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Frost & Sullivan has presented its '2009 Global Best Partners Welding & Cutting Systems for Energy Generation Award' to ESAB. In 2009, the company accounted for nearly 18 per cent of the global welding and cutting market for energy generation.
Key performance drivers for ESAB have been its uniqu...
11/5/09
Metal fabricating industry suppliers Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., and Cleveland, Ohio-based Lincoln Electric, were featured today on a National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast discussing companies that operate with a no-layoff policy, even during tough economic times.
A written transcript of the progr...
11/5/09
Lincoln Electric recently hosted more than 120 industry professionals interested in learning more about wind tower fabrication for several daylong seminars.
Seminar attendees traveled from across the U.S. and as far away as Brazil and Portugal to the company’s Cleveland headquarters. Each seminar...
10/13/09
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has announced the appointment of Andrew Masterman as president and chief executive officer of ESAB North America, effective August 17, 2009. Masterman is based in Florence, South Carolina, and replaces Brendan Colgan, who has assumed the role of chairman of The ESAB G...
10/5/09
Three engineers from Flame-Spray Industries Inc., Port Washington, N.Y., and one Ford Motor Co. retiree have received the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation's 36th National Inventor of the Year award at a ceremony held at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washingt...
8/11/09
CenterLine (Windsor) Ltd., Windsor, Ont., has added Dennis Horoschak as business development manager responsible for the southeastern U.S.
Horoschak has more than 25 years of sales, engineering, and marketing experience for several companies. He served most recently as director-Chrysler Global Sa...
8/11/09
Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, and Speed Network's show "Two Guys Garage" will give away 14 welding packages to several lucky viewers.
By completing an online survey, viewers and welding fans can enter to win a free Lincoln Electric POWER MIG® 140C welding machine and Vista® 1000 autodark...
8/11/09
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products announced today that it is restructuring its Florence, S.C., manufacturing operations to advance a global approach to supplying product and customer support. While the changes outlined today affect the company’s employee base in Florence, the company wants to reinfor...
7/14/09
Raphael Matos' No. 2 car and Vitor Meira's No. 14 car locked wheels in the 174th lap of the Indianapolis 500 in May, causing Meira's car to slide on its side along the racetrack wall. Lincoln Electric equipment—two Ranger® 305G engine-driven welding machines and two LN-25 (now LN-25 PRO) ...
7/14/09
Manchester Tool & Die Inc. offers a new 4-page brochure detailing its steel fabricating and production machining services, as well as the production machining and tube end forming services from BKB Manufacturing. The new literature details the capabilities available from Manchester Tool & Die, inclu...
6/16/09
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has issued a call for entries in the 7th Annual Image of Welding awards program, which recognizes public initiatives and programs that promote the image of welding. The entry deadline is July 10.
The program, presented by the AWS, an organization dedicat...
6/9/09
Lincoln Electric is once again partnering with the U.S. Army for welder training. The program graduates 450 students per year, including U.S. Army soldiers as well as Marines. Military students spend 12 weeks learning oxyfuel welding, SMAW, GMAW, and GTAW. To keep up with the latest technology, the ...
5/12/09
Lorain County Community College (LCCC), Ohio's top-ranked community college, has been named project leader for a $4.9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) program establishing a National Center for Welding Education and Training on the LCCC campus. The Center will increase the number of scienc...
4/14/09
Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, has announced its new Green Initiative Awareness Program to promote the company's initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes and products.
To help customers identify the products connected to these initiatives, the company is labeli...
4/14/09
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has announced that its Asian subsidiary, The Lincoln Electric Company (Asia Pacific) Pte., Ltd. ("Lincoln Asia Pacific"), has signed definitive agreements to expand its welding consumables business in China by acquiring 100 percent control of Jinzhou Jin Tai Welding a...
3/17/09
Mike Howlett has been appointed as the new president of Multiquip's General Construction Equipment internal division. He joined the company in 1995 as operations manager and was promoted to vice president of operations after two years.
Howlett has more than 25 years of experience in business ad...
3/10/09
Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., has completed the acquisition of Great Lakes Oxygen, also doing business as Welder's Supply, Westside Welders Supply, Great Lakes Propane, and Lake Erie Iron and Metal.
Great Lakes Oxygen, a distributor of industrial gas and welding supplies, generates annual revenues of...
