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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…

Sherwood Valve Celebrates 85 year anniversary Sherwood Valve has its earliest roots in the Hill Clutch and Machine &…

85 Year anniversary for Purity Cylinder Gases In 1938, Edward Butterfield, Glenn G. Garman and Howard Sweet organized Purity Cylinder Gases. The company was…

West Penn Laco Celebrates 95 Years West Penn Laco was founded by Andrew Seibert in 1928 in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty…

Sutton-Garten Co. Sutton-Garten Company is celebrating its 105th anniversary in 2023. The company began in 1918 when Charles Sutton and…