Welding Industry Image Article highlights outreach to youth.
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Appearing in Welding and Gases Today, "The Image Of Our Industry" features photographs shared by GAWDA members from their efforts to engage and educate young people. GAWDA members across the country are finding unique ways to promote the gases and welding industry, reaching out through welding competitions, open houses, trade shows and more. Article also features Atlas Welding Supply VP James Cain emphasizing that welding provides jobs and helps to economy grow.
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Welding & Gases Today Highlights Image of Welding and Gases
GAWDA distributors promote image of welding and gases through events and education.
Dewitt, NY: Faced with a sizeable shortage of welders and an unforgiving economy, gases and welding distributors recognize that something must be done to look out for the future of the industry. Advocating for the image of welding takes many forms. Members of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association shared photographs from their efforts to engage and educate young people in "The Image Of Our Industry," an article appearing in Welding & Gases Today, the leading magazine for the gases and welding equipment industry.
Atlas Welding Supply (Tuscaloosa, AL) Vice President James Cain joins local morning show hosts Wally and Dave every Wednesday for a half-hour segment on Tuscaloosa's talk radio station WTBC. A variety of topics are shared with radio listeners, from the scarcity of helium and the wide-reaching impact of an acetylene shortage to the cutting equipment used in scrap operations and tornado cleanup efforts.
"Sometimes the only thing people hear about our industry from the media is negative, so they come to think of it as dangerous and dirty," says Cain. "It's important for distributors to make people aware that ours is a vibrant industry, a significant industry that does things for the community. Welding provides jobs and helps to grow the economy."
GAWDA members across the country are finding unique ways to promote the gases and welding industry, reaching out through welding competitions, open houses, trade shows and more. To see how distributors are promoting the image of welding and gases, read "The Image of Our Industry." (http://www.weldingandgasestoday.org/index.php/2011/09/the-image-of-our-industry/) at Welding & Gases Today Online. For more information, contact Devin O'Toole, content editor at Welding & Gases Today at devin@weldingandgasestoday.org or 315-445-2347.
About GAWDA
Founded in 1945, the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) is the premier source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its member journals (www.weldingandgasestoday.org), e-magazines, newsletters and industry wiki (www.gawdawiki.org), GAWDA connects suppliers of gases and manufacturers of related equipment as well as manufacturers of welding equipment and distribution leaders, for the purpose of safely delivering optimal solutions to the users of those products. GAWDA publications are the industry's voice for all matters related to the latest technology and the most up-to-date processes spanning welding equipment and products and services related to industrial, medical, specialty and cryogenic gases. A 501(c)3 organization, GAWDA members are located throughout North America.
