Author: Steve Guglielmo

Anova recently announced that Danelle DiLibero will serve as its new vice president of people & culture. An accomplished human resources and talent professional, Danelle will lead Anova’s end-to-end employee experience, ensuring Anova has the key strategies in place to accelerate a culture of performance excellence, high engagement and continuous improvement. Danelle has more than 20 years of experience within various industries, including financial services (Goldman Sachs), consulting (BCG), engineering and manufacturing (Sensata Technologies), and technology (RMS). She joins Anova from her most recent position as the global head of talent acquisition at Verisk Analytics. In her new role, Danelle…

Six months after expanding to America, the largest family-run industrial gases specialist worldwide, Messer, is investing 34.6 million euros (38 million US Dollar) in the construction of a new air separation plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, America. The production plant for the air gases oxygen, nitrogen and argon is scheduled to go into operation in early 2021. It will produce industrial and medical grade gases for various sectors of the local and regional economy, including the healthcare, chemical, food as well as the glass and metal industries. “This investment underscores Messer’s commitment to strategic expansion in the US to meet growing…

Jessi Combs was a racing legend known as the “fastest woman on four wheels.” She was a fixture on television auto shows, co-hosting Spike TV’s “Xtreme 4×4” and appearing on “Mythbusters,” “Two Guys Garage,” and “All Girls Garage.” Combs competed as a racer in many venues including a top ten finish in the Baja 1000. She set a four wheel land speed record for women drivers in 2013 with a run over 398 miles per hour. She died while attempting to break her own land speed record and Kitty O’Neil’s fastest woman in the world record of 512 miles per…

The Memphis Business Journal recognized the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Memphis area. nexAir LLC was recognized as part of this list. The list was calculated by the percentage of revenue growth each company on the Top 100 Memphis-Area Private Companies List experienced over a three year period, from 2016-2018. The Top 100 Memphis-Area Private Companies List is also produced by Memphis Business Journal. In October, the MBJ will further pare down the top 50 to reveal the Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies, in order of their revenue growth. Fastest Growing Companies will be held Thursday, Oct. 24, 6-8:30…

The GAWDA Event App will be available to download on September 6. Available through the app store or Google Play store under the name Attendee Hub (search GAWDA 2019 Annual Convention), the Convention App is indispensable in the run up to and during the GAWDA Annual Convention. Here are nine reasons to download the GAWDA Mobile App: Stay up-to-date with announcements and event reminders Get full access to the attendee list Message and set up meetings with other attendees View the schedule of events and set your own personal schedule Learn about featured Convention Speakers Post and share on the…

Thank you to Bob Ranc, Weldcoa and Rafael Arvelo, Equigas, Inc. for providing these pictures of the 2019 GAWDA Central Regional Meeting

The latest addition to Airweld’s LN2 Self-Sufficiency Initiative arrived Friday, August 23rd, when a 14,000-gallon tank was delivered to the Farmingdale, New York, facility. The 65,000-pound vessel was installed on a new concrete pad August 26th. “This is the next phase of the program we launched several months ago,” said Airweld President Eric Lundquist. “This tank, along with the two new liquid nitrogen trucks we inaugurated in July, will ensure our customers an uninterrupted supply of liquid nitrogen,” he added. Noting that severe weather has plagued deliveries from Airweld’s major supplier in the past, Lundquist says the new tank will…

Weiler Abrasives has launched a new website designed to improve user experience and provide access to purchase product through select distribution partners. Built on a modern ecommerce platform, the new website features dynamic search functions that allow users to find products, solutions and resources for their surfacing conditioning needs — quickly and easily. Weiler Abrasives has also enhanced content on WeilerAbrasives.com, providing improved product content, as well as solutions guides and other resources to help users select their abrasives and gain the best performance from them. “We know our customers’ and distributor partners’ time is valuable and they need to…

Cryoworks, Inc. launched its newly updated website, www.cryoworks.net. The new site represents a major leap forward for the company. Says CryoWorks CEO and Owner Tim Mast, “Our website for the first ten years was a very simple website. It basically said, ‘We sell piping.'” The new Cryoworks.net represents a big leap forward for the company as it celebrates its ten year anniversary in 2019.

Keen Compressed Gases held its grand opening celebration of its new Bristol branch on August 22, 2019. The event, which was hosted at the new location: 6401 McPherson Street, Levittown, Pennsylvania, 19057, was touted as “Celebrating the completion of another brownfield redevelopment project in Bucks County” by the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Bucks. U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, state Sen. Tommy Tomlinson, state Rep. Tina Davis, Bucks County commissioners and Bristol Township Council members were hand for the celebration. To read more about the event and what it means to the Bristol Township, click here. View other September 1…