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Article: Teamwork is paramount at Fitch Industrial.(Welding Supply Target Report)(Fitch Industrial and Welding Supply)(Company Profile)
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- Industrial Distribution
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- February 1, 1999
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In a competitive, rapidly consolidating industry, Fitch Industrial & Welding Supply is determined to remain independent.
In the last decade, Fred Fitch has witnessed a 50 percent consolidation of the welding supply industry. Half of the market is now owned and controlled by 10 publicly traded companies, and a recent industry report predicts another 50 percent consolidation, leaving just 25 percent of the market served by independents. Fitch, president of Lawton, Oklahoma-based Fitch Industrial & Welding Supply, Inc., fully intends for his company to be among the surviving independent welding supply operations. Founded in 1950 by the late C. Carl Fitch (Fred's ...
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