In 1932 we started with a small job shop in Owensboro, Kentucky, and began expanding our operations as early as 1937. We've been growing ever since.
Where it all began
- 1932
- 1937
- 1938
- 1940
- 1944
- 1948
- 1951
- 1956
- 1961
- 1964
- 1966
- 1968
- 1970
- 1970
- 1976
- 1977
- 1979
- 1995
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- 2004
- 2006
- 2018
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1932
Modern Welding started with a small job shop in downtown Owensboro, Kentucky.
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1937
Acquired Madisonville, Kentucky Job Shop
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1938
Leased Bowling Green, Kentucky Job Shop
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1940
Acquired Southern Builders Iron Company of Owensboro, Kentucky
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1944
Acquired Tucker Tank & Boiler Works, Newark, Ohio
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1948
Built new plant in Orlando, Florida
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1951
Acquired L.J. Smith Company in Houston, Texas
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1956
Finished Burlington, Iowa plant.
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1961
Established Modern Supply Co. as a Division of Modern Welding Company
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1964
Leased building in Elizabethtown, Kentucky for expansion of Modern Supply Co., Division of Modern Welding Co., Inc.
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1966
Established Modern Welding Co., Inc. in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
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1968
Expanded Modern Supply Company, Division of Modern Welding Company, Inc. by establishing locations at both Madisonville and Bowling Green, Kentucky
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1970
Built new plant in Fresno, California
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1970
Moved to new Corporate Office in Owensboro, Kentucky
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1976
Built new plant in Augusta, Georgia
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1977
Rebuilt Bowling Green, Kentucky plant
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1979
Rebuilt Modern Welding Co. and Modern Supply Co. in Madisonville, Kentucky
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1995
Acquired assets of Starco, Inc., in Rhome, Texas as additional location of Modern Welding Co. of Texas
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1998
Established Modern Supply Co. Inc. location in Evansville, Indiana.
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2001
Acquired assets of ITEQ Storage Systems, Inc., in Fresno, CA. Assets were sold to Modern Custom Fabrication, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Welding Company, Inc.
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2004
Acquired UltraLube tank line.
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2006
Rebuilt Modern Supply Co. in Bowling Green, KY at new location.
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2018
Built new Modern Custom Fabrication, Inc. location in Fresno, CA.