Convention Contact Booth Program
Guide to Exhibitors

GAWDA's Contact Booth Program provides an opportunity for face-to-face communication between Active and Associate Members. At GAWDA's 63rd Annual Convention, A Golden Opportunity to Bridge New Partnerships, conversations will center on the gases and welding industry's latest and best innovations. As of press time, the Exhibitors listed on the following pages indicated they will be participating in the GAWDA Contact Booth Program on Tuesday, September 18, at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, California.

3M Speedglas
St. Paul, MN — 3M Speedglas manufactures and markets a portfolio of auto darkening filters (ADF) for welders and personal protection equipment (PPE) for protection against welding hazards. The combination of Speedglas welding shield ADFs and a wide product offering for PPE provides welders with a comprehensive set of product solutions for welding hazards.
New for '07: The Speedglas Super Light SL welding helmet.

ABICOR Binzel USA
Frederick, MD — The product offering of ABICOR Binzel USA, a subsidiary of IBG, Germany, includes MIG, TIG and robotic torches in air- and water-cooled, and a wide array of peripherals to support the industrial and metal fabrication industries. The Frederick, Maryland, facility houses the company's manufacturing, assembly, repair and administrative operations.

Acme Cryogenics, Inc.
Allentown, PA — Acme Cryogenics, Inc. provides complete solutions to meet customers' total gas and liquid handling requirements, including CryoMaxx liquid delivery and MicroMaxx liquid storage systems (bulk and microbulk), cryogenic tanks and tank repair, manifolds, cylinder fill plant equipment, custom solutions, and Quality Cryogenics vacuum jacketed piping and liquid cylinder repair.
New for '07: Acme is developing technology, available by end of this year, that will allow customers to view their profile online, including pricing, product availability and production schedules.

Advanced Specialty Gas Equipment
Middlesex, NJ — ASGE supplies a line of specialty gas handling equipment and UOP adsorbents through an international network of distributors and representatives. ASGE's inventory includes thousands of regulators, manifolds, flowmeters, valves, molecular sieves and accessories, allowing us to ship 95 percent of our orders on the same day we receive the order.

Air Liquide America L.P.
Houston, TX — Air Liquide America's ALNET distribution network aims to provide dependable and reliable products and services with access to a wide range of gases, technology and individualized support to help meet the most demanding business and customer needs.

Air Products
Allentown, PA — In the industrial gas business for over 65 years, Air Products is committed to the independent distributor. With supply capabilities coast to coast, Air Products is committed to safety and on-time delivery. Dedicated account managers will be available to work with distributors to develop programs to support their businesses.

Airgas Nitrous Oxide
Radnor, PA — Airgas Nitrous Oxide is the largest producer of nitrous oxide in North America, operating four plants in North America. In addition to distributing nitrous oxide throughout North America, Airgas Nitrous Oxide ships bulk liquefied nitrous oxide by ocean freight to customers in Asia and South America.

AlcoTec Wire Corporation
Traverse City, MI — AlcoTec manufactures premium quality aluminum wire with state-of-the-art drawing and spooling machinery. AlcoTec offers a solution-oriented partnership designed to maximize productivity, reduce start-up time and control overall costs. AlcoTec's staff of metallurgical, welding and quality engineers provide expert consulting, training, welder qualification and application expertise.

Allcryo
Montgomery, TX — Allcryo reconditions and repairs both cryogenic and CO2 bulk vessels. The company sells reconditioned CO2 and cryogenic tanks and can distribute nationwide.
New for '07: Allcryo is ASME accredited and a new tank division will begin operations on October 1, 2007. Horizontal, vertical and stainless inners are available in 6-, 14,- 30- and 50-ton sizes.

American Cap Company
Wheatland, PA — American Cap Company is a manufacturer of cylinder caps and compressed gas cylinder products for the industrial gas and welding industries. American Cap also produces construction collars, Tulip and Jabb Caps and the Safety Snap Cap, which exceeds ISO and safety standards.

American Standard Manufacturing
Central Bridge, NY — American Standard Manufacturing, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-pressure and propane cylinder storage and merchandising cabinets for both industrial and commercial use. The company also manufactures ergonomic cylinder handling devices such as the Pit Stop Propane Fuel Depot, Forklift Cylinder Handler, Wall Hugger cylinder vise and Little Giant cylinder inverter.
New for '07: A full line of aluminum cages for 20-pound forklift and high-pressure cylinders.

American Torch Tip
Bradenton, FL — American Torch Tip Company executives will be on hand to discuss the Lightning line of MIG guns. They also will be available to discuss the extensive line of plasma, laser, MIG, TIG, oxy-fuel, multi-use and thermal spray replacement parts for use in metal cutting, welding and coating applications.
New for '07: The Cyclone MIG welding gun with a planetary drive system.

American Welding Society
Miami, FL — The American Welding Society is a nonprofit organization with a mission to advance the science, technology and application of welding and allied joining and cutting processes, including brazing, soldering and thermal spraying. AWS is supported by a staff of more than 100 professionals and serves more than 50,000 members worldwide.

Americana Program Underwriters
Charlotte, NC — Americana is a leading underwriter of property and casualty insurance for welding supply distributors. With the same underwriting team since 1992, Americana aims to provide not only industry expertise, but also stability in times of uncertainty. Product offerings include industry-specific property, general liability, automobile and umbrella coverage countrywide.
New for '07: WeldPro is now on admitted paper in 39 states.

ArcOne
Taunton, MA — For 15 years, ArcOne has produced auto-darkening welding helmets, inverter power sources, NIOSH-approved respiratory protection, and head and face protection products. ArcOne is committed to protecting the welder from the lungs up with an array of hard hats, eyewear, goggles, visors, respiratory protection and price/performance auto-darkening technology.
New for '07: A completely new line of protection and respiratory products.

