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Evergreen Midwest In 1978, entrepreneur Joseph Cregan, Sr. founded Evergreen Midwest. Prior to opening Evergreen, Cregan had spent two decades…

Computers Unlimited In 1978, Dr. Mike Schaer and his partner, Stan Hoggatt, established Computers Unlimited in Billings, Montana. Now celebrating…

WEH Technologies Founded in 1973 by Erwin and Karolina Weh, WEH Technologies began as an innovative quick connector provider for…

Volunteer Welding Volunteer Welding Supply, Inc. was founded in 1973 by Harold and Evelyn McMurtry. Harold had previously been working…

Ray Murray Ray Murray, Inc. is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023. Founded by Ray Murray in 1973, the company…

Comeaux Caps  Comeaux Caps is a family-owned and operated sewing factory located in St. Amant, Louisiana, just outside of Baton…

 Weldcoa Weldcoa is celebrating its 55th Anniversary in 2023. Since Dick Bennett founded the company in 1968, Weldcoa has engineered…

Kalas Wire & Cable In the back room of the Denver Hardware Store in 1958, Paul Witwer, Walter Cubberley and…

Holston Gases, Inc. In 1958, Pat Baxter and Bob Walsh, who had worked together at National Cylinder Gas (NCG) decided…

Haun Welding Supply Though Haun Welding Supply was incorporated in 1958, its roots trace back much further than that. In…

 FIBA FIBA was founded in 1958 by Frank Finn and Al Bamford – they combined the first two letters of…

City Welding Sales & Service John Coffey opened City Welding Sales & Service in October 1958. 65 years later, the…

Anthony Welded Products In 1955, Anthony Salvucci began his career managing a welding supply distributor in California when he realized…

 Welders Supply Company of Louisville Louis Wright, Sr. founded Welders Supply of Louisville in 1948. At the time, Wright was…

CK Supply CK Supply opened for business on Nov. 3, 1948, as a distributor for National Cylinder Gas Company. CK…

Butler Gas President and CEO Abydee Butler Moore Elected IOMA President The IOMA (International Oxygen Manufacturers Association) 80th Annual Meeting…

Lampton Welding Supply (Wichita, Kansas) was founded on October 1, 1946, by Marcel L. Lampton in his garage in Wichita.…

Bug-O Systems In 1943 the Livesay Multipurpose Machine was invented by Everett Livesay to increase the production of ships and…

McKinney Welding Supply As New York City became the world’s largest manufacturing center and the introduction of TIG welding, followed…

Willard C. Starcher Willard C. Starcher, Inc.  was founded by Willard Starcher in 1938. Prior to opening the company, Starcher had worked…