2/10/09
ESCO Tool has acquired and refurbished a 60,000-sq.-ft. building in Holliston, Mass. The company has been located in nearby Medfield, Mass., since 1980.
According to Matthew Brennan, president, "We have been the beneficiary of a growing power industry and are moving into a larger building in resp...
2/10/09
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. today announced actions to lower its fixed and variable cost structure to align its business with the current economic environment. These measures include the continuation of previously announced reduced work hours, cutting expenses and discretionary spending in all a...
2/2/09
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Cleveland, has acquired a 90 percent interest in Brastak, a Brazilian manufacturer of brazing products. The company is based in Sao Paulo and has annual sales of about $30 million.
"The Brastak acquisition represents the expansion of our brazing product line as wel...
1/13/09
More than 100 Wisconsin high school counselors, educators, and administrators attended a recent symposium on welding careers sponsored by Miller Electric Mfg. Co., Airgas, Miron Construction, and AZCO Inc.
Designed to inform attendees about the salary potential and variety of careers that can or...
1/13/09
Western Enterprises, Westlake, Ohio, has partnered with Lorain County Community College (LCCC) to supply equipment for the new National Center for Welding Education and Training to be built this year. The center will be housed in LCCC's Manufacturing Center of Excellence in the Nord Advanced Technol...
1/13/09
The Handy & Harman Precious Metals Group, a family of companies that supply brazing and soldering materials and technical services to OEMs and aftermarket distributors, has announced plans to unify all of its brazing companies under a single brand name—LucasMilhaupt—beginning in January ...
12/16/08
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
Appleton, Wis.-based Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has announced plans to cut 95 jobs, because of the economic downturn and slowing demand for its products. The layoffs represent about 6 percent of the company's 1,500 employees.
According to company spokesperson Vickie Rhiner, most of the job cuts wil...
11/19/08
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
Thermadyne Industries Inc., St. Louis, recently honored one of its distributors, Cee Kay Supply, St. Louis, on Cee Kay's 60th anniversary. Cee Kay is an independent supplier of industrial gases, welding and cutting equipment, and supplies.
Thermadyne Executive Vice President of Global Sales and M...
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
American Welding & Tank LLC (AWT), Mechanicsburg, Pa., a division of Taylor-Wharton Intl. LLC, recently acquired Certified Cylinder Inc., Crossville, Tenn.
AWT says the acquisition will significantly expand its refurbishing services. The purchased company will operate as Certified Cylinder a Divi...
10/14/08
American Weldquip Inc., Sharon Center, Ohio, has hired four district sales managers.
Ray Trudell has 25 years of experience in the welding industry, employed most recently for more than 11 years by Praxair – Canada as territory manager. He is responsible for the Ontario, Canada, market.
...
9/16/08
The 2008 FABTECH® Intl. & AWS Welding Show Including METALFORM will host the AWS Skills Competition Weld-Off, an event that tests students' welding skills. FABTECH is scheduled to run Oct. 6-8 in Las Vegas.
Six finalists, selected from 24 student welders who participated in the SkillsUSA cha...
9/16/08
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has added 8,000 sq. ft. of training area to include two additional, large classrooms and lab space equipped with new technology.
Enrollment has doubled at the institute during the last three years, which required a second shift to be added durin...
9/16/08
Image Industries, Huntley, Ill., has announced the addition of Elie Klachkin as regional applications engineer serving the northeastern states from Maine to Virginia.
In this newly created position, Klachkin helps clients develop products focusing on stud welding technology. He is responsible for...
8/12/08
Michael Dougherty, president of D&S Mfg. in Black River Falls, Wis., has announced the company's initiation of a $6.4 million expansion of its production facilities. The 12-month project commenced in June.
"As a result of the strong sales growth we have experienced during the past several years,...
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
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has named David Abe as vice president of sales, western zone; Jerry Gleisner as vice president of sales, eastern zone; George Learmonth as vice president of strategic accounts, North America; and Greg Stauffer as vice president of sales support.
Ab...
6/17/08
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, Welding in Aircraft and Aerospace Conference will feature aircraft and aerospace industry experts. The two-day event, Sept. 16-17, will explore new products in the industry.
Primary discussion topics will include the critical benefits of using particular...
6/17/08
Thermadyne Industries Inc., St. Louis, a manufacturer of cutting and welding products, recently appointed Charlie Fischer, Mark Powers, and Barry McCarter as automation business managers.
