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FeaturesThe workforce is changing…
Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and GenZ; are we all really as different as our own perceptions? Putting all of our ‘so called’ differences aside, each generation grew up with a different technology tool-set and a very different mind-set. It makes perfect sense then, that each generation learns in a ...
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Welding hardgoods expect 10% sales decline in Q2
If business was bad in the first quarter (Q1) 2020, then expect figures to be worse in Q2, according to responses in the latest Baird/gasworld Q1 2020 Welding and Industrial Gas Survey.
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Q&A: Bill Proctor, nexAir
Founded in 1940, nexAir serves as one of the largest privately-owned suppliers of high-quality industrial, specialty, medical and bulk gases, dry ice, welding equipment, welding supplies, and medical equipment in the US.
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A data centric approach to smarter routing and logistics
Making smart logistical decisions requires the convergence of agile software platforms, rich sources of operational data, and use of smartphone mobile devices to maximize bottom line results.
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Weldcoa expands training services
Weldcoa is hosting a series of training events through 2020, which began with the opportunity to develop a skill sets in specialty gas filling through classroom and hands-on instruction earlier this month.
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How industry restructuring is impacting transportation
KAG Merchant Gas, formally comprised of Cryogenic Transportation LLC and Jack B. Kelley LLC, has the largest for-hire cryogenic trailer fleet in the industry. With its vast network of facilities and terminals throughout North America, the company is committed to meeting the transportation needs of its industrial gas (IG) industry ...
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GAWDA Spring Management Conference preview
Over six hundred Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) members are expected to gather in Austin, Texas, next month for the 2020 Spring Management Conference (SMC).
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CGA 107th Annual Meeting preview
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) will hold our 107th Annual Meeting at the Royal Sonesta New Orleans hotel in the heart of New Orleans’ vibrant and historic French Quarter on April 26-29. We invite all employees of CGA member companies to join us for this one-of-a-kind event.
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Weldcoa expands training services
Weldcoa is hosting a series of training events through 2020, beginning with the opportunity to develop a skill sets in specialty gas filling through classroom and hands-on instruction.
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Welding hardgoods and gases revenue expected to improve through 2020
Welding growth is expected to improve in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020 with reacceleration this year, according to the latest Baird/gasworld Q4 2019 Welding and Industrial Gas Survey and Fabrication Channel Checks.
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California distributor changes name
Encore Welding and Industrial Supply, LLC has renamed itself Encore Gas Supply as part of the California-based distributor’s “mission for the future”.
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Driver shortage: The white line as life line
As Merle Haggard sings in Moving On, “The white line is the life line to a nation. And men like Will and Sonny make it move.” Today, over 70% of all freight tonnage in the US is transported over our nation’s highways making the ‘white line’ more important than ever. ...
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Making a HERO
The Argon HERO – new to market in 2020 – is attracting interest in the industry with its claims to save costs by preventing the loss of argon during transfer from bulk tanks to microbulk delivery systems such as Chart’s Orca™.
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Improving efficiency, production and storage
Solutionwerks offers advice for better operations at cryogenic and adsorption air separation plants, part 1.
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Lincoln Electric to expand consumables range
Lincoln Electric® has revealed it’s trying to ‘take the hard out of hardfacing’ with an expansion of its hardfacing consumables product line.
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IWDC Annual PurityPlus® Annual Meeting preview
Members, industry experts and approved vendors of the IWDC PurityPlus® program will converge at the Wild Dunes Resort in beautiful Isle of Palms, South Carolina for the Annual PurityPlus® Meeting on February 4-6.
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NorTECH not only sells, but educates
Norco looks to foster relationships at center for latest robotic and welding equipment, writes Nick Parkinson.
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Computers Unlimited Users Group recap
Computers Unlimited, developers of TIMS Software, hosted its annual Users Group Conference in September, creating an opportunity for up-and-coming gas distributor talent to experience TIMS Software and to network with both new and veteran users along with industry related vendors.
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Hardgoods and gases sales slow in Q3
Sales of hardgoods and gases fell in third quarter of 2019, according to the Baird/gasworld Q3 2019 Welding and Industrial Gas Survey and Fabrication Channel Checks.
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Fabtech 2019 returns to Chicago
North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating and finishing event, Fabtech, will return to the city of Chicago, Illinois, on November 11-14.
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