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CK Worldwide celebrates 50th anniversary

CK Worldwide Inc., Auburn, Wash., marks its 50th year in business in 2017. Established in 1967 as Conley & Kleppen, the company provides a variety of products for GTAW.

“It all started with the simple idea of entrepreneurship; we saw the way torches were being made and thought to ourselves, we can do this better,” said Art Kleppen, owner and founder.

To commemorate the anniversary, the company has made an endowment to the AWS Foundation to create two GTAW scholarships. These $2,500 scholarships will be awarded annually to two students as determined by qualifying criteria.