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voestalpine Böhler Welding Böhler & Co was founded in 1870 in Vienna, Austria by brothers Emil Otto & Albert Friedrich…

Wise Telemetry Wise Telemetry is celebrating its 5th Anniversary in 2020. Eric Wise founded the company based on research he…

Commercial Miscellaneous Sales Commercial Miscellaneous Sales President Louis “Louie” Centofanti grew up around welding. His father and grandfather owned a…

BTIC America BTIC America Corporation was established in Houston, Texas, in 1995. The company was actually founded as America Fortune…

Michigan Arc Products Michigan Arc Products (MAP) was established in 1970 by James Colosimo, Sr. to provide state-of-the-art welding technology…

S.J. Smith Company S.J. Smith Company (Davenport, Iowa) is celebrating its 70th Anniversary in 2020. The company was established in…

Fronius “I have opened a specialist repair shop for radios and electrical equipment at the Rankleiten hotel. All repairs are…

American Torch Tip Company In October 1940, Jack Walters, Sr. and his brother-in-law saw the need for quality replacement Torch…

by Caroline K. Reff Forty years ago, your father and mother started a family business. They worked hard, and the…

by Patrick Lencioni These days, virtually no one will tell you that teamwork isn’t important when it comes to an…

By Bill McCloy, Managing Director, AmWINS Program Underwriters, Welding DistributorPro Insurance Program Your business has suffered a loss – a…

By Mike Marks, Managing Partner of Indian River Consulting Group Back in the day, the path to distributor growth was…

This year’s Spring Management Conference was scheduled to take place Austin, Texas. Unfortunately, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we had…

GAWDA Spring Management Conference is cancelled due to the growing COVID-19 threat. The GAWDA Spring Management Conference, which was scheduled…

GAWDA’s Spring Management Conference (SMC) will take place April 5-7, 2020, at the JW Marriott Austin in Austin, Texas. This…

A moderated discussion between Tom Badstubner and Michael Dodd By Tom Badstubner, Michael Dodd and Steve Guglielmo As members close…

by abydee butler moore, brad peterson, ned lane, mark raimy, bill visintainer and tom biedermann At the 2019 GAWDA Annual…

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