Gesswein opens new U.S. headquarters
Gesswein, a supplier of abrasives, tools, and machines for metalworking, has announced the opening of its new headquarters in Bridgeport, Conn....
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Colfax appoints ESAB vice presidents
Colfax Corp., a global manufacturer of gas- and fluid-handling and fabrication technology products and services in Fulton, Md., has named Kenneth...
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Washington Alloy names new general manager
Washington Alloy Co. has appointed Ed Holmes as its general manager. An experienced veteran of the fabricating and welding industries, Holmes...
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American Torch Tip names regional account executive
Bradenton, Fla.-based American Torch Tip, a manufacturer of cutting and welding consumables for plasma, GMAW, GTAW, and oxyfuel, has hired Tony...
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ESAB acquired by Colfax Corp.
Effective Friday, January 13, 2012, Charter International plc, owner of ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, has been acquired by Colfax...
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LA-CO appoints new president
LA-CO® Industries Inc./Markal Co., Elk Grove Village, Ill., a provider of specialty plumbing and HVAC chemicals, has named George Bowman as...
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Praxair acquires American Gas Group
Danbury, Conn.-based industrial gas supplier Praxair Inc. has acquired independent supplier American Gas Group. With facilities in Toledo, Ohio,...
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Praxair acquires Weldco
Praxair Inc., a provider of industrial gases in Danbury, Conn., has acquired the assets of Weldco Inc., Cincinnati. Weldco, which employs 23...
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Matheson opens winery, welding, and gas center
Matheson, Basking Ridge, N.J., has opened a new winery, welding, and gas center in St. Helena, Calif. This location is part of the company's...
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Lincoln Electric acquires Techalloy
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has acquired the welding operation assets of Techalloy Company Inc. and of its parent company, Central Wire...
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ELCo names new sales manager
ELCo Enterprises Inc., Jackson, Mich., has promoted Robert Wilburn to western Great Lakes sales manager. The territory includes western...
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Sodick opens new warehouse
Sodick Hightech EDM Consumables, Schaumburg, Ill., has opened a warehouse and distribution facility in California. It stocks wear, spare, and...
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Praxair expands Tennessee air separation plant
Praxair Inc. has announced that it is doubling the capacity of its Memphis, Tenn., air separation complex to produce oxygen and nitrogen to supply...
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Houghton acquires Shell Metalworking, Metal Rolling Oils business
Houghton Intl. Inc., Valley Forge, Pa., has completed its acquisition of Shell's Metalworking and Metal Rolling Oils business, a global specialty...
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Hobart Brothers receives CE mark certification for tubular welding wires
Hobart Brothers, Troy, Ohio, has received the CE mark for four of its tubular welding wires: Tri-Mark® Metalloy® Vantage™, Hobart® FabCO®...
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Lincoln Electric to acquire Russian welding consumables manufacturer
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mezhgosmetiz-Mtsensk OAO ("MGM"), a...
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ILMO Products acquires Smitty's Welding Supply
ILMO Products Co. has acquired Smitty's Welding Supply Co. to broaden its delivery of medical, industrial, beverage, and laboratory gases, as well...
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ESAB provides filler metals for construction of 1 World Trade Center
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has announced that several hundred thousand pounds of its filler metals have already been...
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Harris Products Group names national accounts director
The Harris Products Group, Mason, Ohio, has appointed Lorie Plengemeier to the position of director of national accounts. Plengemeier spent 10...
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nexAir relocates Atlanta-area branch
Memphis-based atmospheric gases and welding distributor nexAir has relocated its Atlanta branch to Suwanee, Ga. In May 2008 nexAir acquired...
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Wallover Oil purchases assets of Larson Chemical
Wallover Oil Co., Strongsville, Ohio, a manufacturer of industrial lubricants and cleaners, has purchased the assets of Larson Chemical Co.,...
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ESAB adds new manufacturing lines in Ohio plant
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, based in Florence, S.C., has added two new wire drawing lines at its Ashtabula, Ohio, manufacturing facility....
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ESAB appoints president – CEO, North America
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has announced the appointment of Andrew Masterman as president and chief executive officer of ESAB North America,...
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Wall Colmonoy announces staff appointments
Wall Colmonoy Corp., a manufacturer of high-temperature, nickel-based brazing and coating alloys in Madison Heights, Mich., has announced the...
