Author: Steve Guglielmo

According to a press release from Air Products, Sidd Manjeshwar, vice president and corporate treasurer, has been appointed to also lead Investor Relations for the Company. Sidd will continue to have responsibility for Treasury at Air Products, overseeing capital, liquidity and cash management; corporate finance; financial risk management; treasury planning and analysis; economic forecasting; and pension asset management activities. In his expanded role, Sidd will work closely with Simon Moore―who plans to retire at the end of March 2023 following a distinguished 33-year career with the Company―to ensure a smooth and seamless transition of Investor Relations responsibilities. “Sidd brings a breadth of…

O.E. Meyer was recently spotlighted by LP Gas Magazine for its work maintaining bobtails and storage facilities for its island-based customers, sending employees and even transport loads on ferries across Lake Erie. For more information, click here.

A-OX Welding Supply owners The Elliott Family were honored as the 2022 Boyd Hopkins Sr. Excellence in Family Business Award by the Prairie Family Business Association. The award will be presented on November 15th. Prairie Family Business Association is an outreach center of the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota. The Boyd Hopkins Sr. Excellence in Family Business Award in Sioux Falls that has been presented for 19 years to a Sioux Falls area family business. The Boyd Hopkins Sr. Excellence in Family Business Award was established in 2003 to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of…

Coastal Welding Supply is providing its client, Gulk Copper and Manufacturing, bulk oxygen as part of its historic renovation of the Battleship Texas. Click here to see a video about the restoration. The Battleship Texas was the first battleship to be declared a U.S. National Historial Landmark. It is currently dry docked in Galveston, Texas, for repairs and restoration.

According to an article from the IWDC, Jim Earlbeck was honored with the Bob Jackson Memorial Award at IWDC’s November 2-4 Owners’ Meeting in Park City, Utah. Bob Jackson played an integral part in the formation of the Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC). The honor is bestowed annually upon a Member who has “gone above and beyond” in their support of the organization. The Bob Jackson is considered the preeminent award of the IWDC. Criteria for the award includes strong volunteer spirit, supportive of independents, viewed internal and externally as a respected leader, engaged in our industry, community, and family…

Thank you to all the GAWDA Members who attended the Fall Professional Compliance Webinar and Seminar at Weldcoa’s Innovation Center from October 18-20, 2022. For the first time, the event was held in-person with a simulcast option via GoToMeeting Webinar. Attendees were treated to the latest certified DOT Function Specific Training, FDA Food/Drug CGMP and critical OSHA Training. More than 2/3rds of this year’s registrants were new attendees to this year’s event. “How exciting to see so many new participants at this fall’s Hybrid GAWDA Professional Compliance Seminar. And a large portion of this new crowd is young and emerging…

Effective October 24th, AWG is pleased to welcome Vanjia (Vanya) Thomas to her new role as Vice President of Human Resources at American Welding & Gas, Inc. Vanjia has extensive human resources experience, holding regional and global roles at a publicly held company in the industrial gas industry. She brings a wide range of knowledge in organizational development, team building, talent management, talent recruiting, and benefits administration to AWG.  She also has experience as an outside sales representative selling packaged gas and welding supplies.  Vanjia will report directly to our CEO, Jason Krieger. Vanjia and her husband, Michael will be…

According to an article from the IWDC: The Cryo Group, LLC was recently formed after the principles of VS Carbonics, Inc., Florida’s largest distributor of liquid nitrogen, acquired the assets of InCryo Systems, Inc creating InCryo LLC, and Cryo Asset Management, LLC. This monumental acquisition makes The Cryo Group, LLC, the first vertically integrated cryogenic solutions provider in the Southeastern United States. CEO Diosdado Vazquez’ vision is to develop The Cryo Group into the country’s leading cryogenic solutions provider by making it easier and less complicated to do cryogenic business. The Cryo Group offers cryogenic solutions to a diverse portfolio…

According to an article from Modern Distribution Management, Linde Gas & Equipment has agreed to acquire Memphis, Tennessee-based nexAir, according to a report from Memphis-based news outlet The Daily Memphian. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to close later this year pending approval from the Federal Trade Commission and Linde’s board of directors, according to the report. Bill Proctor, nexAir president, said he didn’t expect the deal to result in layoffs because “Linde doesn’t have a strong presence in the region,” according to the report. NexAir CEO Kevin McEniry, however, told The Daily Memphian he will…

AWG announced that it is pleased to welcome the team from the industrial gas portion of F&M Mafco, Inc. to American Welding & Gas, Inc. (“AWG”).  AWG is one of the nation’s largest independently owned producer and distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases. F&M MAFCO, Inc. (“F&M”) provides site services internationally for capital construction projects including tooling, equipment, tool management rental, sales and service. “Today we are pleased to welcome the teammates and customers of F&M MAFCO’s industrial gas business in Harrison, OH to our AWG team.  Since 1945, F&M has provided an extensive array of products and services…