Gases & Welding Distributor articles from January 2000

Gases & Welding Distributor archives from January 2000

To e-, Or Not To e-?(electronic commerce)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... I hope that every reader of this magazine, without exception, took careful note of Ford's and GM's announcements in early January that each will transfer its entire supply chain to the World Wide Web in the near future. If you didn't, then...

Training With the Eagles.(informal and formal training)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Do you remember helping the kids with their home-work? Perhaps some of you do it now. You tell them how important it is to "get an education." You encourage them, check their work, and visit with their teachers. I can still remember my parents...

ACD Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... ACD Inc., Santa Ana, CA, has successfully recertified its ISO 9001 Total Quality Management System Registration by passing a rigorous two-day audit conducted by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) accredited by the RvA.

Praxair Inc., Danbury, CT, intends to acquire, Materials Research Corporation (MRC), San Jose, CA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America through its subsidiary, Praxair Surface Technologies.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Praxair Inc., Danbury, CT, intends to acquire, Materials Research Corporation (MRC), San Jose, CA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America through its subsidiary, Praxair Surface Technologies. MRC provides technological...

Occupational Safety and Health Administration.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection data is now posted on the Internet at www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/est/est1. The page enables the user to search for OSHA enforcement inspections by the name of the establishment....

Weldship Corp.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Weldship Corp., Bethlehem, PA, has acquired Texas Trailer of Gainesville, TX. Texas Trailer produces tank trailers, tank containers, storage systems, and related services. Texas Trailer will continue to fabricate its product line in Gainesville...

Weiler Welding Co.(relocated to 502 Commercial Drive, Fairfield, OH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Weiler Welding Co., Dayton, OH, announced the relocation of its Cincinnati store to 502 Commercial Drive, Fairfield, OH. At 17,500 [ft.sup.2], the new facility triples its available office and showroom space.

The Howard G. Hinz Co., Milwaukee, WI, has hired Weld Safe Midwest.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Howard G. Hinz Co., Milwaukee, WI, has hired Weld Safe Midwest, a manufacturer's representative company, to sell Hinz welding tips and accessories to welding parts distributors in Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and North...

Air Products and Chemicals, Lehigh Valley, PA, has acquired the remaining 51.1 percent shares in Korea Industrial Gases Ltd., the largest industrial gas company in Korea.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Air Products and Chemicals, Lehigh Valley, PA, has acquired the remaining 51.1 percent shares in Korea Industrial Gases Ltd., the largest industrial gas company in Korea. In another move, the firm signed an exclusive agreement with Questor...

Cornerstone Propane Partners, L.P., Watsonville, CA, has acquired Tri County Bottle Gas, Schenectady, NY, Streat Fuel Co., Flint, MI, Pegasus Propane Co., Port Huron, MI, and Tecula Valley Propane, Temecula, CA.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Cornerstone Propane Partners, L.P., Watsonville, CA, has acquired Tri County Bottle Gas, Schenectady, NY, Streat Fuel Co., Flint, MI, Pegasus Propane Co., Port Huron, MI, and Tecula Valley Propane, Temecula, CA. The acquisitions add 2.7 million...

Wall Colmonoy Corp.(brazing furnace acquired)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, MI, has purchased a 6-bar horizontal loading vacuum heat treating and brazing furnace for its Dayton, OH facility The furnace is capable of operating temperatures ranging from 500 [degrees] F to 2400...

Dovatech, Ltd., Beecher, IL, and K & K Welding Products, Lake Zurich, IL, a division of DovaTech, announced that its national sales force of DovaTech district managers and its K & K sales force have combined.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Dovatech, Ltd., Beecher, IL, and K & K Welding Products, Lake Zurich, IL, a division of DovaTech, announced that its national sales force of DovaTech district managers and its K & K sales force have combined. The merged sales team will call on...

Motoman Inc.(receives award for motivating and retaining employees)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Motoman Inc., Dayton, OH, has received the 1999 Best Practices Award for motivating and retaining employees sponsored by Arthur Andersen. The annual award honors excellence in business practices. Motoman's motivational efforts, including its...

Wilson Tool International, Inc.(opens center for customer demonstrations)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Wilson Tool International, Inc., White Bear Lake, MN, announced the opening of a new 15,000 [ft.sup.2] Technology Center located at its headquarters. The center features state-of-the-art operational punch presses and press brakes for use in...

