuses on customer service. -
Maine Oxy: Employees Think Like Owners
Thanks to its ESOP program, employees at Maine Oxy, a gases and welding equipment distributor in Auburn, Maine, are also owners. -
Melo’s Gas & Gear
With its foundation in place, the Bakersfield, California, company is ready for rapid growth. -
Metro Welding Supply Corp.
Profile of Metro Welding Supply Corp. -
Middlesex Gases & Technologies
Middlesex Gases & Technologies offers a knowledgeable team, dedication to customer service, and a proven ability to turn calculated risk into unqualified success. -
Miller Welding Supply Company
Miller Welding Supply Company is a welding consumable, equipment and industrial gas distributor, specializing in automation. -
Norco Inc.
Reinvestment drives growth at nation’s largest independent distributor. -
O.E. Meyer Co: Running On Its Record
Veteran management team leads employee-owned O.E. Meyer Co. The company’s Welding Division President Craig Wood joins GAWDA’s Executive Committee. -
OXARC In Action
OXARC, Inc. provides welding supplies and industrial, medical and specialty gases to customers in the Pacific Northwest. -
Oxarc Multimedia Profile
OXARC, Inc. provides welding supplies and industrial, medical and specialty gases to customers in the Pacific Northwest. -
Oxyco Inc.
Oxyco Inc.is a welding consumable, equipment and industrial gas distributor, specializing in automation -
Oxygen Service Company
With Oxygen Service Company, customers ranging from large steel fabricators to medical laboratories to oil refineries receive quality welding and specialty gases products and services. -
Pacific CA Systems
Pacific CA Systems provides nitrogen gas and portable nitrogen workstations for the agricultural and oil drilling industries. -
Pooch Welding Supply
Pooch Welding Supply finds that exploring new markets and reinvesting in the welding and industrial, medical and specialty gases company is the road to success. -
Prest-O-Sales & Service Powers Metropolitan New York
From its early days, Prest-O-Sales understood the importance of establishing a strong relationship with suppliers. -
Sky Oxygen
Sky Oxygen maintains its values as a family business, as the welding and industrial, medical and specialty gases company grows by leaps and bounds. -
South Jersey Welding Supply
South Jersey Welding Supply strives to meet and exceed customer expectations in all aspects of its welding and industrial, medical and specialty gases distributorship. -
Valley Welders Supply, Inc.
Valley Welders Supply (Now known as American Welding & Gas) is streamlined to focus on distributing its core welding and industrial, medical and specialty gases products to a broad range of customers. -
Welding Engineering Supply Company, Inc.
Welding Engineering Supply Company holds deep commitment, pride and dedication to serving the needs of customers with advanced technical solutions. -
Welsco, Inc.
Welsco, Inc. is a full-line welding and industrial, medical and specialty gases products distributor with a broad customer base. -
WestAir Gases & Equipment
WestAir Gases & Equipment is one of the largest regional independently owned and operated welding and industrial, medical and specialty gases distributors in the Southwestern United States.