Fischer is responsible for the Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky region. He has worked in the welding ind...
5/15/08
"Gas Tungsten Arc Welding of 2-inch Pipe" provides a step-by-step explanation of how to weld mild steel pipe in the 2G, 5G, and 6G welding positions using the GTAW process.The training materials package includes two DVDs, an instructor guide, and a written test (50 copies). The instructor guide com...
4/15/08
Hobart Brothers Co., Troy, Ohio, has added an interactive Product Approval Guide to its Web site.
Located at www.hobartbrothers.com/product-approvals/, the resource allows visitors to locate filler metals that have been approved by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Lloyd's Register, the Cana...
3/11/08
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, will hold a conference May 13 and 14 dedicated to automatic welding, automatic controls, and training and management.
Speakers will explore automation developments for new welding processes. The developments have enabled the industry to speed output and ...
3/11/08
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, an organization working to advance the science, technology, and application of welding, recently appointed John Filippi as managing director of certification operations.
Filippi helps manage AWS certification programs and supports domestic and internatio...
3/11/08
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, and its Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee (WEMCO) seek nominations for the AWS sixth annual Image of Welding awards.
Award winners will be announced during an awards ceremony at the FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, which runs Oct. ...
3/11/08
The Speedglas™ SL (super-light) welding helmet and autodarkening filter (ADF) from 3M™, St. Paul, Minn., recently received an international Red Dot Design award. With more than 7,000 submissions from 60 countries, the international Red Dot program ranks among the largest and most renowned ...
3/11/08
Arc-Zone.com® Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., has named Scott Reiman as director of operations.
Reiman has more than 10 years of experience in accounting, sales, and customer service management. Before joining the company he served as controller for a midsize construction company, as manager of cust...
2/12/08
Tregaskiss, Windsor, Ont., has added Norm Greenlay as a regional business manager in western Canada. Greenlay, who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and a background in engineering, reports to Darren Grey, the company’s director of Canadian sales.
Tregaskiss develops and manufa...
1/15/08
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has entered into an agreement with Trade Show Consulting (TSC) to purchase Weldmex, the largest welding tradeshow in Latin America.
Under the terms of the agreement, the AWS maintains primary ownership of Weldmex and assumes the rights to organize, promo...
1/15/08
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Washington, D.C., and the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA), Lake Zurich, Ill., jointly published a steel pipe design manual titled Welded Steel Pipe Revised Edition 2007.
The manual focuses on the design of steel pip...
1/15/08
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
Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., Cudahy, Wis., a subsidiary of Handy & Harman, has acquired Omni Technologies Corp., Danville, N.H.
Lucas-Milhaupt is a supplier of brazing and soldering materials, offering metal-joining products, fabrication services, and technical support for electrical/electronic, applianc...
1/15/08
American Weldquip Inc., Sharon Center, Ohio, recently appointed two district sales managers, naming Ray Trudell as manager for Ontario, Canada, and Todd Harris as manager for the Mid-South region.
Trudell has more than 25 years of experience in the welding industry, serving most recently as ter...
12/11/07
Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., Cudahy, Wis., a producer of metal-joining products and brazing/soldering technology, recently became the second participant in Tier 2 of Wisconsin's Green Tier program. According to Lucas-Milhaupt, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) representatives and other visitor...
11/6/07
Magnatech, East Granby, Conn., has hired Scott Anthony as director of sales and marketing for the Western Hemisphere. Anthony has more than 20 years of senior-level sales and marketing experience with advanced motion control technology. Previously he worked for Gerber Scientific Inc., and most recen...
11/6/07
Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage in southern California recently named Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, as its official welding company. The company designs and manufactures arc welding products, robotic arc welding systems, and plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment, as its official welding company.
Leno emp...
11/6/07
Miller Electric Mfg. Co., Appleton, Wis., announced that it is giving away an Ultimate Weldshop valued at more than $17,000. The Ultimate Weldshop Giveaway includes a welder/generator; welding and plasma cutting power sources; an autodarkening helmet; safety gear; welding accessories; and personaliz...
11/6/07
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
Hobart Brothers, Troy, Ohio, a manufacturer of welding filler metals, industrial systems, components, and consumables, celebrated its 90th anniversary in September.
The company held a luncheon with its first-shift employees to celebrate the occasion. Troy city officials, including Mayor Michael B...
