Browsing: Business Forecast

If 2025 was marked by uncertainty about tariffs and the political situation, this year provides slightly more stability. Still, GAWDA…

GAWDA Suppliers Project Bounce Back Year in 2026 With 2025 in the rear view mirror and the uncertainty of the…

Carey Chen, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of the American Welding Society If your manager asks you for a…

By Alex Chausovsky and Steve Guglielmo Alex Chausovsky gave a presentation at the 2025 GAWDA Annual Convention in Tampa. During…

Philip Steele, AIF FIDUCIARY LIABILITY INSURANCE IS CHANGING Actually, it’s not a survey, but a questionnaire that the major commercial…

Most safety incidents don’t happen because someone wanted to cut corners. They happen when teams can’t find the answer fast,…

Like 2024, GAWDA’s suppliers are expecting robust growth in 2025. But unlike 2024, they don’t have the same concerns about…

By Robert Roth, AWS When I stepped into this interim role, my primary focus was to ensure that AWS remained…

The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) represents a dynamic and diverse network of companies pivotal to the industrial, medical, and food…

GAWDA Distributors Forecast Gases & Welding Economy for 2025 Every year, the first quarter issue of Welding & Gases Today…

BY TOM BADSTUBNER, MARILYN DEMPSEY, MICHAEL DODD, RICK SCHWEITZER, AND STEVE GUGLIELMO GAWDA’s Consultants discuss their work on regulatory committees…

GAWDA Distributors Object to Calls for Economic Instability, Project Robust Growth Across the Board: Standing athwart negative headlines and consumer…

Like the GAWDA distributors, GAWDA’s supplier respondents are also going into 2024 with expectations of growth, though tempered with warnings…

We all know the drill. The management teams all assemble roughly eight-to-ten weeks prior to the end of the business…

By Ken Thompson Dating back many years, our trade association has always used the early months of the arriving New…

By Richard Gottwald, President and CEO, The Compressed Gas Association The Compressed Gas Association is now heading into its 110th…

Resilient, Positive, and Increasingly Automated By Gary Konarska, Executive Director and CEO of the American Welding Society (AWS) If the…

2023 Business Forecast Distributor Forecast   Jump to the Supplier Forecast Growth Ahead in 2023 But Uncertainty Abounds Economic headwinds like…

By Mike Marks and Dan Horan, Indian River Consulting Group Customer expectations have been changing for years, and the COVID-19…

By Steve Guglielmo and Brian Beaulieu GAWDA Chief Economist Brian Beaulieu is renowned throughout GAWDA for his clear-eyed forecasting and…