TROY, Ohio. July 19, 2011 — Hobart Brothers plans to showcase its filler metals at FABTECH 2011 in Chicago, November 14 to 17. The company will be sharing booth 5950 with Bernard, Smith Equipment, Tregaskiss and Weldcraft. Products to be displayed included tubular wires (flux-cored and metal-cored) designed specifically to improve productivity and lower costs on fabricating and manufacturing applications, as well as aluminum GMAW and GTAW filler metals from MAXAL.

Hobart Brothers experts will also be available to discuss filler metal solutions and to answer questions from visitors.

Hobart Brothers is dedicated to the highest level of Performance Welding™. For product specification sheets or to learn more about Hobart Brothers products, visit hobartbrothers.com, email [email protected], call 1-800-424-1543, fax 1-800-541-6607, or write Hobart Brothers Company, 101 Trade Square East, Troy, OH 45373.

Hobart Brothers Company of Troy, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of welding filler metals marketed under the brand names Hobart, Tri-Mark, McKay and Corex. Hobart Brothers Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. based in Glenview, Ill. ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short-lead-time industrial products and equipment.