Features

The SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) is an essential part of the modern firefighter’s equipment.

At the time of writing, the Central Asia region is understood to be in a situation of economic flux. Having been benefiting from modestly rising oil prices, benign global financing conditions and solid growth in...

Make or buy. When a requirement for industrial gases is identified, that is the question – whether to own the equipment and operate it to ‘make’ your own gases or contract for an over-the-fence supply...

Everyone in the engineering world knows that pressurised oxygen demands special care as it poses a serious risk of fire. But some of pressurised oxygen’s more complex properties are easily misunderstood or overlooked within increasing...

Both the words ‘standard’ and ‘safe’ have played an important part of my life working with gas cylinder packages over the past several decades. So you can imagine my joy when the Editor requested that...

Since the China government started to tackle the problem of excess capacity in various industries seriously, and implemented supply side reform a few years ago, many production sites have been cracked down and closed.

So often described as the gas of life, oxygen is the most fundamental and recognisable of the air gases. As essential to industry as it is to life, oxygen is among the top five most...

In the last several years, I have had the privilege of working with the brightest of our next generation of sales producers. According to Forbes BrandVoice, Millennials (aka “Gen Y” or “Yers”), ages 21 to...

The Plains is home to the third-smallest industrial gas market out of the eight regions of the US. Despite this, revenues generated by the commercial industrial gas activities amounted to over $1.6bn in 2016, up...

Take 10 minutes out with Steve Tarrant, Bulk and Specialty Gas Manager at Weldstar, as he discusses the company’s role in the gases industry, observations on emerging markets, and the importance of custom solutions.