10/9/07
Barnes Aerospace, Windsor, Conn., a division of Barnes Group Inc., has expanded its large fabrication operations in Ogden, Utah, with a 120,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility that will produce precision aerospace components for use in various aircraft engine and airframe applications. Construction o...
9/11/07
Thermadyne Industries Inc., St. Louis, a manufacturer of cutting and welding products and accessories, has named Tom Wermert as marketing manager for Americas Arc Welding.
Wermert has served as the company's global product manager for filler metals, director for international marketing, marketing...
9/11/07
Superior Joining Technologies Inc., Machesney Park, Ill., celebrated its 15th anniversary with a luncheon that included staff, friends of the company, former employees, suppliers, and service providers.
Although changes in the industrial community have affected the type of work the company perfor...
9/11/07
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, offers the one-week course Preparation for the AWS Certified Welding Supervisor Examination. The class begins Sept. 24 and will be offered again beginning Nov. 12.
The course will be taught by Hobart instructors Elmer Swank, Chuck Ford, Nelson M...
9/11/07
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, and the AWS Foundation have announced the establishment of the largest original section-endowed scholarship in the society's history. The Lou DeFreitas $60,000 scholarship fund, endowed by the Santa Clara Valley Section, enables the AWS Foundation to award ...
9/11/07
BTD Manufacturing Inc., Detroit Lakes, Minn., has acquired Pro Engineering, Minneapolis. The transaction involved an exchange of cash for assets.
An operating company of Otter Tail Corp., BTD offers design, engineering, prototyping, short-run applications, metal stamping, robotic and hand welding...
8/7/07
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
Tregaskiss Welding Products, Windsor, Ont., Canada, has announced two hires—Mark Morgan as customer training specialist and Judy Wilson as customer service specialist.
Morgan is responsible for the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. He has more than 20 years of training, management, and custome...
6/12/07
Illinois Tool Works has acquired Tregaskiss Welding Products, a Canadian welding company.
Tregaskiss, a maker of robotic and semi-automatic welding torches, has 179 employees and supplies products to welding supply distributors in Canada and the U.S. Based in Windsor, Ontario, the company will co...
5/24/07
The American Welding Society (AWS) is seeking nominations for its Fifth Annual Image of Welding Awards.
The awards are issued in seven categories and the winners will be announced at the Image of welding Awards Ceremony to be held on Nov. 12, 2007, during the FABTECH International and AWS Welding...
5/8/07
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
Milwaukee-based Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., a Handy & Harman Co., has announced the expansion of its technical service operations by reintroducing its "Fundamentals of Brazing" training program to various regional areas throughout the U.S.
Scheduled June 12 through 14 in Chicago, the first session of th...
5/8/07
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has signed an agreement with the Robotics Division of ABB Inc. to develop and market robotic welding packages and systems jointly.
The agreement allows the two companies to utilize the expertise and technologies of both to pursue business opportunities identified b...
4/12/07
Industry secrets and emerging technologies that are transforming the science and practical application of joining unlike metals will be showcased at the Joining Dissimilar Metals Conference, hosted by the American Welding Society (AWS).
The two-day event, to be held at the Grosvenor Resort in Orl...
4/10/07
Fronius USA LLC, an Austrian-established provider of welding equipment, has relocated its North American operation to larger quarters in Brighton, Mich.
Service and sales support are handled out of the new office, which also includes a demonstration/laboratory for GMAW and GTAW. the company expe...
3/13/07
Bug-O Systems Inc, Pittsburgh, a supplier of automated welding equipment, has appointed Clay Cable as sales manager for Canada.
Formerly, Cable was an inside sales agent. His new duties include supporting the sales representatives and the distributor network....
3/13/07
Grainger, a national supplier of facilities maintenance supplies to businesses, has donated $5,000 to the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology (HIWT), Troy, Ohio. The contribution will be used to help the program purchase equipment for its classrooms and learning labs.
"Grainger has a long tra...
3/12/07
Bernard recently introduced a new solutions guide, "The Bernard Difference," and an educational product and training CD.
The guide features the company's products and services. The CD complements the solutions guide and includes information on how to use and replace the company's GMAW welding com...
2/13/07
Select-Arc, Inc. has announced that its latest facility expansion, which added 30,000 square feet to the company's Fort Loramie, Ohio, headquarters, has been completed. The new space was built to extend manufacturing production and warehousing capabilities.
This new construction represents the m...
