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Service Only a Family-Owned Business Can Supply How California Tool & Welding Supply has evolved since 1976. In 1976, Robert C. Craig (Bob Jr.) worked for his father, Bob Sr., at his welding supply company in Duarte, California. Bob and Rick Davis decided to set out on their own and opened California Tool & Welding Supply out of a wooden shed on a dusty sand lot with a few bottles of compressed gases, an oxygen cascade system, and a small selection of hard goods. But what they lacked in resources, they more than made up for in vision. The motto…

Final GAWDA Consultant Roundtable for 2024 By Tom Badstubner, Marilyn Dempsey, Michael Dodd, Rick Schweitzer, and Steve Guglielmo The GAWDA Consultant Program is a GAWDA member benefit that is included as part of your member dues to the association. It is consistently rated as one of the most valuable member benefits that GAWDA provides. Between the four of them GAWDA’s consultants bring more than 150 years of industry-specific experience to the association. The GAWDA Consultants will be on-hand in Phoenix at the GAWDA Annual Convention to discuss the flurry of regulatory activity that has been handed down in summer 2024.…

New committee to shed light on 21st century issues facing all GAWDA Members By Steve Guglielmo, John Vrana and Hector Villarreal During the 2024 GAWDA Spring Management Conference, GAWDA debuted its brand-new Technology Committee. The Committee will be co-chaired by Red Ball Oxygen’s John Vrana and Weldcoa’s Hector Villarreal and will tackle some of the industry’s greatest looming threats and challenges including cyber security, automation and AI. We were lucky enough to be able to interview John and Hector during the SMC for an interview that aired in the May 1st episode of GAWDA TV. To see the full interview,…

Newcomers’ Reception After making the difficult decision to move the Newcomers Reception inside due to the more than 100-degree heat, the Newcomers Reception kicked the Convention off in style, as more than 100 GAWDA New Members, Past Presidents, and members of GAWDA’s Member Services Committee gathered in the Wildflower Ballroom to mix and mingle and show off their hand in a fierce putting contest. Winners from last night’s putting contest will even bring home some hardware and be recognized from the stage during tomorrow’s Opening General Business Session, so stay tuned! Thank you to all who came and all who…

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