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WESCO Gas & Welding Supply Inc.
Prichard, AL

This year WESCO celebrates 48 years of service and continues to practice the same simple philosophy as they did many years ago: the customers always 'Expects the Best' service, before and after the sale.

Website:

www.wescoweld.com

Profiled Company:

Hobart Borthers
Troy, OH

Hobart Welding Products has spent decades (over 9 decades, since 1917, to be exact) designing, testing and manufacturing a full line of welding and cutting products that are industrial quality and easy to use and all carry our 5/3/1 Industrial Warranty. Whether you're in production, farming, maintenance, auto repair, or a do-it-yourselfer, we have a product that fits your needs. And with our dedicated commitment to customer service you'll find that we're easy to contact, easy to work with and easy to get information from — we're here to help you.

Website:

www.hobartbrothers.com

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Robots Can Create Jobs Too Published: June 1st, 2010 by Bloomberg Business Week	*Category: Technology*
With unemployment at about 14 percent or higher in Michigan, it's not surprising some workers are afraid of robots capable of working seven days a week, 24 hours a day with great accuracy and reliability, capable of performing many tasks better than people. That fear, so prevalent in the early days of robotics, today is misplaced. Read More >>

Actress Patricia Arquette teams with students for Haiti housing Published: May 25th, 2010 by MSNBC	*Category: People*


Airgas Donates 195 Welding Helmets to Schools Via I-CAR Ed. Foundation Published: May 25th, 2010 by Body Shop Business	*Category: Company Updates*
Airgas, Inc. has donated nearly 200 welding helmets to the I-CAR Education Foundation. The helmets will be distributed this fall to schools around the country with automotive collision programs. This $21,000 in-kind product donation contains a variety of passive, shade and auto-darkening helmets that will be distributed to schools that identify a need for welding helmets as part of their Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grant. Read More >>

Welder Chics are Red Hot Published: May 22nd, 2010 by Times Colonist	*Category: People*
What could be cooler than melting metal every day? Not much, says Heather Greenway, one of a handful of women making a living in the welding trade in British Columbia. Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Welder+Chics/3060225/story.html#ixzz0r30Is2Zh Read More >>

Weld-Ed Center and Lorain County Community College dedicate their new "Materials Joining Institute" Published: April 23rd, 2010 by Lorain County Community College	*Category: News about Welding Classes*
The Weld-Ed portion of the facility has been redesigned to include state-of-the-art welding lab facilities and new classrooms. The lab facilities were built using cutting edge technology in the materials-joining industry through partnerships with major welding equipment and supply manufacturers. Read More >>

Ohio Skills USA project taking off for youth Published: April 22nd, 2010 by WKYC.com Cleveland, OH	*Category: News about Welding Classes*
Some very talented Ohio students are headed off to compete in the Skills USA state welding competition, and that is no easy task. It's all a team effort at Skills USA. View the news video here. Read More >>

Trade Places - Skills USA helps fill technical openings Published: April 18th, 2010 by Yakima Herald Republic	*Category: News about Welding Classes*
Read more about Washington state's 1,000 students who began pouring into area schools over the weekend to compete in a statewide SkillsUSA competition. Read More >>

Welding Students Build Shelters in Haiti Published: April 15th, 2010 by WPLG, Channel 10 Miami, Florida	*Category: People*
Welding students in Dade County, Florida team up with actress Patricia Arquette to build shelters out of shipping containers for people in Haiti left homeless from the recent earthquake. Read More >>

High Tech Mechanics Published: April 11th, 2010 by The Daily Record / Karen Lungu	*Category: News about Welding Classes*
Cañon City High School machine shop teacher Jake Hogan, right, talks with students about their new CNC Vertical Machining Center on Wednesday during class. The state of the art machine was purchased through a grant and will add to the students skill set. Read More >>

LBCC Industrial Technology Center will offer welding and other trades programs Published: April 6th, 2010 by Everything Long Beach / Editor	*Category: News about Welding Classes*
Long Beach City College officially opened the doors to the new Industrial Technology Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday. The new facility provides a state of the art training center for the Welding Program and will house other trades programs in coming months. Read More >>

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