Member Anniversaries
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Dale Oxygen, Inc.: 80 Years
Dale Oxygen, Inc. has been a family owned and operated business since the company was founded in 1939. Harry W. Bennear founded...
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R.N. Goss Gas Products Company: 85 Years
Robert Norman Goss founded R.N. Goss Gas Products during the Great Depression in 1934 in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just one year prior,...
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Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company: 90 years
Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Company was founded in 1929 in Auburn, Maine, by Joseph W. Albiston under the name Maine Gas Service. The...
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Delille Oxygen Company: 95 Years
“You’re only as good as your last interaction with a customer.” That’s the attitude that Delille Oxygen Company has adopted as it...
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Arcos Industries, LLC: 100 Years
Arcos started in 1919 as the R.D. Thomas and Company. Until 1931, electrodes were imported from Arcos S.A. in Brussels, Belgium. In...
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American Welding Society: 100 Years
The American Welding Society was founded in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a mission to meet a national need to support welding...
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City Carbonic LLC: 110 Years
In 1944, Lawrence Amzy Morgan purchased the Brian Battie Company, a soda fountain service company, established in 1909, that distributed carbon dioxide...
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Federated Insurance: 115 Years
Federated Insurance was founded in 1904 by a group of equipment dealers seeking better value for their premium dollar. In the early...
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ESAB Welding & Cutting: 115 Years
Oscar Kjellberg founded ESAB — Elektriska Svetsnings AtkieBolaget (Swedish for Electrical Welding Limited Company) — on September 12, 1904 in Gothenburg, Sweden,...
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1.5KMarking Milestones: GAWDA Members Reflect on the Journey to Success and Paths Forward to New Opportunities
Anyone who’s ever gone hiking will tell you that the only thing more satisfying than the view from the top is reflecting...