Arcos Industries, LLC
Mt. Carmel, PA — Arcos Industries, LLC manufactures a complete line of stainless steel, nickel and specialty alloy welding consumables. In addition, Arcos supports its consumables product line with complete testing and conversion capabilities. Arcos consumables meet military, nuclear, AWS, AMS and ABS specifications.

Avesta Welding LLC
Stafford, TX — Avesta Welding LLC is a manufacturer of stainless steel welding consumables for high-corrosion and high-temperature applications. The company supplies a broad product line, including covered electrodes; MIG, TIG and sub arc wire; flux-cored wire and chemicals for post-weld corrosion protection.
New for '07: 3-D electrodes and flux-cored wires.

Bernard Welding Products
Beecher, IL — Bernard was founded shortly after World War II. Since then, the company has pioneered many advancements now standard in the MIG welding industry. Examples of Bernard's tradition of innovation include the advent of flux-cored welding (FCAW), along with MIG guns and consumables for a variety of handheld applications.

Bessey Tools North America
Cambridge, ON, Canada — Bessey Tools North America is a member of the Bessey family of companies, founded in Germany in 1889. As a steel mill and tool manufacturer, the company is recognized for quality in hand clamping and cutting tools. Bessey offers more than 1,300 products in over 90 countries around the world.

Bohler Thyssen Welding
Houston, TX — Bohler Thyssen has manufactured welding consumables for over 80 years. The company produces a variety of consumables, from products for use with mild and stainless steel to special products for repair and maintenance purposes, hardfacing and brazing. The four brands sold in North America are Bohler, TPUT, Soudokay and UTP.
New for '07: UTP A 6222 high nickel alloy 625 flux-cored wire for positional welding.

Bosch Power Tools and Accessories
Mount Prospect, IL — Bosch is one division within the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, the North American branch of the world's largest power tool and accessory manufacturer, Robert Bosch GmbH. In addition to grinders and abrasives, Bosch provides a complete line of corded and cordless tools and accessories.
New for '07: Five-inch angle grinders with kickback protection.

BTU Gases
Pearland, TX — BTU Gases strives to be America's cutting fuel gas company. BTU provides only polymer grade purity gas to its nationwide network of 120 distributors, hence the brand name High Purity Gas. BTU sells a proprietary line of cutting tips and maintains an experienced staff of ten sales/training experts nationwide.

Carbide Industries LLC
Louisville, KY — Carbide Industries manufactures calcium carbide products and acetylene used in the industrial gas, chemical, primary steel and foundry markets. Manufacturing plants are located in Louisville and Calvert City, Kentucky.

Catalina Cylinders
Garden Grove, CA — Catalina Cylinders, a manufacturer of 6061 aluminum high- and low-pressure compressed gas cylinders, supplies the industrial gas, specialty gas, beverage, medical oxygen, scuba, fire, breathing air and paintball industries. Catalina's extensive distribution network services these markets globally. The company specializes in aluminum compressed gas cylinders.
New for '07: I150 150 cubic foot industrial gas cylinder now available.

Ceodeux, Inc.
Mt. Pleasant, PA — Ceodeux is a member of the Rotarex Group, a total solution supplier from source to point of use of cylinder valves, line valves, regulators, systems, instrumentation valves, fittings and connectors.

CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels
Niles, IL — CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels has supplied grinding wheels since 1956. Product lines include coated discs, non-woven products, resin bonded wheels and vitrified wheels. The company's 80,000 sq. ft. facility in Niles, Illinois, serves as a centralized warehouse with manufacturing capabilities.

Chart Industries, Inc.
New Prague, MN — Chart supplies distribution, storage equipment and services to the worldwide industrial gas market. Chart manufactures a broad line of cryogenic products for the purification, liquefaction, distribution and storage of helium, nitrogen, argon, oxygen, carbon dioxide and natural gas for final use in a multitude of industrial, commercial and scientific applications.
New for '07: Facilities in Burnsville and New Prague, Minnesota, have been combined.

Computer Pundits Corporation
Bloomington, MN — Computer Pundits Corporation develops and markets Catalog Builder software, Catalog-Ready Content, and turnkey catalog production services to businesses around the world. Catalog Builder, a database-driven catalog design and management software, is a leading catalog design software in the wholesale distribution industry, with over 400 customers.

Computers Unlimited
Billings, MT — With over 25 years' experience developing integrated software systems for the GAWDA member, CU's latest version of TIMS (Total Information Management System) runs on Microsoft's Windows 2003 server and SQL database. TIMS features advanced cylinder tracking management, an integrated mobile delivery handheld application, document imaging and rich data analysis capabilities.
New for '07: Real time pricing and availability available to drivers.

CONCOA
Virginia Beach, VA — CONCOA manufactures precision gas control equipment and will feature its line of high-purity pressure regulators, valves and flow control devices and complete line of gas distribution switchover systems with remote alarms and high-purity manifolds. Also included is the IntelliSwitch fully automatic gas management system.
New for '07: The 630 cryogenic manifold will be used with the IntelliSwitch and 623 delivery switchover.

Cramer Decker Industries
Santa Ana, CA — Cramer Decker Industries supplies the welding, specialty, medical oxygen, propane and cryogenics industries. Proprietary products include ProRack Manifold Systems, Imperium Balloon Inflators and Source CO2 Systems. CDI distributes products such as cylinder valves, shut-off valves, brass pipe/fittings, high-pressure/cryogenic hoses, aluminum cylinders, tools and fill plant supplies.

CryoGas International
Lexington, MA — CryoGas International is a monthly publication for the industrial gas industry, providing global business news, economic trends, new product development and technological advances.

Cryogenic Industries
Murrieta, CA — Cryogenic Industries' network of manufacturing, sales and repair facilities serves the gas needs of the welding industry. The company's ACD factory-trained technicians repair all cryogenic pumps. Cryogenic Industries houses large inventories of parts and maintains service programs to provide quick response, minimizing downtime. Facilities offer sales, service, spares, repairs.
New for '07: ACD oil-lubricated TOP trailer pump and the X9 high-volume and high-pressure pump.

Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
Mont Belvieu, TX — Servicing industrial gas users, Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives manufactures and repairs a wide range of cryogenic equipment, including cryogenic transport trailers, truck/trailer mount containers, microbulk delivery trucks, intermodal containers and custom-engineered products to fit particular needs and sizes. Technical assistance, design review and repairs are available from all locations.
New for '07: Facilities in Beijing, China, and Samsun, Turkey.

Cryostar USA
Bethlehem, PA — Cryostar is a supplier of cryogenic pumps and LNG boil-off gas compressors, as well as turboexpanders for industrial gas applications. With offices around the world and two locations in the United States, Cryostar is a key supplier to major gas companies, as well as gas distributors and service providers.

Cryotech International
Campbell, CA — Cryotech International has a line of gas fill control panels. Choose from a simplex single gas fill system, duplex (dual manifold) fill control system or a two- to six-gas mix control panel. Cryotech can also customize a panel to meet the distributor's needs for industrial or specialty gas applications.

CryoVation LLC
Ft. Myers, FL — CryoVation is a custom manufacturer of industrial and specialty gas filling systems. CryoVation manufactures a range of manifolding, controls, pumps and vaporizers. The company stocks a range of pump parts for all major models and an extensive inventory of valves, hoses, gauges, fittings, vacuum pumps, lubricants and support items.

CTR Inc.
Rock Hill, SC — CTR is a manufacturer of cylinder filling equipment and cryogenic equipment. CTR's line ranges from custom, computerized, palletized fill plants to manual linear fill manifolds. The company also reconditions cryogenic vessels, bulk distribution trailers, bulk tank final lines and vacuum jacketed piping. CTR provides engineering design and field installation services.
New for '07: The Gatekeeper vacuum pump protection system.

Cyl-Tec, Inc.
Aurora, IL — Since 1991, Cyl-Tec has been a source for cylinder testing and repair. Cyl-Tec offers a wide range of products to complement its cylinder testing and maintenance services, including steel and aluminum high-pressure cylinders, acetylene cylinders, portable cryogenic cylinders, Acrylex fast-dry water-based paints, cylinder valves and caps.

DataWeld Incorporated
Bossier City, LA — For over 25 years, DataWeld Incorporated has provided software, service and support to meet the specific needs of welding supply distributors. DataWeld offers accounting, cylinder tracking and mobile order processing as either an integrated package or as individual components.

Direct Wire and Cable
Denver, PA — Direct Wire and Cable is a supplier of welding cable that is stocked in five colors, power cords and ultra-flexible cable. All welding cable can be pre-assembled through the “Direct Connect” service, which provides ready-to-use whips, grounds and leads. All cables are packaged to specific needs.

Dissolvo
Bowling Green, OH — Dissolvo markets a line of dissolvable purge dams for use in Tungsten Inert Gas welding of steel, steel alloy and aluminum pipes. The products provide a way to isolate the weld area and subsequently purge the shield gases upon job completion. The products are nontoxic, 100 percent biodegradable.
New for '07: Dissolvo has been acquired and the new ownership is striving to maintain and improve the level of service to distributors.

Eleet Cryogenics
Bolivar, OH — Eleet Cryogenics offers complete tank rehab and refurbishment services indoors. Tanks are repaired and stored vertically in an indoor facility. Eleet offers transportation and installation of tanks, on-site field services, tank sales, a wide range of medical and industrial gas manifolds, parts for resale and online asset management control.

Erie Technologies
Ottawa Lake, MI — Erie Technologies is a cryogenic equipment manufacturing, sales and service company. Erie sells, services and remanufactures cryogenic vessels, including stationary and transport vessels. Erie sells and services cylinder filling equipment from transfill systems to semi-automated fill systems. Erie's field service team supports most cryogenic applications and piping systems.
New for '07: Erie Technologies/GTW has new cryogenic bulk tanks available.

ESAB Welding & Cutting
Florence, SC — ESAB offers equipment and filler metals to provide complete solutions for all welding and cutting needs. ESAB's 100 percent satisfaction guarantee allows risk-free buying on all arc, hand plasma, gas apparatus and filler metals. ESAB provides training, technical support and merchandising programs for its distributor partners.
New for '07: Dual Shield X series of flux cored wires.

Evergreen Midwest
Mentor, OH — Evergreen Midwest has been serving the compressed gas industry since 1978. Evergreen carries a large stock and variety of high-pressure valves, fittings, hoses and accessories for the bottled gas, cryogenic and specialty gas industries. Experienced sales staff are qualified to answer technical questions from the company's Cleveland, Ohio, headquarters.

Fairmont Specialty, a division of Crum & Forster
Houston, TX — Fairmont Specialty is a division of Crum & Forster Insurance Company. For over 75 years, the company has written insurance for propane gas and other refined energy products such as welding supply gases, petroleum, home fuel oil and natural gas utilities.

FIBA Technologies Inc.
Millbury, MA — FIBA serves industrial and specialty gas distributors and manufacturers. FIBA manufactures and reconditions transport, storage and filling equipment, including DOT, ISO and ASME pressure vessels, tube trailers, ISO modules, ASME and DOT receivers, bulk transporters and tanks, compressors and vaporizers. FIBA provides ultrasonic, acoustic emission, hydrostatic requalification of pressure vessels.

Flame Technologies
Austin, TX —Flame Tech representatives will discuss the new “Storm Torch” carbon arc gouging torch and the “Lightning Rod” hollow core gouging rod, as well as lightweight hand cutting torches, direct replacement acetylene and fuel gas tips, heating and brazing apparatus, regulators, check valves/flash arrestors, and welding/cutting kits and components.

