Cacey Simpson has been appointed District Sales Manager for the Ontario Canada Region. Most recently Cacey was Business Development Representative for Black and McDonald, an industrial supply company.    He brings 10 years experience in the welding industry as Territory Manager for Praxair and Air Liquide.

American Weldquip Appoints District Sales Manager for Mexico

6-01-08

Luis Villasante has been named District Sales Manager for Mexico.  Luis will be responsible for managing activities in Mexico.  He brings over 40 years experience in the welding industry.  Luis was the owner of Sistemig S.A. for more than 25 years and previously was employed by Hobart and Union Carbide.

American Weldquip Appoints Mid-South District Manager

11-14-07

Todd Harris has been named District Sales Manager for the Mid-South Region covering Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois and Missouri.  Todd has  worked the last 8 years gathering experience in the welding industry with Airgas Mid-America, Bowling Green, KY.  For the past 1 1/2 years he has held the position of Account Manager and successfully managed one of AWQ's largest end-users - BGM Magna.

American Weldquip Names President

06/01/2007

Howard Fisher has been named president of American Weldquip Inc..   Mr. Fisher will have the responsibility for overseeing the company's operations, engineering, sales, marketing and customer service.

Prior to joining the company Howard held various positions over a 15 year period with Tregaskiss US Ltd.  He has over 32 years of experience in the welding industry, and served in various sales, marketing, engineering, and product/project management capacities.

Rex Carper, founder of American Weldquip was the previous president of the company and remains its chief executive officer.