Young Executive Profiles
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An Industry Education
Dan Kipka tells about growing up in the family gases and welding business and going back to school to finish his education. By Dan Kipka. -
Completing The Journey
The path to become vice president at Four Corners Welding & Gas Supply was not a straight line for Amber Chisamore. She worked at another distributor before coming back to the family business. By Amber Chisamore. -
Core Values That Make A Good Manager
Jim Schultz shares his strategies for success as general manager of Jackson Welding Supply Company. By Jim Schultz. -
Doing The Little Things Right
Alex Kennedy shares his experiences as a young branch manager for Red Ball Oxygen’s Shreveport, LA, branch. By Alex Kennedy. -
Earn Your Cheese
Roza Vilner’s background in chemistry gives her a unique edge in sales as a specialty equipment and gases specialist for Wright Brothers. By Roza Vilner. -
Experts In Efficiency
Meet four IT professionals who make life easier for their companies: Michael Chelgren, American Welding & Gas; Chris Bennear, Dale Oxygen; Rodney Huber, Huber Supply Company; and Allison Earlbeck, Earlbeck Gases & Technologies. -
Family Matters
Michael Ripple Jr. talks about being part of a family business with his father and two brothers at Advanced Gas & Welding Solutions, but unlike most family business members, he didn’t grow up in the gases and welding industry. By Michael Ripple Jr. -
Getting Started
Abydee Butler shares how she trained to become marketing director at the family gases and welding business. By Abydee Butler. -
Gold Medal Performances
GAWDA Edge talked to four young executives in the industry who put an Olympic-sized effort into their careers to find out their thoughts on going for the gold. -
Gold Medal Performers
In the spirit of the winter olympics, GAWDA recognizes the industry’s brightest young stars. -
It’s A People Business
Counter sales at a gases and welding distributorship is all about customer service for this Sidney Lee Welding Supply employee. By Russ Harrell. -
Knowledge Is Power
Brad Armstrong’s work experience prepared him with the knowledge to succeed. By Brad Armstrong -
Leading A Team To Success
Lessons learned in the Army help this Indiana Oxygen Company young executive lead in the workplace. By Mike Gunnels -
Learning To Lead
Erich Haun shares his experiences in the family gases and welding business. By Erich Haun. -
Making It Happen
Abel Mariot went from warehouse rep to branch manager at AWISCO. His ability to communicate with Spanish-speaking customers has doubled the store’s foot traffic. By Abel Mariot. -
Meet A GAWDA Edger: David Austin Buell Jr.
Meet a young sales representative. By David Austin Buell Jr. -
Meet A GAWDA Edger: David Hanchette
Meet a sales manager. By David Hanchette -
Meet A GAWDA Edger: Doug Taylor
Learn the secrets of a successful young sales rep. By Doug Taylor -
Meet A GAWDA Edger: Heather Ferrand
Meet a Vice President. By Heather Ferrand -
Meet A GAWDA Edger: Kristen Gilgenbach
Meet an outside sales rep. By Kristen Gilgenbach -
Meet A GAWDA Edger: Troy Hill
Meet WELSCO’s VP of Sales. By Troy hill. -
Meet A Lab Manager
Meet a Lab manager. By Steve Wark -
Meet A Senior Sales Rep
Meet a senior sales representative. By Greg Byer -
Meet A Territory Manager
Meet a gases and welding territory manager. By Stacey Johnson -
Meet A Young Leader: Kelly Hayward
Meet an internet manager. By Kelly Hayward. -
Meet A Young Leader: Martin Ruiz
Lessons from a young sales rep. By Martin Ruiz -
Meet An Executive VP
Meet the Executive Vice President of S.J. Smith Company. By Richelle Smith-Brecht -
Meet An Office Manager
Meet Office Manager Beth Frey -
Moving Up The Family Business Ladder
Terrace Supply Company fourth-generation family business member Steve Lichtenheld shares how he got to where he is as the company’s Director of Supply Chain Management. By Steve Lichtenheld. -
Much More Than Just A Sales Rep
Alex Mundt’s duties extend well beyond his title as a sales rep for Church Towne Gas & Welding Supply. By Alex Mundt. -
Operating A Family Business
Brady Melo joined his father’s company one month after its founding, and has helped it grow into what it is today. By Brady Melo. -
Soaring to the Top
Kevin Falconer talks about the coming up through the family business and training to eventually succeed his father as company president. By Kevin Falconer -
Sparking A Company And A Career
Technology helps a young leader implement cost-saving measures at Advanced Welding Supply Company. By Chris Albanese -
Taking Stock
Supply Chain Manager Kazen Coffey went from being a customer of TWSCO’s to joining the company’s management team. By Kazen Coffey. -
The Right Formula
A specialty gas lab manager at ILMO Products Company shares how he found himself in a niche in the gases and welding industry. By Travis Nelson. -
The Road To Respect
James Garner, regional manager at Ozarc Gas, knows that respect is a must for any young manager. -
Traveling Man
Growing up in the family business has given Jeff Anderson, vice president of finance for Andy Oxy Company, a broad view of the company. By Jeff Anderson
