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Author - Tony Hopkins

Biography to follow.

Robotic Welding at Weldcoa

The founder of Weldcoa, Richard Bennett, invented the Sur-Loc™ Pallet in the late 1960s. Since that time the Weldcoa Palletized Process has evolved from an external delivery system, through the use of pallet trucks and trailers, to an...


FABTECH 2013

  FABTECH 2013 will be held at McCormack Place in Chicago, Illinois in November, and North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is expected to attract record numbers. More than 35,000 attendees and 1,500 exhibitors are expected at...


Atlas Welding Supply Co., Inc. – A Field Report

  In 2014, Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Atlas Welding Supply Co., Inc. will celebrate its 70th anniversary. In 1944, Charles Temerson and Sons Scrapyard became an Airco distributor and launched its Welding Supply Division. Thirty four years later the name was changed to...



Coastal Welding Supply – A Field Report

  Founded in Beaumont, Texas in 1963 by Al Mazoch, Coastal Welding Supply prides itself on being a single source for industrial and specialty gas requirements. As this second generation company, now headed by J.C. “Chuck” Mazoch, celebrates its 50th...


An eCommerce Strategy for Distributors

By 2020, retailers expect 20 percent of all non-food sales to be facilitated through some form of eCommerce. By 2016, half of all consumers’ purchases will incorporate some online or mobile component: comparison shopping, ordering, customizing and paying. And today, 65...



Linde Invests in Crop Science

  Linde Gases, a division of the Linde Group (linde.com), has launched its Crop Science business. The re-energized product and service offering—previously referred to as its “fumigants” business—is recognition of Linde’s renewed commitment to combating the increasing challenges facing the world food...


Norco – A Field Report

  Sixty-five years ago, Norco (norco-inc.com) was a southern Idaho welding supply company with only two stores and 20 employees. Today, the highly diversified enterprise is the nation’s largest independent welding, safety, medical, and gas supplier, serving seven states and selling...



The GAWDA Annual Convention

  The Gases and Welding Distributors Association’s (GAWDA) 69th annual convention will open this year in Orlando on Sunday, September 15 and continue through Wednesday, September 18. Attendees will be able to soak in the...


James Russell Engineering Works, Inc.

James Russell Engineering Works, Inc. (Russell Engineering) (russelleng.com) was established and has been in continuous operation in Boston, MA since 1874. Owned through five generations by the Russell family, the company started as a designer/builder of large-scale metal fabrications and pressure vessels,...


Keeping It Safe with Cylinder Tracking

Cylinders are fundamental to the supply of industrial gases and the effective tracking and monitoring of these assets are key measures that ensure total traceability across the supply chain. Tracking allows both the supplier and the customer to...


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