All Distributor Zone articles – Page 5
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10 minutes with...Steve Tarrant
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.
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Controlling costs with vending solutions
Companies are always looking for ways to be more efficient. Carefully controlling inventory is one very good way to do that.
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Managing periods of quiet
Cryostar USA talks market lulls in distribution equipment and opportunities for realignment.
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Generant develops Cryosauna controls
For more than 75 years, Generant has been synonymous with the design and manufacture of innovative, high quality product solutions for pressure and flow control devices for liquids and gases.
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Tight helium/argon supply, reports Baird survey
Economic activity has been good, demand is up across the board, and pricing improvements are helping returns, were some of the snapshots from the first quarter 2018 Baird Industrial Gas Survey.
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Linde Distributor Association to celebrate 25th year
The Linde Distributor Association (LDA) will be celebrating its 25 th year at the LDA’s 25 th Annual Buyers Meeting and Membership Forum, from the 3 rd -6 th June at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.
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New FDA regulations and enforcement
Tom Badstubner, President and Medical, Food and Specialty Gas Consultant at Asterisk, LLC in Lewisville, provides a thorough overview of the latest proposed modernizations to medical gas regulations that will be more appropriate and should eradicate confusion.
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Five things that keep distributors awake at night...
Running a business, no matter how big or small, comes with a multitude of challenges that can push your stress limits and keep you awake at night.
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Bulk tracking and monitoring: Maximizing your ROI
Embracing digital technology and cutting down your paperwork, by Jemima Owen-Jones.
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Restoring balance to the grid
Increasingly severe weather-related events and new energy sources have exposed weaknesses in the US power grid. To upgrade its aging grid infrastructure and bring it in line with 21 st century power demand, a range of solutions are needed.
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Packaged gas efficiencies
Of the $23bn North American industrial gases market, packaged gases account for around a 44% share. In terms of market share, the total value of the 750 independent distributors is about $3bn, in value of gas (revenues).
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Cylinder investment strategies in focus
Norris Cylinder manufactures high pressure cylinders and acetylene cylinders for the industrial gases markets, including breathing air markets, fire, aviation and aerospace, from its two locations in Longview, Texas and Huntsville, Alabama.
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Specialty gases: KPI’s for success
Know your key performance indicators for success in specialty gases, with insights from Rick Kowey, Ray Borzio, and Joe Bernacki. By Jemima Owen-Jones.
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Modernization 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.