In 2017, William Polacek, president/CEO of JWF Industries in Johnstown, Pa., saw opportunity—like so many other metal fabricators at the time—and set forth to grow the company. To do that, the company needed welders, so it ramped up the recruitment efforts.
At the time, Polacek stated that he wanted the diversified metal fabricating company (today with locations in four states and with 480 employees) to generate $200 million in annual sales, basically growing the company by 100%. To keep up with all the work, JWF could lean on its in-house welding training program, which had already been around for a couple of years. However, it still needed interested parties to join the cause.
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