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Beginning in 1959, a group of stake holders launched the North American Sales Company [Nasco] with a primary focus to…

Kaplan Industries was officially founded in 1959 as the A-M Fire Equipment Company. But the roots of the company go…

While today, Gullco International has locations in six countries and distributors in more than 80, selling cutting-edge welding and cutting…

Middlesex Gases & Technologies, Inc. is a family-owned, third-generation distributor of high-pressure cylinders, microbulk and bulk gases, including rare and…

The Cavagna Group was founded in 1949 by Paolo Cavagna and his children. Today, Cavagna is a global company with more than…

Weiler Abrasives was founded by Karl E. Weiler in 1944 as the Weiler Brush Company in Long Island. Weiler began…

David S. Pearl, Sr. opened Uniweld Products, Inc. in 1949 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Pearl, who was originally from Pittsburgh…

“Necessity is the mother of all invention,” says HIAB USA Vice President of Sales and Service Barry McGrane. Three-quarters of…

Atlas Welding Supply Company was originally founded as Temerson & Son in 1944. The Temerson family had a scrap…

The history of A-OX Welding Supply Company can be traced back to two separate companies: Dakota Welding Supply, which was…

Mississippi Welders Supply Company was founded in 1939 in Mondovi, Wisconsin, as Mississippi Welders & Auto Supply. The company had…

A boat’s engine problems laid the unlikely foundation of Huber Supply Company. Elmer Smith was on a boat trip on…

Dale Oxygen, Inc. has been a family owned and operated business since the company was founded in 1939. Harry W.…

Robert Norman Goss founded R.N. Goss Gas Products during the Great Depression in 1934 in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just one…

Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company was founded in 1929 in Auburn, Maine, by Joseph W. Albiston under the name Maine Gas…

“You’re only as good as your last interaction with a customer.” That’s the attitude that Delille Oxygen Company has adopted…

Arcos started in 1919 as the R.D. Thomas and Company. Until 1931, electrodes were imported from Arcos S.A. in Brussels,…

The American Welding Society was founded in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a mission to meet a national need to…

In 1944, Lawrence Amzy Morgan purchased the Brian Battie Company, a soda fountain service company, established in 1909, that distributed…

Federated Insurance was founded in 1904 by a group of equipment dealers seeking better value for their premium dollar. In…