Month: January 2021

Congratulations to Chad DeKing, who retired after 43 years at Weldstar! The company put the following release on Facebook.

Industrial, medical and specialty gas supplier Industrial Source will increase its dry ice production in the first quarter of 2021 with the addition of a dry ice pelletizer to its facility in Springfield. The Springfield location will be able to manufacture up to 1,600 lbs of dry ice product per hour which will be available for distribution to locations throughout Oregon and SW Washington. The increased production capabilities will allow Industrial Source to offer high-quality dry ice products locally at a crucial time when cold storage requirements are anticipated to increase due to COVID-19 vaccine storage and distribution. Industrial Source…

Noble Gas Solutions announced that it will be opening a location in South Glens Falls. Click here or read the full announcement below. Noble Gas Solutions will be arriving in Glens Falls swiftly! Our newest location, set to open in South Glens Falls in a few short months, is currently under construction and our doors will be opening before we know it. Our new store is located at 15 Third Street in South Glens Falls and will have many of the same features our other locations are known for. We will be able to offer a wide range of gases, gas equipment,…

Meritus Gas Partners (“Meritus”) announced its formation via a partnership with Willingham Welding Solutions, Inc. (d/b/a Gas Innovations) (“Gas Innovations”) and Atlas Welding Supply Co., Inc. (“Atlas”), in conjunction with a growth investment from AEA Investors’ (“AEA”) Small Business Fund (“AEA SBF”). Meritus is a platform led by a team of accomplished industry executives to partner with best-in-class independent packaged gas distributors across North America. Meritus intends to assemble a national federation of high-quality independent distributors of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and welding and safety supplies, located in diverse geographies and serving growing end-markets. The Meritus executive team is…

In its December 31 newsletter, AWISCO shared a message from President Lloyd Robinson. Read it in full below. Wishing you good times, good cheer and a memorable new year. I am dedicating our last newsletter of 2020 to everyone that was instrumental in AWISCO getting through this tumultuous year. Our dedicated customers, our loyal vendor partners and the amazing AWISCO team. Without all of you, AWISCO would not be what we are today. To all of our loyal customers we say “thank you!”  Thank you for your business, thank you for your loyalty, and thank you for choosing AWISCO. We are all glad to…