Flexovit USA
Angola, NY — Flexovit USA is a U.S.-based manufacturer of high productivity abrasives for portable power tools. Flexovit operates a 100,000 sq. ft. ISO-certified factory, five distribution centers, and deploys technical sales representatives to provide support to abrasive users through a selective network of distributors in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
New for '07: An expanded line of Razorblade thin cut off wheels.

FLOPOWER/Trafimet USA
Hialeah, FL — Trafimet has been active in the welding market since 1974, with a focus on the design and manufacture of MIG, TIG and plasma welding and cutting torches, as well as a wide range of spare parts that are interchangeable with many brand names in the industry.

Gas and Air Systems Inc.
Hellertown, PA — Gas and Air Systems, a Weldship Group Company, is a compressor distributor/packager of Burton Corblin diaphragm and piston compressors, and Gardner Denver/Belliss and Morcom piston compressors. Burton Corblin and Gardner Denver factory-approved replacement parts are in inventory. In-house compressor assessment and rebuild capabilities are available.

Gas Equipment Company
Houston, TX — Gas Equipment Company provides custom solutions with off-the-shelf inventory for the CO2, compressed gas, welding and cryogenic industries. Products include cryogenic extended stem globe valves, relief valves, check valves, ball valves, meters, CO2 pumps, hydraulic coolers, cryogenic regulators, gas regulators for in-process, transfer and control equipment.

Gas Innovations
La Porte, TX — An independent wholesale provider of gases and services to GAWDA members, Gas Innovations' products include propylene and an array of hydrocarbons delivered to distributors or seamlessly to their customers. Services include UT cylinder testing, cylinder packs and related cylinder services and sales. The WWS division markets Kobelco Welding Wire.
New for '07: A quality assurance lab has been added to ensure a consistent product.

Generon IGS
Houston, TX — Generon IGS is a global technology company that specializes in systems that produce oxygen, nitrogen and clean dry air utilizing five core technologies: Nitrogen hollow fiber membrane, air dehydration hollow fiber, nitrogen pressure swing adsorption, on-site liquefaction and oxygen pressure swing adsorption.

Genstar Technologies Co.
Chino, CA — Genstar Technologies Co. will display products from the gas welding and cutting, HVAC brazing and soldering, specialty gases, medical, and welding and cutting automation major product groups. Certifications include QMS 9001-2000, ISO 13485, API, CE and UL. Genstar aims to offer quality and value.

H & M Pipe Beveling Machine Company
Tulsa, OK — Since 1934, H & M Pipe Beveling Machine Company has aimed to be a leader in the precision and portability of saddle-type pipe cutting and beveling machines, as well as band-type beveling machines, shape cutting attachments and accessories.

The Harris Products Group
Mason, OH — The Harris Products Group, A Lincoln Electric Company, is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of cutting, welding, brazing, soldering equipment and consumables and gas distribution systems. Harris Products Group products are sold and used in over 85 countries.

Harsco GasServ
Mechanicsburg, PA — Harsco GasServ offers an extensive range of products, technologies and applications to the global gas community. Harsco GasServ comprises four complementary manufacturing and service businesses: Taylor-Wharton, Sherwood, Structural Composites Industries and American Welding and Tank. The combined brands provide a total network for pressure vessels and precision valves.
New for '07: Taylor-Wharton is offering ISO-compliant high-pressure cylinders to the U.S. distributor market.

Hobart Brothers Company
Troy, OH — Hobart Brothers Company is a leading manufacturer of filler metals sold under the brand names Hobart, Trimark, McKay and Corex. The Hobart Brothers line of welding consumables includes mild steel and low alloy stick electrodes, solid wires, tubular wires, stainless and hardsurfacing products.

Hy-Mark Cylinders
Hampton, VA — Hy-Mark Cylinders' mission is to offer quality aluminum compressed gas cylinders at a competitive price. A range of service options is available, including customized labeling as well as the Hy-Mark Cylinder Exchange Program.
New for '07: The Hy-Mark Cylinder Exchange Program is designed for distributors to rapidly exchange cylinders.

Hypertherm
Hanover, NH — Hypertherm's mechanized plasma systems, consumables and automated products complement the Powermax family, providing distributors one solution for all metal cutting needs. The new Powermax30 is designed for simplicity, reliability and industrial performance. Hypertherm's exclusive torch incorporates new patent-pending features to maximize operator visibility and improve access in tight locations.
New for '07: The Powermax30 offering 30 amps of power in a 20-pound package with a high visibility torch.

INDURA S.A.
Santiago, Chile — INDURA has developed and offered technological solutions in gases and welding for industrial and medical applications since 1948. INDURA exports 60 percent of its welding production through its affiliates and a distribution channel that reaches the markets of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Central America.

INFONETICS, Inc.
Grove City, OH — INFONETICS has supplied computer software and hardware to welding supply and industrial gas distributors for over two decades. Infonetics also provides a wide variety of other products and services, including mobile computing, Web services, network services, a full accounting software suite, and serial number tracking software.

InterMed Gas Products, LLC
West Palm Beach, FL — InterMed Gas Products, LLC is a distributor of industrial and medical high-pressure valves and aluminum and steel cylinders and accessories. IGP's valve line ranges from post valves to CGA 320/540/580 standard and oversize, as well as line and manifold valves. Cylinders range from the M4 to 300 cubic feet.

Inweld Corporation
Coplay, PA — Inweld Corporation has been a North American-based worldwide supplier to welding and industrial distributors since 1970. The company is committed to supporting its distribution network and aims to offer quality and value in all of the products that are stocked and sold. Sister companies include Master Weld and Hi-Alloy.

J. Walter Inc.
Windsor, CT — Walter is a source for high productivity abrasives and chemical tools for the metalworking industry. Walter aims to design and develop new products to increase productivity and safety in the metal fabricating and finishing industries. Walter's research, development and distribution quality systems are certified under ISO 9001:1994.

