Stuart R. Jara Named Vice President-General Manager of Taylor-Wharton
Stuart R. Jara has been named Vice President and General Manager of Taylor-Wharton
International’s pressure vessel and cylinder division, Taylor-Wharton. In joining T-W, a
worldwide gas and cryogenics products and services company, Mr. Jara will be based at TWI’s
new Lehigh Valley offices in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and will report to Hoyt Fitzsimmons,
Taylor-Wharton’s President. In joining Taylor-Wharton’s senior management team, Stuart will
assume the responsibilities of Scott W. Boyd who is retiring on September 30, 2008.
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Sherwood Announces Plant Consolidation
Sherwood Valve LLC, a Division of Taylor-Wharton International, today announced the consolidation of all
manufacturing and assembly operations into the Company’s Washington, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio
facilities. Current production processes at the Niagara Falls, NY factory will be relocated to Washington
and Cleveland.
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American Welding & Tank Acquires Certified Cylinder, Inc.
American Welding & Tank LLC, a division of Taylor-Wharton International LLC, acquired Cylinder, Inc. of
Crossville, TN on August 1, 2008. The acquisition of Certified Cylinder will significantly expand the
refurbishing services currently offered by AWT. The newly purchased asset will operate as Certified
Cylinder a Division of American Welding and Tank LLC.
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TWI arrives on Mars
On Sunday evening, May 25th, at 7:38:44-PM/EDT the Phoenix spacecraft successfully landed on Mars and 15 minutes later at 7:53.44-PM/EDT the first radio signals confirming the landing were received at JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) in California.
Two carbon-fiber, composite cylinders produced by Structural Composites Industries were on the Phoenix spacecraft. The Phoenix is scheduled to search for evidence of life (past and present) in the Martian soil for the next 90-days and then will be covered with a layer of frost as the Martian winter season sets in.
The Phoenix mission was launched on August 4th 2007 and SCI’s durable model 5129A cylinders traversed the 422 million mile journey through space without incident.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, noted this was the first successful Mars landing without airbags since Viking 2 in 1976. "For the first time in 32 years, and only the third time in history, a JPL team has carried out a soft landing on Mars," Griffin said.
Congratulations to all SCI personnel for a job well done. All TWI employees throughout the world salute your accomplishment and share in the pride that evidence of the quality, craftsmanship and ingenuity of our Corporation will be forever represented on another planet in our solar system.
Follow the Phoenix Mars Mission: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
and http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/
CEO Bob Gadomski reports on the "First 100-Day Milestones" at Taylor-Wharton International
Board of Directors positions filled, Senior Management Team appointed, Executive Offices established and
Q1-2008 anticipated results are discussed. read more..
Taylor-Wharton holds international sales conference
Taylor-Wharton's Sales Organizations held their annual international meeting January 23rd through 25th. The
conference was based out of the TWI headquarters location in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The assembled T-W
sales personnel included representation from the USA, Latin America, Europe, Australia, China, Malaysia and
Korea. CEO Bob Gadomski delivered the opening remarks to the conference and emphasized values, safety,
integrity, ethics and his vision for the future of TWI. The customer sector was represented by Terry Hall
of the ADA Group and Craig Wood of the O.E. Myer Co. Terry and Craig complimented the group for their sales
efforts and Terry stressed that if the T-W team practices a “Follow-up & Follow-through” approach to the
marketplace, customer satisfaction and loyalty will be inevitable. Vice President Scott Boyd moderated the
two days of presentations and discussed the 2008 plans and sales goals for the Taylor-Wharton product lines.
Wind Point Partners Acquires GasServ Businesses from Harsco
MECHANICSBURG, PA (December 10, 2007) Wind Point Partners, a private
equity investment firm, has announced the acquisition of the Harsco GasServ group
of gas technology businesses from Harsco Corporation. The acquisition includes
Taylor-Wharton, compressed gas cylinders and cryogenic storage vessels;
American Welding & Tank, propane tanks; Structural Composites Industries, filament-wrapped composite cylinders and Sherwood
precision valve products. The four complementary businesses will operate collectively
as Taylor-Wharton International (TWI) and form the world’s leading
technology, service and manufacturing network for gas applications involving pressure
vessels and precision valves.
Robert E. Gadomski has been appointed to the position of Chief
Executive Officer for TWI. The majority of the existing management
team will remain in place as TWI’s management team. Bob Gadomski is a high energy
executive who worked at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for 34 years, most recently,
as the Executive Vice President of the Gases and Equipment Group. He has comprehensive
knowledge of the TWI product lines, markets and customers and has extensive manufacturing
and engineering experience. After three years of consulting and university teaching,
Bob is excited to return to the challenge of business building.
Mr. Gadomski commented that, “Wind Point is delighted to own the
TWI businesses and will step-up investment in innovative new products, improved
services and manufacturing efficiencies.” He further noted that, “We recognize that
substantial growth opportunities exist throughout the global gas marketplace and
we will invest to improve TWI’s relationships and technical capabilities. Our strategic
approach to expanding TWI’s worldwide footprint will also include future growth
through acquisition.”
Taylor-Wharton International operates 19 manufacturing, sales,
warehouse and service facilities in 6 countries and markets its products in over
80 countries worldwide. Additional information about TWI can be located at www.taylorwharton.com;
www.awtank.com; www.scicomposites.com; and www.sherwoodvalve.com.
Wind Point Partners is a private equity investment firm
with $2billion in capital under management. Wind Point focuses on partnering with top caliber
management teams to acquire middle market companies with a clear path to value creation.
Additional information is available at www.wppartners.com.
