Recognition and Contributions
At CK Supply, we believe in pushing the industry forward. This is why our employee owners get recognized for their hard work in the field and contribute their knowledge and expertise to outside organizations.
Our Awards
USA Today Top Workplace
CK Supply received national recognition when we were named a USA Today Top Workplace for 2025 in the 150-499 employee size category. We believe in Making Things Better Everyday for our employee owners and customers, and this award is a testament to that success!
Cigna Healthy Workplace Gold Designation
Cigna Healthcare has selected CK Supply as a recipient of their 2024 gold level Healthy Workforce Designation for demonstrating a strong commitment to improving the health and vitality of its employees through a workplace well-being program. CK Supply was only 1 of 9 Missouri companies to receive this honor for 2024.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace
St. Louis has been CK Supply’s home since its inception, and its an honor to be recognized as a Top Workplace in the area by the St. Louis Post Dispatch. We have received this award not once, not twice, but 5 times! Our investment into our employee owners and workplace culture remains a TOP priority to us.
Missouri Association of Manufacturers Safety Award
Maintaining workplace safety is a top priority for CK Supply and the Missouri Association of Manufacturers has recognized this effort by presenting us with their Safety Award! Maintaining our safe workplace is a must for the well being of our employee owners.
June 15th, 2018 – CK Supply Day Proclaimed in St. Louis
After celebrating our 70th year in business and commemorating it with our custom “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” statue that celebrated all current and former employees, the city of St. Louis dedicated June 15th as CK Day. We were recognized as being a longtime area business that impacted industries such as construction, manufacturing, universities and research, automotive, food & beverage, energy, and metal fabrication. This honor is proof that a business whose goal is to improve the lives of our employees, to adhering to a set of core values, and dedicated to doing the right thing, every time, is one that can also be profitable and prosperous.
St. Louis Business Journal Healthiest Employer
This award is a great honor for our business that works as we pride ourselves on the benefits we are able to give to help our employee owners maintain a healthy lifestyle. We offer many benefits including gym reimbursement, yearly biometric screenings, and various mental health programs to name a few. We remain committed to our employee owners by offering a top tier benefits package, and this award reinforces that.
St. Louis Top Family Owned Business Award
CK Supply is both a Family Owned and Employee Owned company. With this comes its challenges, but also comes with its rewards. Being recognized as a Top Family Owned Business Award Winner by St. Louis Small Business Monthly is an incredible honor and helps reinforce the impact that CK has on the community.
WEMCO Excellence in Welding Award – Distributor Category
The annual Excellence in Welding Awards, created by WEMCO, honor individuals and organizations that elevate the image of welding and bolster the industry. This award stems from a nomination from your peers, which is an incredible honor. We are proud to have been selected to receive this award in the distributor category and represent the industry as a whole.
Contributions to the Industry
Our employee owners not only succeed in our own organization, but contribute to other organizations success as well. Below are some of the organizations that CK Supply contributes to.
Ownership, investment, and staying independent while working cooperatively with other like-minded businesses are the underlying themes of being a member of the Independent Welding Distributors Cooperation. These themes parallel values that we hold at CK Supply.
CK Supply proudly supports the Gas And Welding Distributors Association, contributing expertise, resources, and industry leadership to strengthen the welding and gas distribution community, foster collaboration, and advance safety, innovation, and professional development for members nationwide.
CK Supply understands the importance of providing our customers with pure specialty gases. Partnering with PurityPlus has allowed us to guarantee certified-quality products with every shipment.
Employee ownership is a pillar of CK Supply, so naturally contributing to the National Center of Employee Ownership is a no-brainer. We believe that our contributions help ESOPs not only locally, but nationally as well.
Supporting welders is at the core of what we do. Because of this, contributing to the American Welding Society is something we’ve been doing for years. Our partnership helps us remain at the forefront of what’s going on in the welding industry.
CK Supply has made its name by providing compressed gases all over the central United States. Being apart of the Compressed Gas Association helps us connect with others in the industry to share our knowledge to add value to the industry.
CK Supply serves many industries and trades, including with sheet metal and HVAC contractors. That being said, we are happy to contribute our knowledge and expertise on our side of the industry with other members of SMACNA.
Missouri is our home, so we are proud to be apart of Missouri Association of Manufacturers. Our membership allows us to empower other manufacturers in our home state and make connections with others in the industry.
Being apart of the Eastern Missouri Chapter of MCA allows us to connect and collaborate with Mechanical Contractors in our area to foster relationships and explore new opportunities.
Contributing to the RiverBend Growth Association is contributing to the growth of our community and helping everyone move forward. We are proud to offer our expertise to this organization and help small businesses in our area.
We are proud to be members of the Kansas City chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Association as The association was formed to give a voice to small manufacturers and their collective agenda in the areas of trade, technology, legislation and marketing. Contributing to an organization like this helps to empower the local community and industry to help push everyone forward.
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