Custom Welding Helmet

Amid all the economic turmoil, there’s one industry that’s in high demand right now. More people are training to be welders.

You might be surprised to learn which industry is becoming more popular as times get tougher.

Hobart Welding Products introduces a new line of auto-darkening welding helmets. Designed for expert welders, the Prowler series features the largest viewing field / fastest switching speed of all Hobart’s models.

The school was purchased by a private equity firm

MOUNT VERNON — When one door closes, another one opens. After 49 years of providing welding service and selling Kubota farm equipment to Knox County, Westenbarger & Son Inc. has closed its doors. The business sold its Parrott Street Extention property to United Precast Inc., closing the deal on Oct. 13.

Summer Street Capital Partners LLC, a Buffalo private equity fund manager, has acquired Tulsa (Okla.) Welding School, an institution with more than 800 students which is the nation’s largest accredited private welding school.

Production Monitoring v2.0 allows personnel to ensure critical welding systems are functioning properly for networked Power Wave® power sources. It allows storing and sharing files, monitoring production tasks, setting weld limits and tolerances as well as tracking consumable inventory. Welding machine faults can also be logged and emailed while diagnostic troubleshooting can be performed from …

profit post-secondary career school industry, which presents significant growth and expansion opportunities

TORONTO, August 29, 2008 — The Lincoln Electric Company announced today the successful completion of the modernization of the Continuous Cast Aluminum Rod Mill at its Canadian subsidiary, Indalco Alloys Inc., the world’s only fully integrated aluminum welding wire producer. The multi-million dollar modernization was conducted by CONTINUUS-PROPERZI, an Italy-based designer and manufacturer of …

Pearland High School AG Mechanics Welding students will be a little safer and stylish in their new welding jackets donated by the Northern Brazoria County Education Alliance (NBCEA). These protected jackets are flame retardant and washable and able to protect the students from sudden flame exposure, such as light molten splash and sparks.

Students in the welding program at Portage Lakes Career Center armed the Summit County SWAT team to the grill.

Pearland High School AG Mechanics Welding students will be a little safer and stylish in their new welding jackets donated by the Northern Brazoria County Education Alliance (NBCEA). These protected jackets are flame retardant and washable and able to protect the students from sudden flame exposure, such as light molten splash and sparks.

Danielle Alys Rutyne, a student and lab technician in the welding department at South Puget Sound Community College, hopes that the girls who visit the welding laboratory Saturday see some sparks.

Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School FFA freshman Elizabeth Garza sees her welding experience as a way to connect with her father, who is a professional welder.

Some carry cameras, others can lift hundreds of pounds and one particular model will continue to be used in classrooms across the globe.