All Distributor Zone articles – Page 5
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FeaturesModernization in a traditional industry
Digitization is arguably one of the hottest topics in the industry. As gas world’s Global Managing Editor Rob Cockerill affirms, “We are, very much, in the digital age. We are more digitized and connected than ever before…The digital phenomenon has transformed our everyday lives and often in more ways than ...
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Safety first
For producers and distributors of industrial gases and welding hardgoods, safety in the production, handling, storage, and delivery of the products and services they provide is the number one priority. The industrial gas industry has long prided itself an being particularly stringent where safety practices are concerned.
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Safety: Preventing chemical exploitation in our industry
Safety was in the spotlight on the final day of gas world’s North America Industrial Gas Conference 2017 in Houston, TX. At the opening Keynote Address, the FBI’s Anthony Bliss and SSA Mond Mugiya gave an eye-opening presentation on how to prevent the exploitation of chemicals in the creation of ...
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Chemistry and the economy: 2018 outlook
Every six months, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) does a survey of the chemical industry. Resident expert economist, Paul Hodges, examines the rises and falls in the economy and presents his views on the underlying forces driving the market.
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Digitization: Change the B2B customer experience
Medallia is a software service platform which helps companies to capture feedback everywhere their customers are, understand it in real-time, and deliver insights and action to improve their performance.
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ABICOR BINZEL appoints new sales manager
ABICOR BINZEL, welding and cutting specialist, has added to their national Sales Manager roster.
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If you can measure it, you can improve it
gasworld interviews GAWDA President Ned Lane. By Ron Welter.
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The CAB and why it’s significant to the US industrial gases industry
gasworld Business Intelligence investigates how the Chemical Activity Barometer relates to the US industrial gases business.
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Earlbeck acquires welding company
Earlbeck Gases Technologies, the family owned welding distributor, has acquired Cristiano Welding Supply, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Middlesex Gases named preferred vendor for MassBio
Middlesex Gases Technologies, Inc., supplier of a wide range of specialty and rare gases and cryogenic equipment, has revealed it is now the primary supplier of packaged gases and equipment for the MassBio Purchasing Consortium.
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Gasco launches ecoBump pocket-size cylinder
Precision calibration gas manufacturer Gasco has announced the release of the ecoBump, a returnable 4-inch-tall cylinder for convenient bump testing or checking of single and multi-gas monitors.
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Haskel welcomes new recruit
As the hydrogen market continues to grow, Haskel is furthering its high-pressure equipment expertise by adding one of the industry’s best-known experts to its team, in new Global Hydrogen Business Development Manager Robert Kelly.
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Steve Angel addresses GAWDA members and the new GAWDA president is elected
Industry keynote speaker Steve Angel has been at the helm of Praxair for the past 10 years and has served as a key executive there for the past 16 years. Angel joined the company in 2001 as its executive Vice-President. In February 2006, he became its President and CEO. He ...
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"Satisfy the customer and make a profit"
GAWDA’s 2017 annual convention commenced this morning at the New York Marriott Marquis, with a confirmed total attendance of 926 people – an all-time record.
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GAWDA prepares for industry transformations
The 72 nd annual convention of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) annual meeting has kicked off here in New York City.
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Record breaking attendance at GAWDA 2017 convention
A Record breaking attendance of around 900 delegates have gathered here at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square for the 72 nd annual convention of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA).
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Tackling the rate of change
The North American industrial gases industry is in the midst of seismic change, from the transformation in ownership and structure, to supply chain challenges and distributor business disruption. Understanding the rate of change, and more importantly making the right strategic moves to respond, will be key to sustainability and future ...
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10 minutes with...Mark Raimy
Take 10 minutes out with Mark Raimy, CEO of Welders Supply and the outgoing President of GAWDA.
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More on profit improvement for gas and welding distributors
After making a presentation on the topic at the Savannah, GA, Gases and Welding Distributors Association’s Spring Management Conference in April 2016, we wrote an article for the August 2016 issue of CryoGas International titled, “Operating Performance Improvements for Gas Welding Distributors”.
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Steel high-pressure cylinders
Seamless steel and welded high-pressure (HP) cylinders are found everywhere, but they often go unseen or unnoticed. They do the work in the background, supplying the gases and liquids crucial to the beat of the industrial heart.
