Nichols Welding Supply
Owners: James Nichols
Location: 1202 N 3rd St. Ozark, Ark.
Company History: “I picked up welding in my ninth grade agriculture class. After I graduated, I moved to California and worked for a welding construction company, but I didn’t get to do much welding. In 1973, I moved back here and started off with a weld shop. I also worked for Arkansas Western for 21 years as a welder. I started carrying welding supplies in 1975.”
Products and Services: James said that carrying metal along with the welding supplies gets customers coming to them, and a lot of their customers are farmers. “We sell materials and do welding. We handle sheet iron, angle iron and flat bar. We also carry CO2, argon, 75/25, oxygen and acetylene. When customers call we deliver or they can pick up their supplies. We service about a 50-mile (radius).”
Business Philosophy: “I try to watch where I buy supplies to keep the cost down for my customers. There’s not money out there for farmers to pay high prices.”
What’s in the future for the business?
“We buy more cylinders every month. We are picking up new accounts. We stay pretty covered up.” James and his wife, Teresa, also own Best Choice Realty, which they started in 1995, working with residential and commercial properties.
By Amber Parham
