2022 GAWDA Northeast Regional Meeting

Bridge the Disconnect Between Tech and Culture in the Use of Big Data


By McKinnon Shisko, Indian River Consulting Group In April 2019, a large national consulting firm surveyed 1,000 executives of large firms (classified as having...

Solution Selling for Welding: AWS and GAWDA Partner to offer online course

In late 2021, the American Welding Society launched a new online course called “Solution Selling for Welding.” As the world of welding,...

How to Maximize Your SMC Experience

Former GAWDA Presidents Share Advice on Getting the Most out of Convention and SMC Networking is one of the greatest benefits of...

GAWDA Committee Corner

As part of its continued push to help GAWDA members get the most out of their membership dues in the association and...

Ask Your Board

Ask Your Board is a new feature that will run in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Quarter issues of Welding & Gases...

Preparing for an Audit

GAWDA’s consultants discuss how to prepare for an audit as well as other recent trends in the gases and welding industry By...

Qualifying a New Driver


What are the things that I need to do to hire a driver? How fast can I put a new driver on...

Helping GAWDA Members Save Time and Money

How GAWDA consultants can help GAWDA members avoid costly mistakes By Tom Badstubner, Marilyn Dempsey, Michael Dodd, Rick Schweitzer and Steve Guglielmo...

Should We Carry Safety Products?

By Paul Bernier and David O’Guin With many years of experience in the Industrial Gas/Welding supply industry, I have learned that many...