Superior Welding Supply, Waterloo, IA, has been appointed as an authorized distributor for National-Standard, Niles, MI.(National Standard Co.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Superior Welding Supply, Waterloo, IA, has been appointed as an authorized distributor for National-Standard, Niles, MI. Superior will represent National-Standard's full line of welding filler metals and wire packages throughout its territory...

Air Liquide.(Air Liquide America Corp. starts new separation plant)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Air Liquide, Houston, TX, has started up a new $30 million air separation plant in Denver, CO. The plant will produce 500 tons of gaseous oxygen and nitrogen per day for a variety of customers. The plant replaces the firm's 300 t/day facility...

Rollins Leasing, Wilmington, DE, has acquired Keen Leasing, Inc., Harrisburg, PA, gaining 13 locations in three states and adding 2,000 vehicles to its fleet.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Rollins Leasing, Wilmington, DE, has acquired Keen Leasing, Inc., Harrisburg, PA, gaining 13 locations in three states and adding 2,000 vehicles to its fleet. The acquisition adds $20 million of annualized revenue to the company.

Semiconductors Drive Spec Gas Growth.(demand for specialty gases )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The demand for specialty gases in the US will significantly exceed gains in the general economy increasing 6.6 percent per year to $1.8 billion in the year 2003, according to a recent study by The Freedonia Group, an industrial market research...

BOC Wins Ford Quality Award.(BOC Gases)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... BOC Gases has won the Ford Q1 Certification for Quality Excellence. BOC is the only industrial gas company in the nation to receive the award widely recognized as a benchmark for excellence.

Inventory Management Seminar Set for April.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Distribution Team, Inc. will hold an inventory management seminar at the Radisson Inn -- Airport in Colorado Springs, CO, April 13 and 14th. Topics include: purchasing methodologies for inventory, dead stock management, effective warehouse...

Krantz Associates Wins Gold Award.(for Panasonic Factory Automation Co. advertisement)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Krantz Associates, Inc., Warren, NJ, has won the 1999 Gold Award for Panasonic advertisement. The award was presented by the New York-based League of Advertising Agencies at the 1999 Annual WOW Award Dinner of the New York-based League of...

Airgas Signs Boeing.(safety products supply)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Airgas, Inc., Radnor, PA. has signed a five-year agreement to supply safety products to the Boeing Company for its major manufacturing facilities in the Seattle-Puget Sound area of Washington; Southern California; Mesa, Arizona; Wichita,...

Navigating the Currents of Change-- Part II.(sales management training)
January 1, 2000... These are the best of times and the worst of times in sales management. The best of times because advances in communication and technology have made possible increased levels of contact with customers and our sales team. The worst of times...

Forecasts For a New Millennium.(welding industry forecasts)
January 1, 2000... Facing turbulence ahead, many distributors seek a guiding star and a fair wind to navigate the seas of change. The GWD advisory board offers some tips on how to avoid the perils and perhaps even find a treasure or two. GWD asked its...

Training Offers Key to Success with Filler Metals.(Airgas-Norpac Inc.)
January 1, 2000... A distributor willing to pony-up for a highly trained sales force delivers solid technical support to its customer base, forging stronger bonds, justifying margins, and check-mating the competition. Though the days of the Alaskan gold rush...

Is Your Strategic Plan Built On Risk Or Opportunity?
January 1, 2000... Strategic planning is often viewed as a way of minimizing risk. To the contrary, a soundplan, based on knowledge, understanding and awareness, maximizes opportunity. Inventory is being well managed, receivables are within acceptable...

The Fundamentals of Orbital Welding.
January 1, 2000... Modern orbital-welding systems offer computer controls that store welding schedules in memory. The skills of a certified welder are thus built into the system, enabling the production of enormous numbers of identical welds and leaving little...

E-Commerce: The emergence of a Profitable Business Tool.(electronic commerce)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... E-commerce will explode from $43 billion in 1998 revenue to over $1 trillion over the next five years, promising to drastically alter the way businesses communicate and sell. Distributors shouldn't miss their golden opportunities to capture new...

Cut Costs Using Available Technologies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... New Perspectives Distributors need a sound technology vision that includes implementing Internet-based EDI and bar coding -- tools that significantly reduce supply channel costs while improving relations with vendors and customers. ...

Project 2000 to Set Medical Gas Requirements.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in response to several serious accidents involving medical gases, tightened its enforcement of regulatory standards. However, the FDA's guidelines, known as Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP)...

