Author: Steve Guglielmo

Messer, the largest privately-owned industrial gases leader, announced that the company recently won three industry awards for their new digital web presence in the Americas. Messer’s enhanced websites earned the following honors for 2020: AVA Digital Awards – Gold Winner for planning, concept, direction, design and production of digital communication. MUSE Creative – Gold Award in the Corporate Website category; Silver Award in the Business-to-Business (B2B) website category. “These awards recognize our website as among the best in class for a corporate web presence in 2020,” said Gina Gibbs Foster, Vice President, Communications, Messer Americas. “The team at Messer is…

What began in 1945 as a one-man business based on a simple idea is now part of the industrial landscape: we’re talking about the Austrian family-owned company Fronius, which has grown over the past three quarters of a century from a regional repair shop to a global player in the fields of welding technology, photovoltaics, and battery charging technology. And it all started exactly 75 years ago on June 20. Günter Fronius set the ball rolling in 1945 when he started a radio and electrical repair workshop, beginning a story of success that continues to this under the stewardship of…

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GAWDA extends its condolences to the friends and family of Dennis J. Mahony, who passed away May 31, 2020. Noble Gas Solutions President/CEO J. David Mahoney wrote on the Noble Gas Solutions website: It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Dennis J. Mahony, President and owner of Albany Welding Supply from 1973-1986. I started my career with the Company in the summer of 1976, and worked under his leadership for the following 10 years before purchasing the business from him in 1986. Dennis was a great friend, a mentor and a very smart businessman. I learned…

GAWDA extends its condolences to the friends and family of John “Jack” Miaskowski who passed away on May 29, 2020. John was in advertising/sales for over 50 years, 16 of them with CryoGas International (now gasworld) where, as Advertising Sales Manager he helped grow the magazine into the industrial gas and welding industry’s most respected business journal.  In the process of closing many deals, he made a legendary number of friends within that industry. John was the consummate sales professional who lived life to the fullest and was always willing to lend a helping hand and to offer a kind…

GAWDA extends its condolences to the friends and family of Edward Madison (NWSA President 1973-74) who passed away on June 6, 2020, at the age of 92. Ed was the owner of Prest-O-Sales & Service, Inc. (Long Island City, NY) until his retirement in 1993. Ed was born in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda and raised in Flushing, NY. He attended high school at the Valley Forge Military Academy. In 1945, he joined the marine engineering program at the US Merchant Marine Academy for two years before transferring to Cornell University. At Cornell, he studied Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Labor Relations,…

F&M MAFCO is excited to announce an agreement with ENERPAC to be the Premier rental provider for MIRAGE in the United States.  Mirage is a leading, global manufacturer of standard and customized on-site machining solutions for a diverse set of applications with a focus on portability, performance and safety. “Our investment in the Mirage tooling product coupled with our strategic partnership with Enerpac is a pillar of our specialty rental growth objectives” Tim Fries Vice President Sales & Marketing Common markets for these solutions are: Oil and Gas Power Generation (renewable, fossil and nuclear) Mining Petrochemical Shipbuilding The MIRAGE product…

GAWDA extends its condolences to the friends and family of Hanny Ruddy, who passed away on May 13. According to Ralph M. Cohan, VP Sales/Operations at General Welding Supply Corporation, “My business partner, J. Hanny (Honey) Ruddy passed away last evening, very suddenly. She will be missed by all, but especially by her son, Nick Lanzano and daughter Kristen Lanzano.” Hanny’s obituary can be read below: Hanny Ruddy, a lifelong Oakdale resident, passed away on May 13, 2020. “Hurricane Honey” or “Peter Pan” to those she knew, Hanny always said “she would never grow up.”  She enjoyed traveling to such places…

FMCSA Implements New Crash Preventability Determination Program.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced the start of the agency’s new Crash Preventability Determination Program.  85 Fed. Reg. 27017 (May 6, 2020).  Through this program, motor carriers and drivers may submit eligible crashes for preventability determinations through the FMCSA’s DataQs system. FMCSA will remove crashes that were not preventable by the motor carrier or driver from the Safety Measurement System (SMS) algorithm that prioritizes carriers and drivers for enforcement actions. FMCSA will also note the not preventable determinations in the driver’s Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) record and will note not…

Donna Conrad retired from Superior Products. To commemorate her retirement and celebrate her legacy, several people submitted comments about Donna to GAWDA Media. A sampling can be found below: “Donna Conrad’s retirement from the Packaged Gases industry leaves a great legacy.  She had no idea from early days promoting balloon inflators on the floor of a Florist & Party Supplies Trade Show that she would pioneer a path for ladies in an otherwise male dominated industry.  Her path, punctuated with genuine grace and friendship, set a very high bar – a challenge accepted by so many fine ladies who daily…