Author: Steve Guglielmo

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, formally opened a new, state-of-the-art center outside of Cleveland, in Twinsburg, Ohio. The multi-faceted, functional ALTEC Engineering Solutions Center brings the company’s ALTEC Engineering Solutions and Advanced Fabrication teams together to innovate, create and accelerate solutions for customers across a range of industries, including Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, Construction, Food Production, Heat Treating, and more.  Thirty-five onsite and 45 remote employees will be based at the 42,000 square feet facility. They will host both internal collaborators and customers for interactive training sessions, product development and research projects. With dedicated lab space and industrial testing capacity, this…

Middlesex Gases, a leading supplier of specialty, medical, and industrial gases in New England, now has the capability to manufacture medical-grade, FDA-approved CO2 in-house at its Everett, Massachusetts, headquarters and filling plant. Medical CO2 is a gas widely used throughout the medical, health care, life sciences, and biotech industries for everything from minimally invasive surgeries and cryotherapy to helping maintain the sensitive environment of lab incubators. However, over the past two years, supply chain issues have made it increasingly difficult for Middlesex to secure this essential gas on a reliable basis for its customers. In April 2021, the company decided…

Holston Gases completed the acquisition of Alpine Gas Company with operations headquartered in Carrolton, GA. Holston Gases will consolidate their operation into the Holston Gases facility located at 25 Brightwave Blvd, Carrolton, GA 30117. Holston Gases President Robert Anders said, “We are very pleased to add the 3100 propane customers of Alpine Gas to those of Holston Gases. Alpine Gas Inc. has been servicing the north Georgia area for over 58 years and has a great reputation and loyal customers that we are excited to bring into the Holston family.” The owner of Alpine Gas Inc. agreed that the consolidation of…

MWSCO (Mississippi Welders Supply Co.) is excited to announce we are opening our newest store in Appleton, Wisconsin. Our new store location will be at 3900 N Providence Ave, Appleton, WI 54913 and is planned to open August 2022. MWSCO continues to grow in distribution and service, providing solutions for industrial gas, welding, automation, vendor managed inventory, fire protection, and beverage CO2. We have four stores in Minnesota, one in Iowa, and this will be our seventh in Wisconsin. “We are committed to ethically growing our business to serve our customers, our fellow team members, and our communities. We embrace…

Read the full article by clicking here. Bill Herbert, owner of Quality Erectors, was working to grow his fabrication and erection company but was struggling to keep his labor force trained and his machines consistently running.  QEC has a focus on bringing projects in on time and within budget. However, Bill was frequently sending machines out of state to be repaired, causing down time which was costly to his company.  He was also experiencing poor service and support from his gas supplier and was wasting time reconciling invoices and overpaying for gas tanks. He was putting in the work but not…

The AWS Foundation’s Careers in Welding Mobile Exhibit is gearing up to hit the road for its 2022 tour. Since 2011, the Careers in Welding Trailer has been a driving force for welding education and career development. The trailer’s first stop of the season is at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from July 28-31, 2022. “I’m looking forward to being back on the road spreading the good word about this incredible trade,” said Stephanie Hoffman, Program Manager Workforce Development, AWS Foundation. The Careers in Welding Trailer has been refreshed from the inside out, with new exhibits and an…

American Welding & Gas, Inc. (“AWG”) is pleased to announce that NFC Company Inc., headquartered in Chicago, IL since 1974, has joined forces with AWG. NFC has built a strong reputation for prompt, professional service for its gas customers. NFC Company Inc. is locally owned and operated by Norb, Dorothy, Ben and Dan Francis. “Today we have the pleasure of welcoming the Francis family and employees of NFC Company into our AWG family. Over 46 years ago, they started NFC Company with the thought of providing service to customers in the Chicago area and have been growing their business ever…

Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority Under Clean Air Act.  In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for taming the federal regulatory state, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Congress did not constitutionally authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant rules—including those capable of reshaping the nation’s electricity grids and unilaterally decarbonizing virtually any sector of the economy—without any limits on what the agency can require so long as it considers cost, non-air impacts, and energy requirements. In West Virginia v. EPA, the Court in a 6-3 decision held that the EPA may not implement its Clean Power…