Jackson Safety
Fenton, MO — Jackson Safety offers a line of welding safety products for the head, eyes, face and ears. Jackson's most recent products include the BOSS Big Window EQC and Contour Worker's Kit, which includes all of the company's best selling Contour Tools in one case.

John Tillman Co.
Compton, CA — John Tillman Co. has served the welding industry for over 75 years. As a manufacturer of protective welding gloves, clothing, blankets, curtains and screens, John Tillman Co. provides distributors with a product offering that includes over 2,000 items. Distribution centers are located in Compton, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Marietta, Georgia.

Kaplan Industries
Maple Shade, NJ — For nearly 50 years, Kaplan Industries has serviced the welding, beverage and medical markets. The company inventories a complete line of cylinders, from lecture bottles to the largest storage vessels.
New for '07: A new line of available, large reconditioned cylinders.

Kobelco Welding of America
Houston, TX — Kobelco Welding of America is a subsidiary company of Kobe Steel, Ltd., Japan. Distribution facilities are located in Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Birmingham and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kobelco supplies low fume, low spattering stainless steel, mild steel and low alloy steel flux-cored wire and mild steel solid wire (ER70S-6).

LENOX Industrial Tools
East Longmeadow, MA — LENOX manufactures power tool accessories, hand tools, torches and band saw blades. The product line includes the LENOX Gold bi-metal reciprocating saw blades, utility blades and knives; LENOX ARMOR Rx + bi-metal coated band saw blades for cutting structurals and tubing; and the LENOX all-in-one screwdriver.

Liberty Cryogenics
Aurora, CO — Liberty Cryogenics has 35 years of experience in the fabrication of cryogenic components and containers and seven years of consulting and training services performed in 35 countries. Liberty Cryogenics, with the help of several well-known engineers, has begun building cryogenic valves and CGA-related fittings.

The Lincoln Electric Company
Cleveland, OH — Lincoln Electric is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding equipment, consumables, robotic welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment. Lincoln's 35 regional sales offices and headquarters are staffed by 200 technical sales representatives who provide distributors with local sales, service, training and engineering support.
New for '07: The Precision TIG 225 and Power MIG 140C have been combined into one package.

Linde
Murray Hill, NJ — Linde has partnered with industrial gas and welding supply distributors for over 80 years as a major producer of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, helium, liquid helium, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The distributor program includes ADA, dedicated distributor sales manager, mergers and acquisitions support, world-class safety, training curriculum and small bulk program.
New for '07: An offering of industrial, acetylene and specialty cylinder gases.

Lucas-Milhaupt
Milwaukee, WI — For over 65 years, Lucas-Milhaupt has been a source for metal joining products and services such as alloys, fluxes, automated equipment, product design, training and technical assistance.

Luxfer Gas Cylinders
Riverside, CA — Luxfer Gas Cylinders is a leading industrial and medical cylinder manufacturer, offering a broad range of all-aluminum cylinders and lightweight medical oxygen carbon-composite cylinders. Luxfer Gas Cylinders aims to provide quality, safety and service to industrial and specialty gas users and distributors around the globe.

The M. K. Morse Company
Canton, OH — The M. K. Morse Company manufactures industrial quality band saw blades, as well as a wide range of hand tool and power tool accessories for professional welders, including metal-cutting circular saw blades, portable band saw blades, hole saws, reciprocating and jig saw blades and hack saw blades.

Manchester Tank
Franklin, TN — Manchester Tank, a division of McWane Inc., is a privately held manufacturer of low-pressure vessels for propane, air, refrigerant and industrial applications in North America and Australia. Manchester Tank strives to provide quality, reliability and value in both mass market and customized DOT and ASME products.
New for '07: SureFlame 20-pound propane tank with integrated liquid gauge.

Master Weld Products USA
Coplay, PA — Master Weld manufactures MIG and TIG welding torches and consumables in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A joint venture between Inweld Corporation and Weldmaster, Australia, Master Weld and its products aim to offer value and quality to their distributors. Orders may be combined with Inweld or Hi-Alloy to meet prepaid freight.

Matheson Tri-Gas
Basking Ridge, NJ — Matheson Tri-Gas is a single-source provider of industrial, specialty, medical, electronic and bulk gases; gas handling equipment; high-performance gas detection and purification systems. Matheson's ENABLE Distributor Development Program provides distributors with a complete line of products and services backed by Matheson's 80+ years in the specialty gas business.

Mathey Dearman Inc.
Tulsa, OK — Mathey Dearman manufactures 17 styles of pipe cutting and beveling and 15 styles of pipe alignment equipment. Its product offering also includes 16 sizes of welding electrode ovens, and 24 types of welding and pipe tools for pipe fitting and layout.
New for '07: The CGM-1 Cold Cutting Machine has been redesigned and remanufactured for increased durability.

Midalloy
St. Louis, MO — Midalloy supplies stainless, nickel and special alloy consumables. Midalloy specializes in providing customers with low alloy and products for the welding of Grade 91 steel. All products meet AWS and international standards and are stocked in Midalloy's St. Louis, Missouri, and Houston, Texas, warehouses.

Mid-West Instrument
Sterling Heights, MI — Mid-West Instrument is a manufacturer of tank level gauges used in stationary or mobile applications. The company has been supplying gauges to the tank level market for over 20 years and has recently introduced a new gauge with a low-weight cast design.

Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
Appleton, WI — Miller Electric Mfg. Co. is a leading worldwide manufacturer of Miller brand arc welding equipment and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works Inc.
New for '07: Miller has introduced the new Millermatic 252, 212 and DVI2 MIG (GMAW) welding machines.

MPT Industries Inc.
Dover, NJ — MPT Industries' OC Three, OC Five and OC Seven products are lubricant and thread sealant products that are chemically inert, environmentally safe and provide solutions for handling corrosive and oxidizing substances. They are BAM certified for gaseous and liquid oxygen service, and are approved by the major industrial gas providers.

