Nalco Chemical Co

David Breslow founded Linweld in 1945 as the Lincoln Welding Supply Company with the purpose of providing welding supplies and industrial gases to customers in Lincoln, Neb., and the surrounding rural communities. The company has become one of the largest welding supply distributors and independent processors of industrial, medical and specialty gases. The company now has opened store and plant locations in over 20 cities. Today, it has a fleet of transport and delivery vehicles as well as more than 400 employees. In addition to its sales and service locations, Linweld operates its own distribution center, air separation plant, acetylene plant, specialty gas department, and training and automation center. Linweld is also one of the few distributors in the country able to produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon via its own air separation plant. The acetylene plant converts over 40,000 pounds of calcium carbide each week in supplying cylinder acetylene to all Linweld locations and customers. This office is a branch of the corporate office, and it is located in Omaha, Neb.

Founded in 1996, Arctic Glacier Inc. is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of packaged ice products, primarily under the brand name Arctic Glacier Premium Ice. Based in Omaha, Neb., the firm is one of the largest producers of packaged ice in Canada and the United States. It serves more than 75,000 retail, commercial and industrial customer locations throughout six provinces in Canada and nineteen states in the northeastern, central and western United States.

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading US supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest US suppliers of safety products; and a leading US supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Dedicated to improving the performance of its more than 1 million customers, Airgas safely and reliably provides products, services and expertise through its more than 18,500 associates, over 1,400 locations, robust e-Business platform, and Airgas Total Access telesales channel. As an Air Liquide company, a world leader in gases, technology and services for Industry and Health, Airgas offers customers an unrivaled global footprint and industry-leading technology and innovations.