2/13/07
Sciaky, Inc., a manufacturer of Electron Beam welding machines, has opened a new location in Kitsap County, Wash., to service the Northwest U. S.
The new facility is located at: 1783 Highway 308, Suite 200, Keyport, WA, 98345, Phone/Fax: 360-626-9683....
2/13/07
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has scheduled its Welding Instructor Course 2007 for July 9 – 13.
Designed for vocational teachers and technical instructors, the course provides classroom theory and hands-on practice in the major arc welding processes. It also provides ...
1/9/07
Lincoln Electric, Cleveland, is the exclusive suppler of welding equipment for the SPEED network's reality series "Payback."
The show chronicles celebrities and automotive engineers working together to customize vehicles for individuals who have played a significant role in the celebrities' lives...
12/12/06
The American Welding Society (AWS) has announced its newly published standard on titanium welding, AWS G2.4/G2.4M:2007, Guide for the Fusion Welding of Titanium and Titanium Alloys. This American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-approved standard covers the best practices to allow first-time user...
11/16/06
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
EWI, Columbus, Ohio, has appointed Brian Bishop as an aerospace market leader.
Bishop has more than 25 years' experience in the aerospace industry and is responsible for business development in the market and related product development activities within the company.
Bishop previously served a...
11/7/06
OEM Fabricators Inc., Woodville, Wis., received a grant from Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton to begin construction on a new facility in Neillsville, Wis.
The 50,000-sq.-ft facility will be used to build large components for OEMs and is expected to begin operation in early 2007. Processes that will be per...
11/7/06
The United Association (UA) and The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, teamed up for the 53rd UA Instructor Training Program at Washtenaw County Community College, Ann Arbor, Mich. More than 1,800 UA members attended from the U.S. and Canada.
Courses in the training program range from plumbing and ...
11/7/06
Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricating, St. Paul, Minn., has named Bill Remes as director of sales and marketing.
Remes has more than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing capital equipment and high-technology fields. He spent time with Thiele Eng., Edina, Minn.; Laser Machining Inc., Somerset W...
11/7/06
Denman & Davis, Clifton, N.J., offers a new value-added partnership program to all of its OEM customers, enabling them to take advantage of the company's fabrication services earlier in the ordering process.
Providing this service before shipping saves time and money for OEMs and improves delive...
10/10/06
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 American Welding Society (AWS) and the Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee have announced that the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology has been selected to receive the 2006 Image of Welding award for the large business category, because of the impact the Institute has on the country's w...
9/20/06
Tregaskiss Welding Products, Windsor, Ont., has entered a joint venture with Browne Distribution Intl. LLC (BDI), forming Tregaskiss Intl.
Tregaskiss Intl. is responsible for the growth and support of Tregaskiss Welding Products outside of North America.
Clive Tregaskiss, CEO of Tregaskiss We...
9/12/06
The Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, Dec. 14-16, 2006, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., will feature the latest motorsport technology, including welding and metal fabrication technology, from 1,400 companies.
Two-time NASCAR® Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart will...
9/12/06
Fronius has received the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Technology of the Year Award, which is bestowed upon a company that has introduced an innovative technology into the market that is expected to bring significant contributions to the industry in terms of adoption, change, and competitive posture.
In ...
8/21/06
The American Welding Society (AWS) has announced that it will host its second national job fair to allow employers to meet one-on-one and possibly recruit from a pool of more than 9,000 welding professionals, a group that has been in short supply. The Job Fair will take place in room C-206 from 9 a...
8/21/06
Hobart Brothers Co., Troy, Ohio, has opened a training center at its Troy plant to address new filler metal systems along with safety and health practices.
The training center is used to educate distributors, end users, and employees on optimal application and use of the company’s filler metals, ...
8/8/06
The American Welding Society, Miami, is seeking nominations for its fourth annual Image of Welding awards.
The awards are issued in seven categories and winners will be announced at the Image of Welding Awards Ceremony at FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Awards recog...
8/8/06
Select-Arc Inc., Fort Loramie, Ohio, has appointed Sushil R. Jana as senior development engineer.
Jana was employed previously at ESAB Welding & Cutting Products and Hobart Brothers/McKay. He holds a Ph.D. in metallurgy and a patent and several trademarks. He specializes in flux-cored, metal-core...
8/8/06
Abicor Binzel, Frederick, Md., has added Cecil Caldwell to its staff as district sales manager for the Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana territories.