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Airgas continues Operation Homefront support with second $100,000 donation
Airgas Inc., a distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and welding, safety, and related products, today marked the upcoming...
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Rankin Industries hires director of sales
Rankin® Industries™, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., a manufacturer of buildup and hardfacing products, has added R.L. Baker as director of...
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Boeing approves Master Chemical metalworking fluid, emulsion, for areas 5, 6
Master Chemical Corp., Perrysburg, Ohio, has announced that MicroSol 585, a nonchlorinated, semisynthetic metalworking fluid, and E917, a...
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Lincoln Electric dedicates new facility in India
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. today dedicated a 100,000-square-foot welding consumables facility in Chennai, India, which will serve the growing...
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Techalloy names vice president – sales
Stan Merrick has been promoted to vice president of sales at Techalloy Welding Products, Baltimore. He is responsible for the worldwide sale of...
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Air Products brings third Tangshan, China air separation facility on-stream
Air Products has announced that it recently brought on-stream its third air separation facility (ASU) in Tangshan, Hebei Province, Northern China...
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Taylor-Wharton announces leadership changes
Taylor-Wharton Intl., Mechanicsburg, Pa., has announced several executive leadership changes. Stuart Jara has been promoted to president of the...
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Praxair completes 15 acquisitions in 2008
Praxair Distribution Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced that it completed 15 acquisitions in 2008, with sales...
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Airgas acquires Great Lakes Oxygen
Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., has completed the acquisition of Great Lakes Oxygen, also doing business as Welder's Supply, Westside Welders Supply,...
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Tower Oil & Technology announces staff appointment
Tower Oil & Technology Co., an employee-owned metalworking fluids manufacturer in Chicago, has appointed Steve Lowery as its new vice president,...
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Western Enterprises donates equipment to local community college
Western Enterprises, Westlake, Ohio, has partnered with Lorain County Community College (LCCC) to supply equipment for the new National Center for...
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Lincoln Electric acquires Brazilian brazing products manufacturer
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Cleveland, has acquired a 90 percent interest in Brastak, a Brazilian manufacturer of brazing products. The...
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Hobart Brothers expands manufacturing operations
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...
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Cored welding wire manufacturer launches facility in Ohio
RevWires LLC, a cored welding wire manufacturer in Troy, Ohio, is scheduled to open an 80,000-sq.-ft. research and manufacturing facility this...
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Houghton receives Q1 award from Ford Motors in Brazil
Houghton Intl., Valley Forge, Pa., has received the Ford Q1 award, Ford Motor Co.'s highest recognition of supplier quality. Since 2004...
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ESAB opens flux plant
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has added a new flux plant to its filler metal manufacturing facility in Hanover, Pa. The company says the plant...
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President Bush visits Lincoln Electric
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. welcomed President George W. Bush to its world headquarters and manufacturing plant in Cleveland on July 29. Bush...
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Houghton signs agreement to acquire D.A. Stuart
Houghton Intl. Inc., Philadelphia, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D.A. Stuart. The transaction, anticipated to close in 2008, is...
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ESAB appoints VP of product management, development
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., a manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment and welding filler metals, has added Michael J....
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Hypertherm acquires manufacturer, supplier of laser consumables
Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., recently acquired ESSE A Srl., Italy, a manufacturer and supplier of laser consumables and accessories. The...
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Unist names national sales manager
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...
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Tower Oil names president/CEO
Tower Oil & Technology Co., Chicago, recently appointed Kirk McCubbin as president and CEO. The company is an employee-owned manufacturer of...
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Thermacut expands sales team
Thermacut Inc., Claremont, N.H., recently created new sales positions and promoted staff to better serve its customer base throughout North...
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Airgas acquires A&N Plant
Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa., recently acquired A&N Plant, a European supplier of new and reconditioned rotating, positioning, and welding equipment....
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Praxair acquires Kirk Welding Supply
Praxair Distribution Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has acquired Kirk Welding Supply Inc., Kansas City, Mo. Kirk operates 10...
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New Miller Web page connects visitors to welding resources
Miller Electric Mfg. Co.'s new Industries and Interests Web page, located at www.millerwelds.com/interests, organizes the information available on...
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