IWDC Members, Sky Oxygen Company and J.C. Dawes Merge

Jan
18
2021
January 18, 2021
 
Effective December 18, 2020, two strong regional players joined forces to better service their respective customer bases. Sky Oxygen and James C. Dawes Company, Inc. are in adjacent markets, are passionate about customer service and have similar cultures that value employees.
“I saw this as a great way to provide continuity for my employees and to keep serving our long-term loyal customer base” - Brian Dawes, President, James C. Dawes. “I am excited for Sky Oxygen and am very happy that Brian is staying with our merged enterprise. Both our companies are on the same computer system and when you combine both of our long term highly trained employee teams into one, “SKY IS THE LIMIT!”” - Vince Cirrincione, President, Sky Oxygen.
 
Headquartered in Carnegie, PA
 
Sky oxygen is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA was founded in 1973 servicing northwest PA to northern West VA. We are a third generation family-owned business spanning into our 48th years of business. Now more than ever Sky Oxygen continues to expand, we are proud to provide the absolute best in high quality gases, a complete range of equipment, and services specific to our customers needs.
 
James C. Dawes, Co.James C. Dawes Company, Inc.
Headquartered in Martins Ferry, OH
 
The James C. Dawes Co. Inc. is headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio and with a second branch in Cadiz, Ohio we cover about a 70 mile radius surrounding Martins Ferry. Founded February10th 1941 by James C. Dawes, we are nearly an 80 years old company spanning four generations and we are one of the founding members of the NWSA, now known as GAWDA.
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