Caldwell has more than 20 years' experience in the welding industry and began his career at Weldcraft before joining Tweco/Arcair in 1989.
Abicor B...
7/11/06
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
Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., has named Morris Warino as business development manager for Wall Colmonoy Oklahoma City, which part of the WCC Aeronautical and Aerospace Group.
Morris has 17 years' experience in marketing and sales experience as the national sales manager for a manuf...
6/13/06
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
Panasonic Factory Solutions Co. of America, Buffalo Grove, Ill., has named M. Faisal Pandit as director of solutions, responsible for all software and engineering systems.
Pandit has been employed with Morgan Stanley and Unix. He worked eight years withPanasonic as group manager in the Global Sys...
5/9/06
Lincoln Electric Co. is building a regional headquarters and training facility in Dubai to support sales and customer service throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
The 5,500-sq.-ft. facility is located in Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone and is set for completion in May 2006. It will feature a ...
4/11/06
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has made several new appointments to its staff. Bob Phillips is Northeast U.S. division general manager; Randy Brittingham is vice president and general manager, U.S.; and Ken Faulkner and Doug Crayton are managers of sales and operations, respectively, for the Constar ...
4/11/06
Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, Mich., has elected John Sturch as vice president of the company's Aeronautical and Aerospace group.
Sturch is responsible for business development and growth for the company’s FAA-licensed repair stations in Oklahoma City and San Antonio. He has acquired than...
4/11/06
EWI, Columbus, Ohio, has named Harvey Castner and Phil Weisenbach as vice presidents and has appointed them as officers to its board. Weisenbach also has assumed the role of COO.
Castner was elected vice president of the company's government programs office and continues to be responsible for gov...
4/11/06
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
Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, has announced its NASCAR® Fantasy Weekends Sweepstakes, that offers individuals a chance to win one of three NASCAR prizes.
The grand prize is a VIP race package for the Nextel Cup Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 6, 2006. The package i...
3/7/06
Tregaskiss® Welding Products has added Butch Hyde as regional sales manager for the Northeast region.
Hyde has more than 25 years' experience in sales and reports to the director of sales, Steve Saumier.
Tregaskiss develops and manufactures semiautomatic and robotic GMAW torches and robot...
3/7/06
EWI today announced a new initiative intended to expand the use of high-power ultrasonics (HPU) in the manufacturing, materials processing, biomedical, and energy fields. In collaboration with Case Western Reserve University and The Ohio State University, the company is establishing a Center for Hig...
2/22/06
Team Metal Fabricators, Addison, Ill., has updated its Web site, www.teammetalfabricators.com, to promote its custom fabrication services.
The site features the company's products and services, including engineering, metal cutting, forming, welding, polishing, and CNC machining....
2/7/06
Praxair Distribution Inc., Danbury, Conn., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., has acquired the packaged gas business and facilities of Constar LLC, Norcross, Ga., and its affiliates, Airstar Carolina, Airstar Tennessee, Airstar Savannah, and Pye-Barker Welding Supply Co.
Constar fills and distributes ...
2/7/06
The American Welding Society (AWS) will present All in the Family: The Gas-Shielded Arc Welding Conference, March 7-8 in Las Vegas.
The conference encompasses a variety of welding-related processes, all of which employ an arc and shielding gas. These processes include electrogas welding, FCAW, GM...
2/7/06
The Welding Information Center today announced that a new epidemiological study published in the February 2006 issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine concluded that no link exists between welding or exposure to welding fumes and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease or any other similar...
2/2/06
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
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced that its packaged gases subsidiary, Praxair Distribution Inc., has signed a joint marketing agreement with Liburdi Automation Inc., Dundas, Ont., and its subsidiary Liburdi Dimetrics Corp., Davidson, N.C.
Under the agreement Praxair acts as a distributo...
1/10/06
Thermatool Corp., East Haven, Conn., has announced the start-up of a CFI 1200 solid-state induction welding machine at Alpine Pipe Mfg. Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.
It is installed on a new pipe mill supplied by Nakata Mfg. Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan. The mill produces API and structural pipes up to 18-in. ...
1/10/06
The American Welding Society has made available AWS D18.3/D18.3M:2005, "An American National Standard: Specification for Welding of Tanks, Vessels, and other Equipment, in Sanitary (Hygenic) Applications."
