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A life in the specialty gas industry

In the early days of SGD Inc., winters were difficult for its founder and sole employee Frank Scornavacca. “I started SGD in my garage in New Jersey, and for two years I worked in that garage,” Scornavacca told gasworld. “It was pretty cold in the winter I can tell you, and when I picked up a stainless steel regulator after it had been in the cold, it was hard to work with.”

In the early days of SGD Inc., winters were difficult for its founder and sole employee Frank Scornavacca. “I started SGD in my garage in New Jersey, and for two years I worked in that garage,” Scornavacca told gasworld. “It was pretty cold in the winter I can tell you, and when I picked up a stainless steel regulator after it had been in the cold, it was hard to work with.”

But the original headquarters of the specialty gas equipment company did not hinder SGD’s growth, or dissuade big companies from doing business soon after its formation in 1992.

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