The future of the European chemicals sector is in the headlines, as fears arise about a combination of dynamics that leave the region in an uncompetitive position.
Take 10 minutes out with Carlos Riveros, Managing Director of m-tech GmbH, who tells us about the company’s current project activities, its new ISO-certified clean room, and the role of delivering innovation and knowledge to...
Managing Director Pavel Perlov discusses the ever-increasing product portfolio of electronic specialty and rare gases at Electronic Fluorocarbons – and how this ensures the company maintains ‘the critical link’ between scientific technologies and product applications,...
Early 2013 saw specialty gas industry mavens describing a buoyant and growing market for specialty gases, particularly in the energy, automotive and environmental sectors.
Argon (Ar) is a critical element for industries that include stainless steel production, metal fabrication and lighting manufacture.
As hard commodities go, gold is arguably the constant, always in demand and long recognised for its tendency to appreciate when other financial devices like stocks and bonds decline. It is, quite simply, robust both...
At the heart of the Western Europe market both economically and in industrial gas circles is Germany. An industrial heartland and home to Tier 1 players The Linde Group and Messer Group, respectively, it is...
Necessity is the mother of invention – an often used term that could also apply to describe what, exactly, leads to ‘that’ eureka moment when a solution is found to a problem.
Over the past couple of decades several themes have been evolving in the area of ‘cylinder technology’. I will concentrate on a few of these within this summary article.
Even though the political unrest in Thailand and violent protests that followed in January led to the 36th All India Industrial Gases Manufacturers Association (AIIGMA) Seminar being rescheduled from February to April – the event...
