United States Welding, Inc.

The United States Welding Works Company began as a partnership in 1924 by Charles Lofgren and Adam Schmick. The original, small store was located in downtown Denver. The two men specialized in welding, which at that time included anything from difficult welding jobs to receiving parts and machinery in need of repair from all over the Rocky Mountain Region. From time to time customers asked if they would stock oxygen and acetylene to aid them in their welding jobs. Recognizing this opportunity, United States Welding Works Company was formed in 1928 as a supply house for atmospheric gases and welding supplies.



The company continued to grow prior to and during World War II. In 1947, the founders decided to retire and sold the company to the sons of Charles Lofgren - Robert Lofgren Sr. and Walter Lofgren. At that time, the operation included truck routes over the entire state of Colorado, western Kansas and Nebraska with a branch in Casper Wyoming. In the early 1950's, Robert Lofgren Jr. was brought onboard as a salesman. In 1954, Robert Sr. suffered a stroke and his son Robert immediately took over management of the company and remained the CEO until 2000.



Under Robert Lofgren Jr's tenure, the company accomplished significant growth. He used the momentum started by the founders of the company, and the growth of the nation as a whole, to propel United States Welding Works forward. He established a new branch in Sterling, Colorado in 1956; in 1959, a branch was opened in Cheyenne, Wyoming.



Acquisitions and growth brought a new name in 1965 and we became United States Welding, Inc. In Denver, a new facility was built at 600 South Santa Fe Drive as the company outgrew it's original Market Street location.

This prime industrial real estate, with easy access to the interstate system, significantly aids our ability to meet the demands of all of our customers located throughout the entire 6 state operating area - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho. We currently have 17 branches strategically located in the Rocky Mountain Region assuring product availability and quick delivery to our customers.



We continue to evolve as our customer demands require. We remain a welding and atmospheric gas provider, but also have expanded into a key supplier of liquid nitrogen used in tertiary oil and gas recovery in our region. We recently purchased Mountain Aire Medical, and have become a nationwide provider of durable medical goods as well as a major supplier of medical oxygen for regional home health care providers. We anticipate monumental growth in the medical goods market, and are well placed to take advantage of that growth. We are the first company to institute a "quick-fill" process for medical oxygen trucks enabling our home health care customers significant cost savings in reduced time at our site.



As a high quality specialty gas provider, we have the capacity to rapidly fill even the most sophisticated of gas mixtures - either in house or by using outsourced quality providers. We recently made an even greater commitment to the expansion of that portion of our business. We will continue to focus on our specialty gas customers as a growth area.



Today, we remain a family owned business. In the year 2000, Rick Lofgren, Robert's son, purchased the company. Rick's belief in flawless execution of customer service is the backbone of our growth. We continue to be vigilant in meeting the demands of our diversified customer base. Our focus on customer needs is the foundation to delivering unmatched customer service as we plan for and move toward the future.