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Profiled Company:

ESAB
Florence, SC

With operations throughout the globe, ESAB is one of the world's largest producers of welding consumables and equipment.

ESAB conducts business in the following industries:
• Welding and cutting equipment
• Welding consumables
• Welding automation
• Cutting systems

Website:

www.esabna.com

Profiled Company:

Energy Partners Ltd.
New Orleans, LA

We are an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Our current operations are concentrated in the shallow to moderate depth waters in the Gulf of Mexico focusing on the areas offshore Louisiana as well as the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in depths less than 5,000 feet. Our management team has extensive energy industry experience, many with large energy companies. We have assembled a team of geoscientists and management professionals with considerable region-specific geological, geophysical, technical and operational experience. We were incorporated in January, 1998, and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EPL.

Website:

www.eplweb.com

Profiled Company:

WESCO Gas & Welding Supply Inc.
Prichard, AL

This year WESCO celebrates 48 years of service and continues to practice the same simple philosophy as they did many years ago: the customers always 'Expects the Best' service, before and after the sale.

Website:

www.wescoweld.com

Profiled Individual:

Dan Turner
Associate Professor of Welding
Yuba College
Marysville,, CA

I teach students a skill that will improve their lives. I get time to do research and advance my own knowledge, plus I get to work in a modern shop and keep up with current trends.

High School:	Kelseyville High School Kelseyville, CA
College:	University of California, Davis, B.S. Agricultural Education Shasta College, Continuing Education Reading, CA