Closing After 16 Years
In memory of our beloved founder, CEO and family head, Johnny Pertuit, an entrepreneur and WWII veteran. After working in the industry for many years, Johnny realized there was no heavy-duty clothing available for industrial workers. Thus began WeldWear® and the Lapco and Rasco protective clothing lines. Working with those two manufacturers, WeldWear® initiated revolutionary changes in the apparel for industry, which now are commonplace. He was a visionary and is sadly missed by business associates and family.
My father's one desire was to make good products for a fair price and provide welders with the types of materials they needed to do their jobs well. He started in the 1960's with a store front and finally, when retired, moved online in 1995. It is with our profound reqret that www.weldwear.com must go off line after 16 years of service. We want to take this opportunity to once again thank the faithful customers who stayed with us over the years and those who've just come to know us.
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WELDWARE® was started by a former welder and welding alloy salesman, who once owned a welding store. He noticed that there were no heavy-duty welder's shirts available (thicker than 8.5 oz.) and even those were not available in the majority of welding supply stores. Also, many of the large chains of general department stores, which handled 8.5 oz. shirts, were going out of business. He also knew that a much thicker, 100% cotton shirt (10 to 12 oz.), would hold up better and keep the welder from getting as many arc-welding spark burns. The discussion of heavy-duty shirts thus led to the startup production of shirts at Lapco, and later, Rasco and WELDWEAR® sales.