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Cavagna Names President and Vice President (Somerset, NJ) • Richard Darché was promoted to president at Cavagna North America and David Ellis was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing. Darché, most recently vice president and general manager, joined Cavagna in 1987 and has over 35 years of experience in the LPG appliance and equipment business. Ellis, most recently director of sales of marketing, joined the company in 2000 and is responsible for developing Cavagna's compressed gas product line. New Fill Plant for Blue Water Industrial (New Baltimore, MI) • Blue Water Industrial Products is building a fill plant in New Baltimore, MI. The 3,000 sq. ft. plant will fill medical oxygen, medical nitrogen and nitrous oxide as well as industrial gases. President Lou Campbell Jr. says, "We expect the plant to help us be more cost-effective and efficient." The plant is expected to be on line by the end of October.
Cramer Decker Adds Regional Sales Manager (Santa Ana, CA) • Alan Bustamante joined Cramer Decker Industries as regional sales manager for the midwestern and northeastern regions of the U.S. Bustamante has 17 years of experience in the high pressure gas, cryogenic, propane and refrigeration industries. “Alan’s extensive experience and longstanding commitment to the gas and cryogenic industry will bring significant value to our operations,” says Paul Cramer, vice president and director of compressed gas operations. Valley National Gases Acquires 2 Companies (Independence, OH) • Valley National Gases signed an agreement to acquire General Welding Supply, a distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, bulk propane, and welding supplies, and its affiliates. The company has locations in Martins Ferry, Dover, and Ashtabula, OH, and Erie, PA. Valley National also completed the acquisition of L.P. Gas Company, a distributor of propane in Bridgeport, WV. ELCo Staff Changes (Jackson, MI) • ELCo Enterprises promoted Brent Cooper, formerly southeastern sales manager, to national sales manager and hired Luke Thomson as Canada sales manager and product specialist.
CryoVation Expands and Relocates (Fort Myers, FL) • CryoVation doubled the capacity of its Fort Myers, FL, facility. The added space allows for a working lab and pumping system for training classes beginning in January 2009. The company also relocated its Maple Shade, NJ, facility to Hainesport, NJ. The new facility provides double the capacity compared to the Maple Shade location. Brunet Joins Linde (Murray Hill, NJ) • Philippe Brunet was named vice president of operational finance and control and investments at Linde. Brunet has vast international experience in mergers and acquisitions, treasury and cash management, strategic planning, financial and operational controlling.
GAWDA NEWS 2008-2009 Dues Reminder • It's time to renew your GAWDA membership and receive 2 additional months of membership for free! The 2008-2009 GAWDA dues renewal invoices were mailed to all member company key contacts. For your convenience, dues can now be paid online. You will need your company’s login information to access the online dues page. Please pay your annual dues promptly so that we can continue to provide you with membership benefits. Don’t forget that the fiscal year and membership year were changed to a calendar year! As a result, this year's dues will cover November 1, 2008, through December 31, 2009. For questions about membership dues, please contact GAWDA Membership Director Kate Cole at 215-565-3484 ext. 2209 or kcole@fernley.com. Convention Photos Available • Photos from GAWDA's 2008 Annual Convention in the Bahamas are available. View and purchase photographic prints, enlargements or digital images on CD from the Convention at www.choicephoto.net. Click "Find Your Photos" on the side menu, scroll down and click "GAWDA 2008" to see the images. Orders will be shipped within 4 weeks of placement. Attention, Volunteers • Interested in helping to grow our membership? We are looking for volunteer leaders to be a part of the GAWDA Membership Committee. If interested, please contact GAWDA Membership Director Kate Cole at 215-564-4672 or kcole@fernley.com. Profit Improvement Report for GAWDA: Focusing on the Big Two by Dr. Albert D. Bates • One of the more interesting aspects of management is the degree to which extremely small changes in key areas of the business result in large changes in overall profitability. In fact, the differences between the very top firms in GAWDA's annual Profit Report and the lower-profit firms is a matter of doing just a little better on a few critical factors. The difficulty in driving the "philosophy of small changes" throughout the business is that there are lots of different areas where such changes are possible. In reality, though, there are only two fundamental issues that management needs to address from a financial perspective: expense leveraging and gross margin management. Read more at GAWDA Industry Statistics. Scroll down to the Profit Planning Group Quarterly Financial Newsletters at the bottom of the page. Take Advantage of GAWDA University Online GAWDA U is an easy-to-use and inexpensive online training tool for your employees. The educational content of GAWDA U was developed to support GAWDA's primary mission of providing information to assist you in improving your company's safety and compliance. GAWDA U Online will be an ever-changing and growing program. The initial course offerings will concentrate on training for new employees during their first 90 days. The second generation of content will focus on more advanced training that will build upon the earlier basic/elementary courses. This summer, we will be seeking training material from our members that can be adapted to the GAWDA U platform and will expand the program to include supplier-based training on company-specific products and services. We are conducting weekly webinars to introduce members to the functions and content of GAWDA U and to answer any questions. Please contact GAWDA Membership Director Kate Cole (kcole@fernley.com) to sign up for the introductory webinars or to find out more about this exciting opportunity! Click here to view course listings.
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