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HISTORY OF TRICO WELDING SUPPLIES
Our first location was on Commerce Avenue in Woodland. Our building
was a small commercial suite of about two thousand square feet. It was
on a side street in a small industrial area, but off the beaten path.
We were there as Trico for less than six months.
We moved to 145A East Street which is
one of the main streets of Woodland. The old Tafoya Market Building
increased our store and storage capacity three-fold, but not much in
warehouse area, plus it was out of the industrial loop. This location
provided a great place for us to grow and learn.
In December of 1999
we moved into our present building, which we built in the industrial
side of Woodland on the main loop. The size of our pride and joy is
approximately 11,000 square feet under roof with a warehouse of 4,000
square feet that is 25 at the eves. We are now filling our own Oxygen,
Argon, Nitrogen, and CO2. We are presently running three trucks out of
this location.
Our new Sacramento store has been up and running since
early 2007. It is a fully operational store and houses 3 employees
including Bob, Walt, and our outside salesmen Pat and Lee. Trico
presently employs 16 people to handle all your
industrial gases and welding supply needs.
STAFF PROFILES
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Leroy Paulucci has
34 years experience, starting with Victor of California who eventually
became Airco. The majority of Leroy’s years in the welding supply
business were spent in Yolo County, all in outside sales for these
companies. Since 1991, Leroy has been partners
with Bob and Joe at TriCo Welding Supplies. As of September 1, 2002,
Leroy has enjoyed retirement but he still finds time to stop in and check on
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Robert (Bob) Baker has 23 years
experience, starting with Hoppers in San Jose until 1984. He then went
to work for Victor in San Francisco and later transferred to manage their Yuba City and Woodland stores in 1989.
Since becoming a partner of TriCo in 1991, he has led the opening of our
new Sacramento location and covers outside sales for the greater
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Joseph (Joe) Knieriem
has 32 years experience starting with Moore Bros. There he spent 14 years total
with the last 9 in outside sales. Shortly after he spent 2 years with
his wife Amanda at Archers Welding Supplies where he found his passion
for owning and operating his own business. Since the 1991 partnership he has handled sales and operations for TriCo
and is currently based out of our main Woodland branch. |
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Jason Handles all purchasing and
oversees the shipping/receiving department. When needed he also provides
an excellent service at the counter, and with phone sales and service.
With over 10 years experience he is a very knowledgeable asset to TriCo. |
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Being our head driver with 13
years experience, Walter (Walt) has recently taken on Store Manager of our
southern Sacramento location. He manages all gas and goods coming to,
and leaving the south Sac store, while still providing top notch customer
service and in-store leadership.
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Mike is the head of
counter sales at our Woodland location. He takes care of our counter
and phone sales, and he heads up maintenance and repair.
He also fills and maintains the various gas cylinders on sight, and
is the website manager. |
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Armondo is our fill
plant manager. He is overall in charge of cylinder handling and
safety. He orders and organizes our cylinder and gas services, and
oversees all filling operations.
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WOODLAND
1590 East Kentucky Ave. Woodland, CA 95776
Phone: (530) 666-7997 Or: (916) 925-2588 Fax: (530) 666-3254
SACRAMENTO
8632 Elder Creek Rd.
Sacramento, CA 95828
Phone: (916) 307-4045 Fax: (916) 307-4049
Click here
for a map. |