The specification covers the requirements for welding carbon steels, stainless steels, and ...
12/13/05
MK Products, Irvine, Calif., has promoted Paco Perez to the position of vice president of sales.
Perez manages the sales for the company and works with large OEM customers. He has been with the company for 13 years holding various positions including customer service and Web solutions/publicatio...
12/13/05
The Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, now offers a FCAW course available on three DVDs with student workbook, instructor guide, tests, and answer keys. The course includes demonstrations and exercises on multipass fillet welds and groove welds in all positions with gas-shielded and...
11/8/05
Nexus Media Communications and the American Welding Society (AWS) will collaborate to establish an AWS pavilion at Weldex 2006. The pavilion will feature AWS members, the society itself, and products and services from the U.S. welding and fabrication industries.
Jeff Weber, associate executive di...
11/8/05
Select-Arc Inc., Fort Loramie, Ohio, has appointed Michael Tecklenburg as national sales manager.
Tecklenburg has 24 years of sales and technical experience and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in welding engineering.
Other appointments are Ron Smith, who has been named a...
11/8/05
Lincoln Electric supplied the welding equipment used to fabricate parts for Lance Armstrong's Pontiac GTO® on The Learning Channel's (TLC) "Overhaulin" television show.
Show host and hot rod designer Chip Foose headed up the team working at the Colvin Automotive shop in Austin, Texas, to revamp t...
10/11/05
Peter C. Hobart, entrepreneur and board member of the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has established two $1,000 scholarships for selected students to further their education in welding at the Institute.
Hobart has designated one scholarship as the David Smith Award for a prom...
10/11/05
Robert L. Peaslee, known as "the father of nickel brazing," will be the interviewee at the American Welding Society's (AWS) Interview with a Legend session to be held at 10:00 a.m. November 15 as part of a series of programs and events scheduled at the FABTECH International/AWS Welding Show in Chica...
8/9/05
Richard Alley has joined Barckhoff Welding Management, Victoria, Minn., as a senior sales executive.
Alley has a background in both sales and marketing, having served the welding industry in various sales and sales management positions with KSM/Omark/Erico Fasteners for 30 years. He also has been p...
8/9/05
Lincoln Electric International Holding Co., a subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., has announced that David M. LeBlanc has been appointed president of Lincoln Electric Europe, succeeding Ralph C. Fernandez. Fernandez will become president of Lincoln Electric Latin America, succeeding LeBlan...
8/9/05
Joel Stanley, representing Northern Penobscot Tech, Region III, Maine, is the official winner of the 2005 U.S. Open Weld Trials held at the American Welding Society's (AWS) 2005 AWS Welding Show.
Stanley's win earned him two gold medals and a $40,000 four-year scholarship sponsored by Miller Electr...
6/14/05
The Board of Trustees of the Edison Welding Institute (EWI) today announced the selection of Dr. Henry J. Cialone as president and CEO. Cialone replaced Don Caudy, who has been serving as the organization's interim president since January 2005.
Cialone joins EWI from Battelle Memorial Institute, ...
6/6/05
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has appointed David J. Nangle as president of J.W. Harris Co. Inc., the company's recently acquired manufacturer of brazing and soldering alloys. In this new position, Nangle is responsible for all J.W. Harris operations, which include facilities in Ohio, Rhode Island...
5/24/05
ESAB Welding and Cutting Products North America has announced the promotion of Jeff Hoffart to senior vice president and general manager for the company's Florence, S.C., operations. In his new position, Hoffart is responsible for the operation's equipment, cutting, and steel industry product busine...
4/12/05
Panasonic Factory Automation has been renamed Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America (PFSA).
The name change unifies the company's capital equipment business globally under the Panasonic name while reinforcing the expanded consultancy role that PFSA has taken on for its customers. In coming...
3/8/05
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has named Tony Anderson as the North American corporate technical training manager. Anderson is responsible for enhancing the design and coordination of the company's training programs and works directly with distributors to facilitate appropriate tra...
2/8/05
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of the outstanding stock of the J.W. Harris Co. Inc., a privately held brazing and soldering alloys manufacturer with headquarters in Mason, Ohio.
The transaction is subject to completion of due dilige...
2/8/05
MG Systems and Welding has appointed Dick Parrott as western regional sales manager.
Parrott returned to the company after a 19-year absence. He has 20 years' metal cutting and fabrication industry knowledge and experience. His sales responsibilities include California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, M...
