American Welding & Gas is a supplier with a difference
Headquartered in Raleigh , North Carolina , American Welding & Gas , Inc . ( AWG ) is one of the largest independent , fullservice suppliers of industrial , medical , beverage and specialty gases , propane , safety supplies , and welding supplies . A family-owned company , AWG traces its history to Valley Welding Supply in Billings , Montana , and Scott-Gross Company in Lexington , Kentucky – both of which began operations in 1949 .
Today , over 600 employees work across AWG ’ s 70 retail locations and 18 gas fill plants . It ’ s a footprint that spans Montana , across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes to Pennsylvania , and down through Texas and Florida . Underpinning AWG ’ s operations is a fleet of more than 300 trucks and trailers , used to pick up and distribute products across the country . Palletized cylinder trucks make up the bulk of this fleet , used specifically to deliver compressed gas and welding supplies to AWG ’ s customers . Cryogenic transports , meanwhile , deliver bulk quantities of medical and industrial oxygen , food grade and industrial carbon dioxide , nitrogen , and argon , while the company ’ s tube trailers transport bulk quantities of compressed nitrogen , helium , and hydrogen .
According to Stuart Williams , AWG ’ s Vice President of Supply Chain & Product Management , this range of products is a “ key differentiator ” for the company . He comments : “ We have the capability to produce and deliver packaged gases and bulk gases for almost any customer need , and have the flexibility to identify new and safe ways to do so – for example , bulk delivery of liquid argon , nitrogen , or oxygen to bulk tanks at customer sites , EPA protocols for research applications , beverage CO 2 or argon-CO 2 75 / 25
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