National Standard Company
Niles, MI — National Standard manufactures carbon and stainless solid weld wire. Through values, trust and integrity, National Standard's mission is to be the premier wire mill in the industry. As a result of accomplishing this mission, the company develops true partnerships with their customers and suppliers.
New for '07: Smart Pak recyclable dispensing system.

Norris Cylinder Company
Longview, TX — Norris Cylinder Company produces high-pressure, seamless cylinders widely used for shipping, storing and dispensing industrial gases. Norris high-pressure cylinders are fabricated from chromium-molybdenum steel, produced in strict compliance with all applicable DOT/TC specifications. Acetylene cylinders are produced using patented Pacesetter porous mass using SuperFiber 90 construction.

Northeast Pressure Vessel Testing
Westboro, MA — Northeast Pressure Vessel Testing is a leader in ultrasonic cylinder testing. The company is a full service cylinder maintenance facility that aims to provide the highest quality test while maintaining cylinder integrity. Hydrostatic and eddy current testing and complete aluminum cylinder refurbishing services are available.

Norton Abrasives/Carborundum Abrasives
Worcester, MA — Norton Abrasives and Carborundum Abrasives supply the welding and metal fabrication marketplace with a full line of grinding and cut-off wheels, coated sanding products and surface finishing non-woven nylon fiber products. Strategically located, state-of-the art distribution centers ensure customers get the right products right on time.
New for '07: Blaze MRO flap and fiber disc and Charger Plus grinding and cut off wheels.

OKI Bering
Cincinnati, OH — OKI Bering is a single-source wholesaler providing welding, safety and industrial equipment to qualified distributors across the U.S. and the world. Company representatives will be on hand to discuss world class customer service, next-day shipping and various online technologies, as well as their more than 250 represented manufacturers.
New for '07: A new 200,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Cincinnati opened in January.

ORS Nasco
Muskogee, OK — ORS Nasco is one of the largest pure wholesale supply companies in North America, selling exclusively to welding, industrial and contractor distributors in the United States. With a portfolio of more than 140,000 products from 600 manufacturers, ORS Nasco serves the industrial, welding, MRO, oilfield, safety and construction supplies markets.

Paladin Brokerage Solutions
Phoenix, AZ — The Paladin Brokerage Solutions division of Compass Insurance now administers an insurance program for GAWDA members. Dick Sherman, CPCU, is the program manager and brings many years of underwriting and marketing expertise to the program. The company remains committed to using quality insurance carriers such as Fireman's Fund.

Peter Skop Industries (PSI)
Norcross, GA — Peter Skop Industries (PSI) has supplied the compressed gas industry for over 30 years with cylinder valves, cryogenic valves, hoses and propane equipment. PSI sells only equipment its employees would feel safe working with. PSI's compressed gas department has over 50 years' experience in the industry.
New for '07: PSI signed an agreement this summer to be a distributor of Sherwood valves.

PFERD Inc.
Leominster, MA — PFERD is a subsidiary of the August Rueggeberg Company, a German company established in 1799 as a file manufacturer. Today, PFERD's products include files, rotary burs, mounted points, grinding and cut-off wheels, wire brushes, flap wheels, non-woven abrasives, belts, quick change discs and the Polifan flap disc.

Praxair, Inc.
Danbury, CT — As a leading supplier of bulk and packaged gases, Praxair is committed to helping distributors grow their business in an effective, efficient, profitable and sustainable fashion. With extensive global resources, Praxair aims to provide the tools and strategies to help distributors compete successfully in today's challenging marketplace.

Precise Equipment Company
Denton, TX — Precise Equipment Company manufactures complete manifold systems for industrial, medical and specialty gas. The management team's 75 years of experience provides superior technical assistance when selecting and purchasing gas control manifolds. PEC's fully automatic electronic manifold technology is patented (U.S Patent No. 7,013,906 B2).

Precision Specialty Gas Products
Aurora, IL — Precision Specialty Gas Products, a Weldcoa/AsteRisk partnership, provides equipment and services for the production of specialty gases, allowing distributors to implement, upgrade or add new capabilities.

Queen Cylinder Company
London, OH — Founded in 1975, Queen Cylinder Company is family owned and operated by the second generation while the third is in training. Queen Cylinder aims to help deliver product to the distributor’s customers in high-quality, affordable cylinders. New and refurbished high-pressure cylinders, cryogenic vessels and cylinder maintenance are available.

Ratermann Manufacturing Inc.
Livermore, CA — Ratermann Manufacturing provides cryogenic and high-pressure industrial, medical and specialty gas equipment and supplies.

Ray Murray Inc.
Lee, MA — Since 1973, Ray Murray has provided products and technical support for needs in compressed gas and propane equipment. Ray Murray supplies over 15,000 products from companies including Sherwood, Ceodeux, Western, Rego Cryogenic, Goddard, GasKit, Jaz Brush, Bullard Abrasives and FasTest. Orders can be packed and shipped the same day.

Rexarc International
West Alexandria, OH — Rexarc International specializes in manifold piping systems, welding apparatus and cylinder filling systems. Company executives will be on site to discuss Rexarc's newest product offerings, five-day shipping availability for standard manifolds and next-day shipping for standard specialty gas equipment policies.

SafTCart
Clarksdale, MS — SafTCart will be exhibiting its line of completely assembled cylinder cradle banks, cylinder carts and medical series carts. Company representatives will be available to discuss cylinder pallets, cylinder pallet truck beds, plus more efficient ways to store cylinders.
New for '07: Improved quality control measures are designed to improve product consistency.

Select-Arc, Inc.
Fort Loramie, OH — Select-Arc manufactures a family of welding wires that encompasses a complete line of carbon steel, low alloy, metal-cored, hardsurfacing and stainless steel electrodes. Select-Arc is dedicated to providing high-quality products and value-added service.

