Thermadyne Promotes Dan Hlawati to Marketing Manager for Gas Equipment Product Lines


St. Louis, MO (April 10, 2006) - Thermadyne Industries, Inc., a global leader in cutting and welding products, announced it has promoted Dan Hlawati to marketing manager of their gas equipment product lines. Currently, Thermadyne markets gas equipment products under the Victor, Victor Medical, Victor Specialty Products, TurboTorch and Firepower brand names to the industrial, medical, specialty gas, HVAC/R and retail channels.

Hlawati joined the Victor Equipment Company in 1976, and has held positions as a zone manager, a regional manager, a national sales manager, and as Thermadyne's area business manager and national accounts manager. He has previously worked with a competitive brass apparatus company for seven years.

A graduate of Youngstown University with a bachelor's degree in business administration, Hlawati is a resident of Pittsburgh, PA, but will work out of the company's St. Louis corporate headquarters.

About Thermadyne

Thermadyne, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of cutting and welding products and accessories under a variety of leading premium brand names including Victor®, Tweco®, Arcair®, Thermal Dynamics®, Thermal Arc® , Stoody®, Turbo Torch®, Firepower® and Cigweld®. Its common shares trade on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol THMD. For more information about Thermadyne, its products and services, visit the company's web site at www.Thermadyne.com.

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