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Airgas to Provide Jobs, Welder Training to War Veterans
Editorial
Airgas, Inc., Radnor, Pa., has set a goal to hire 100 veterans who have served in Iraq Editorial Director Andrew Cullison
and Afghanistan over the next 12 months. The company will also offer its Welding 101 Editor Mary Ruth Johnsen
course to any veteran interested in exploring a welding career. Associate Editor Howard M. Woodward
Additionally, the company has pledged $300,000 to Operation Homefront, a charity Associate Editor Kristin Campbell
that supports America’s soldiers by providing emergency assistance and moral support Peer Review Coordinator Erin Adams
to the families troops leave behind when they are deployed and to wounded service
members when they return home. The donation will be paid in increments of $100,000 Publisher Emeritus Jeff Weber
per year over the next three years, with 70% going toward Operation Homefront’s proj-
ects to assist wounded soldiers. Graphics and Production
Production Manager Zaida Chavez
Senior Production Coordinator Brenda Flores
USEC Awards $92 Million Contract to Teledyne Brown
Advertising
USEC Inc., Bethesda, Md., awarded a $92 million contract to Teledyne Brown Engi- National Sales Director Rob Saltzstein
neering Inc., Huntsville, Ala., to manufacture 540 gas centrifuge service modules for its Advertising Sales Representative Lea Garrigan Badwy
American Centrifuge uranium-enrichment program. Advertising Production Manager Frank Wilson
Critical to the operation of the centrifuge machines, service modules are welded,
steel frame structures with pipe headers and valves, control and instrument cabling, ven- Subscriptions
tilation ductwork, and electrical distribution cables. acct@aws.org
Teledyne Brown recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Huntsville to han-
dle this contract. It expects to add nearly 200 jobs at the facility, which is being expanded American Welding Society
from 130,000 to 206,000 sq ft needed for production operations. 550 NW LeJeune Rd., Miami, FL 33126
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Broadwind Energy, Inc., Naperville, Ill., recently announced its heavy steel fabrica-
tion company, R.B.A. Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., a provider of subcontract machining, fab-
rication, refurbishing, welding, and assembly, has acquired a second facility. Located in
Clintonville, Wis., it comprises approximately 60,000 sq ft. The company has begun hir-
ing employees and expects to add approximately 40 people.
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