Sellstrom Manufacturing Company
Palatine, IL — Sellstrom Manufacturing Company has provided personal protective equipment to the global workforce for over 80 years. Sellstrom's product line numbers over 1,500 products and includes welding helmets, auto-darkening filters, goggles, protective eyewear, face shields, hard hats, emergency eyewash, shower units, fall protection devices and custom-engineered fall protection systems.
New for '07: Sellstrom offers 17 FM-approved hot work fabrics.

SET Environmental Inc.
Wheeling, IL — SET Environmental, located in Wheeling, Illinois; Dallas, Texas, and Houston, Texas, has provided gas cylinder management to industrial clients across the U.S. since 1986. Remediation services including inspection and evaluation, sampling of unknown gas cylinders, gas verification and identification, drilling of inoperable valves, transportation, and recycling and disposal are available.

SGD Inc.
Emerson, NJ — SGD is a wholesale specialty gas equipment supplier of pressure regulators, flowmeters, purifiers, filters, changeover manifolds, distribution manifolds, gas detection equipment, cylinder securing devices and custom systems. A source for specialty gas equipment needs, SGD puts you into the specialty gas hardware business with you being in the inventory business.

Specialty Air Technologies Inc.
Long Beach, CA — Specialty Air Technologies, Inc. has a primary focus of supplying specialty gases on a wholesale basis to specialty gas companies on the West Coast. The company specializes in the refilling of customer-owned cylinders. A wide variety of pure gases and mixtures are available.

The Specialty Gas Report
Warren, NJ — The Specialty Gas Report is a quarterly publication about specialty and medical gases published by Specialty Gas Publishing.

Specialty Hose Corporation
North Canton, OH — Specialty Hose Corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of hose assemblies and pigtails for the industrial, medical and specialty gases industries. It supplies pigtails to fill plants from San Diego, California, to Cairo, Egypt, and hose assemblies from submerged decompression chambers to the International Space Station's environmental control system.

Specialty Trailer Leasing Inc.
Amarillo, TX — Specialty Trailer Leasing, a division of the Jack B. Kelley Family of Companies, leases industrial gas equipment and works to provide competitive pricing, superior quality and customer support. STL's fleet consists of jumbo tube trailers, liquid CO2/liquid cryogenic trailers, plus 20 ft./40 ft. tube and 20 ft. cryogenic containers.

Steiner Industries
Chicago, IL — Steiner Industries is a leading one-stop, full-line supplier (importer and manufacturer) of welding and industrial safety products. Steiner serves welding and industrial distributors nationwide. Product lines include welding, TIG/MIG, work, drivers' and mechanics' gloves, leather and flame-retardant cotton clothing and welding blankets, screens and curtains.
New for '07: Rafael Kramer was named president after serving as general manager since 2003.

Strong Hand Tools
Pico Rivera, CA — Strong Hand Tools are designed to help end-users save set-up time and money. Patented products include: Adjust-O Magnet Squares with the on/off switch, the 4-in-1 Sliding Arm Clamps with a removable/reversible clamp arm, and Pipe Pliers with v-pads for butt-welding.
New for '07: The MS2-80 Adjust-O Dual Switch Magnet with two on/off switches.

Superior Products
Cleveland, OH — Superior Products is a manufacturer of compressed gas fittings and gas management systems. The company will be promoting its new “Super-Flo” gas manifold systems. Also this year will be the introduction of new pigtails and connections to the company's fill plant products.

Techalloy Welding Products
Baltimore, MD — Techalloy’s welding product line includes stainless steel and nickel alloys in solid wire forms and electrodes. Sales and warehouse operations are located in Baltimore, Maryland; Houston, Texas; Perris, California, and Perth, Ontario, Canada. Branded products are supported by a field sales force and are available through select authorized welding supply distributors.

TECSYS Inc.
Montreal, QC, Canada — TECSYS Inc. is a provider of distribution and logistics software solutions for the packaged gas and welding industry. TECSYS software solutions aim to facilitate accurate and efficient management of inventory, distribution, transportation, finance and accounting activities for customers.

Thermacut
Claremont, NH — Thermacut is a worldwide provider of advanced cutting and welding consumables, offering a full line of plasma cutting, MIG and TIG welding consumables and torch heads. Thermacut is expanding rapidly throughout North America with traditional lines of distribution. Assembly and production facilities are in the USA, Czech Republic and China.

Thermadyne Industries
St Louis, MO — Thermadyne, a global marketer and manufacturer of cutting and welding equipment, is proud to support the skilled professions of welding, metalworking and fabrication. Victor, Thermal Dynamics, Tweco, Thermal Arc, C&G Systems, Arcair and Stoody are among the Thermadyne family of brands distributors can rely on for safety, reliability and quality.
New for '07: A new line of manual and automated plasma cutting systems and a new range of Thermal Arc synergic pulse MIG welding equipment.

TOMCO2 Equipment Company
Loganville, GA — TOMCO2 Equipment Company has developed products and services to suit all phases of CO2 usage with storage, delivery, fire protection, water treatment and CO2 application-driven equipment for over 37 years. TOMCO2 aims to be CO2 specialists, and offers engineering, design, fabrication, installation and customer service support.

TrackAbout
Pittsburgh, PA — TrackAbout is a technology leader in asset tracking and management for the packaged gas industry. The company's step-by-step, hosted technology solutions integrate with existing business systems and are designed to allow gas distributors to transform the way they run their businesses, respond faster to customer needs and gain competitive advantage.

Tregaskiss
Windsor, ON, Canada — Tregaskiss is an industry leader in the development and manufacture of MIG welding torches and peripherals. Brands include Tough Gun, Tough Lock, TGX and Tough Gard. These welding products are used worldwide in the manufacture of automotive, shipbuilding, rail car, heavy machinery and agricultural equipment.