2/8/05
Lincoln Electric has formed a team supplier agreement with Penske Racing South, which fields cars for drivers Rusty Wallace, Ryan Newman, and Brendan Gaughn.
Under the agreement, Lincoln provides the team with welding and cutting equipment, technical training, and welding application support. The a...
1/11/05
Lincoln Electric Holdings has announced that its board has modified its Corporate Governance Gudelines to provide for the annual appointment of a lead director to serve as a liaison between the chairman and independent directors. Harold L. Adams has been appointed to the position.
A board member ...
12/1/04
On September 16 and 17, 2004, the Laser Processing Division of ARL Penn State hosted a meeting of the National Shipbuilding Research Program's (NSRP) SP-7 Welding Technology Panel.
The NSRP is a government/industry research program intended to develop more economical construction approaches to ship...
11/9/04
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has named Lincoln Electric as its Official Welder. Goodguys, a rod and custom association, produces and promotes hot rod enthusiast events.
"The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association is proud to call Lincoln Electric its Official Welder. It is a huge benefit to our...
11/9/04
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced that its board of directors has elected John M. Stropki as chairman of the board. Stropki, named president and CEO in June, succeeds Anthony A. Massaro, who is retiring at the end of October after more than 11 years with the company. In keeping with compa...
10/18/04
Reponding to a call from Airgas Mid-America on behalf of client Davlan Eng., ESAB provided welding equipment and expertise for welding the aluminum base of the Radome system, a portable ground surveillance radar dish used in military field operations.
Because they were welding aluminum (6061 bas...
8/10/04
Usiminas Mecănica (Usimec), a Brazilian company that supplies Brazil’s shipbuilding and other industries, has purchased two ESAB Avenger 2 cutting machines for cutting large plates that measure 0.62 in. thick, 7.3 ft. or 12.4 ft. wide, and 39.4 ft. or 59 ft. long.
The company uses unde...
7/13/04
The American Welding Society (AWS) recently awarded Joseph Kolasa Jr., welding instructor at The Lincoln Electric Company, with the Private Sector Instructor Membership Award at its annual awards luncheon. AWS honors men and women in the industrial, educational, and research community who have made ...
7/13/04
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has elected John M. Stropki, Jr. as president and CEO of the company, effectively immediately, succeeding Anthony A. Massaro, who held the position for eight years. Massaro had previously announced his intention to retire and has agreed to remain as chairman for an in...
6/9/04
The Lincoln Electric Co. reported that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway uses its equipment behind the scenes, fabricating track equipment, as well as on the track’s grandstands, signs, and fences, and for repairs on the new SAFER Wall system.
Speedway welder John Cleveland said he “gre...
6/8/04
According to Practical Welding Today® Associate Editor Stephanie Vaughan, equipmentmakers typically display new equipment and technologies at tradeshows, but at the 2004 AWS Show in Chicago in April, they also displayed optimism. Some was based on sales increases, while some came from productiv...
5/4/04
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology (HIWT) has worked with the aerospace industry to customize classroom training modules, including purging techniques, heat input, and basic metallurgy of the superalloys used in the industry. It also conducts welder certifications in AWS QCWI and AWS D17.1, Spec...
5/4/04
San Jose, Calif.’s Dago Red team recently took first place at the 2003 National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nev. Crew Chief Bill Kerchenfaut said that one of the secret weapons in his arsenal is pilot Skip Holm, and another is his Invertec® V205-T AC/DC GTAW machine from ...
5/4/04
The Lincoln Electric Co. announced that its welding equipment, consumables, and automation manufacturing plant in Euclid, Ohio, has been certified to ISO 14001, an international standard for environmental management systems and procedures. The company’s Mentor, Ohio, plant received ISO 14001 c...
5/4/04
EWI has hired five new employees: Dr. Evgueni Todorov as a senior NDE engineer; Dr. Brian Lu as a senior microjoining engineer; Vikram Thyagarajan as an applications engineer in engineering and nondestructive evaluation; Brian Girvin as an applications engineer in resistance and solid-state welding;...
5/4/04
Rexarc Intl. Inc. has appointed Robert Moyer as president. Previously, Moyer served as the company’s executive vice president.
The 75-year-old West Alexandria, Ohio-based company produces welding equipment, apparatus, and industrial and medical gas management systems.
4/8/04
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