Target Series Multi-Gas Monitors.(Enmet Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Up to six sensors detect a wide range of gases on the Target Series Portable Gas Detectors including: combustible, 0 to 100 percent LEL in 1 percent increments; oxygen, 0-30 percent LEL in 0.1 percent increments; carbon monoxide, in 0-500 PPM...

Gas Monitor Series Receives Demko Certification.(Gas Tech Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Detect carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, or oxygen with the 95 series of single-gas monitors. The 95 Series is Demko certified to Cenelec standard for intrinsic safety (EEx ia IIB T2); UL classified, and CSA certified for Class I, Division 1,...

GIR Q&A.(stainless steel pressure regulators )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Question: I am assembling a high purity gas system for my gas chromatography laboratory. Is it necessary to use stainless steel pressure regulators and other equipment for my carrier gases such as helium, nitrogen, air, or hydrogen? No....

Vendor Support Offers Key to Success in Gases.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A distributor's success with gases in the new millennium will depend largely on its ability to master new technologies. Garnering solid support from its vendors will be essential. The distribution business is in rapid and continuous...

U.S. Airweld intercepts success in the Aerospace Market.
January 1, 2000... With `professionalism' as its watchword, U.S. Airweld, Phoenix, AZ, managed a vertical takeoff in the aerospace market, growing its business 50 percent in two years and garnering some valuable lessons on marketing to specialized niches. ...

De-Sta-Co Industries.(appoints Kel Landers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... De-Sta-Co Industries, Birmingham, MI, named Kel Landers to the post of vice president of sales and marketing and Caryn Hall as marketing communications manager. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

J. W. Harris Co.(personnel)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... J. W. Harris Co., Cincinnati, OH, has named Robin Harris president and Nick Hamers manager for automotive product development. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

The Gasflux Co.(personnel)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Gasflux Co., Elyria, OH, announced the appointment of Greg Machovina as national sales manager. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Hypertherm, Inc.(appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Hypertherm, Inc., Hanover, NH, announced the election of Philip D. Winslow, its vice president of sales and marketing, to the post of Chairman of WEMCO -- the Welding Manufacturers Committee of the American Welding Society and the appointment...

Postle Industries Inc.(appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Postle Industries Inc., Cleveland, OH, has named Tom Christ as its East Coast sales manager. In addition, the firm named sales representatives for four territories: Ed and Steve Phelan of Shamrock Sales to represent the firm's hardfacing...

ITW Hobart Brothers.(David Knoll named vice-president)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... ITW Hobart Brothers, Troy, OH, named David Knoll vice president of sales in charge of the firm's sales teams including Hobart, Trimark, Corex, and McKay.

Acme Cryogenics, Inc.(appoints Richard Ortwein)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Acme Cryogenics, Inc., Allentown, PA, named Richard "Rick" Ortwein manager-sales & marketing responsible for worldwide sales.

Wall Colmonoy Corp.(appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Wall Colmonoy Corp., Madison Heights, MI, has named John Sturch Oklahoma City, OK, general manager of marketing and sales for the processing group and John Kasavich San Antonio, TX, general manager of operations for the Southwest.

Esab Welding & Cutting Products.(appointments and retirements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Esab Welding & Cutting Products., Hanover, PA, announced ten recent appointments: Jonathan Greene product administrator for equipment consumables; Mark Elender vice president domestic sales; Doug Jones vice president marketing for filler metals...

Gow-Mac Instrument Co.(appointments)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Gow-Mac Instrument Co., Lehigh Valley, PA, made three recent appointments: Robert J. Mathieu chairman of the board; Jeffrey B. Lawson president and COO; and Kenneth B. Fincke vice president sales and marketing.

Praxair Inc.(appointments and retirements)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Praxair Inc., Danbury, CT, made three recent appointments: Scott Cunningham director of investor relations, and Joseph Cappello director, carbon dioxide business for North America; Alan J. Westendorf president of the company's European...

BOC Gases.(appoints Fred Kinkin)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... BOC Gases, Murry Hill, NJ, named Fred Kinkin, director, customer engineering services.

Harsco Corporation's Gas & Fluid Control Group.(personnel)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Harsco Corporation's Gas & Fluid Control Group, Mechanicsburg, PA, made six appointments: Zdenek "Dan" Turecek as vice president and general manager -- cryogenics; Ron Eickelman as vice president and general manager of structural composites...

CGA Salutes Alan Roberts.(Compressed Gas Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Alan Roberts, Associate Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation DOT) Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), announced his retirement, effective December 31, 1999. His retirement is well deserved, but he will be...