Trendex Information Systems
St. Laurent, QC, Canada — Trendex is a software developer and service organization that specializes in software for the welding supplies distributor. Gastrend software consists of accounting, order/invoice entry, cylinder rental/lease invoicing, inventory control, sales analysis, hazmat charge, counter sales, quotation, bar coding, e-mail/faxing module and mobile computers for route invoicing.
New for '07: A handheld mobile delivery software package.

Unisource Manufacturing Inc.
Portland, OR — Unisource Manufacturing offers hose products for the transfer of high-pressure gas and cryogenic liquids. Unisource can custom produce any quantity, size, length and configuration hose assembly required. All hose assemblies are made in the USA.
New for '07: AMPT fittings for LaserFlex and specialty gas hoses.

United Abrasives
Willimantic, CT — United Abrasives manufactures grinding, cutting and cup wheels, cones, plugs and similar bonded products. Also manufactured are sanding sheets, belts, rolls, flap discs, fiber and PSA discs. Wire brushes, non-woven abrasives, precision diamond-cut Tungsten Carbide Burs, diamond wheels and a full line of accessories are also available.

Uniweld Products Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL — Uniweld produces American-made flame tools, gas control equipment and accessories for gas cutting, welding, heating and brazing applications, featuring designs suited for welding professionals, DIY, shipbuilding, M&R, jewelry, refrigeration, plumbing, HVAC or construction. For flame processes and industrial gases, Uniweld strives for “quality tools that go to work with you.”
New for '07: Uniweld has reached 7,000 products that are made in the USA.

Veite Cryogenic Equipment and Service Inc.
North Ridgeville, OH — Veite Cryogenic Equipment designs, manufactures and installs cryogenic and high-pressure gas delivery systems. VCE installs turnkey compressed gas distributor fill plants for industrial and medical gas users, as well as high-purity specialty gas production plants for today's high-tech research and laser applications.

Washington Alloy Co.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA — Washington Alloy Co. representatives will be on hand to discuss the recently expanded flux-cored welding wire product offerings, as well as silver brazing alloys, solders and fluxes. Washington Alloy Co.'s low-hydrogen E71T-1M and Superflow 71T-1-CO-2 lead the way to cost-saving manufacturing and repairs.

WDPG/The Horton Group
Nashville, TN — WDPG is a business insurance program designed for the welding supply distributor. Serving welding supply distributors in over 30 states, WDPG recently merged with The Horton Group, one of the nation's leading privately held independent insurance agencies.
New for '07: $50,000 accidental death and dismemberment coverage for all employees.

Weiler Corporation
Cresco, PA — Weiler offers a complete line of power brushes, abrasives and maintenance products specifically designed for the welding industry. Also available are Roughneck weld cleaning power brushes, coated and bonded abrasives including the Tiger Disc and Vortec Pro flap discs, flap wheels, RFDs, cut-off wheels and more.

Weldcoa
Aurora, IL — Weldcoa manufactures gas cylinder handling and filling equipment. The largest independently owned manufacturer of palletized trucks, trailers and filling equipment in the world, most of Weldcoa's products were developed through close association with customers, and continue to evolve as the work environment and government regulations change.
New for '07: Precision Specialty Gas Products is a single source provider of specialty gas solutions.

Weldcote Metals
Kings Mountain, NC — Weldcote Metals is a wholesaler of welding supplies, selling only to welding distributors throughout the United States and various parts of the world. The product line consists of a wide range of production alloys and welding accessories.

Weldcraft
Appleton, WI — Weldcraft is a leading manufacturer of GTAW (TIG) welding torches and accessories. Weldcraft offers a broad line of premium products, including the unique Crafter Series, MicroTig, Quick Connect System and the WP Series to meet the needs of most every TIG welding application.

Weldship Corporation
Bethlehem, PA — Weldship and Texas Trailer supply tube trailers, gas and liquid ISO containers, ground storage assemblies and CO2 transports to industrial gas manufacturers, their independent distributors and specialty chemical producers. Products are available for lease and sale. Complete retest and rehab capabilities are available at both locations.

Wells Fargo Equipment Finance
Minneapolis, MN — Wells Fargo Equipment Finance can finance up to 100 percent of the cost of the new or used equipment distributors need to run their businesses, including soft costs such as tax and shipping. Wells Fargo offers leases, operating leases and loans for purchasing new and used equipment.

West Cryogenics
Willis, TX — West Cryogenics manufactures and repairs portable and stationary cryogenic liquid transport, delivery and storage vessels. West's UltraSeries, GOrilla and I-Tank vessels and Dragon Series vaporizers offer unique options for liquid delivery, mini-bulk, temporary and permanent applications complementing a full range of rehab, upfit and truck/trailer mounting services and accessories.

Western Enterprises
Westlake, OH — Western Enterprises helps users, distributors and manufacturers of compressed gases improve efficiency, operate safely and maximize profitability. Western offers a line of products to control, store and transmit high-pressure gases for the industrial, medical, helium and specialty gas markets under the Western Enterprises, Innovator, West Winds and Western Medica brands.
New for '07: Nickel-plated flashback arrestors.

Western International Gas & Cylinders
Bellville, TX — Western International Gas & Cylinders is a wholesale supplier of acetylene and other fuel gases. In addition to gases, Western maintains an inventory of high-pressure and acetylene cylinders, cylinder valves and accessories, and offers full cylinder testing and repair service at most locations.

Wilson Industries, Inc.
Pomona, CA — Wilson Industries is celebrating its 50th year of business in 2007. Founded in 1957 by Dave Wilson, the company pioneered the market by inventing the world's first transparent welding curtain. Today, Wilson Industries strives to be a technological leader and is run by Dave's son, Dean Wilson.

Worthington Cylinders
Columbus, OH — Worthington Cylinders, a Worthington Industries company, is a global supplier of pressure cylinders, providing high level customer support combined with a product offering that includes liquefied petroleum, refrigerant and industrial gas cylinders.