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FeaturesPurityPlus® update
As IWDC’s specialty gas program enters its second decade, PurityPlus continues construction of a strong house resting on a well-planned and well-built foundation. More than 15 years ago, several influential IWDC (Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative) members and the staff organised a series of meetings to explore growth initiatives.
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What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Amidst all of the headlines surrounding both Covid-19 and the role of oxygen in the treatment of patients, gasworld reported in April how a Louisiana-based hospital had been using Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to treat coronavirus patients.
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High-pressure solutions
Grown out of a family home in Munich, Germany, Bauer Compressors Inc. has experienced a whirlwind of a journey to end up with a US base and over 75 years of experience in manufacturing reliable and durable arrays of high-pressure compressors.
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Helium recovery via SEPURAN®
Specialty chemicals group Evonik collaborated with Linde Engineering to set up a first-of-its-kind helium purification facility using a hybrid process of membrane and Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology in Mankota, Canada, four years ago. Alex Evans, Business Development Manager, Membranes, at Evonik Corporation, here explains how SEPURAN® works and the ...
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A third way: Onsite oxygen generators
By the end of June (2020), the World health Organisation (WHO) had issued a warning that hospitals were facing a shortage of oxygen concentrators in the face of a Covid-19 pandemic that continued to unfold in different regions around the world.
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Medical gases: What is supplemental oxygen?
The provision of oxygen – and its supply chain – has been at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19. Yet it has always been one of the most important, life-saving gases used in medicine, since the 1800s in fact – so what is ‘supplemental oxygen’ and how is it ...
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Medical gases on the move
When the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic began to take hold, businesses across the globe confronted how this would impact their products and services. Luxfer – one of the world’s most trusted producers of high-pressure composite and aluminium cylinders – was quick to assess the implications for its life-protecting, lightweight ...
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A life in the specialty gas industry
In the early days of SGD Inc., winters were difficult for its founder and sole employee Frank Scornavacca. “I started SGD in my garage in New Jersey, and for two years I worked in that garage,” Scornavacca told gasworld. “It was pretty cold in the winter I can tell you, ...
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Setting out a vision for the future
Taking the reins of a trade body at the height of a global pandemic made for a challenging start for the new Chief Executive of the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA). Here, Ellen Daniels reflects on the first few months in post and sets out her future plans for the ...
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A leap of faith
So, you want to manufacture and sell high purity specialty gases. You can make the case that you have all the resources you need to accomplish that. You have a liquid source of the raw materials, filling equipment, customers, and a desire to increase your sales and profitability of this ...
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DIY marketing
Marketing is often misunderstood. To many it looks like an insurmountable mountain to climb with every possible view increasing in size, depth, the manpower to accomplish it.
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Digitisation in medical gases
In the absence of a vaccine or known treatment plan for Covid-19, medical oxygen remains a key vital therapy for infected patients with acute respiratory problems. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of Covid-19 patients see rapid lung failure and require help with breathing. With roughly one ...
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In focus… Cryobiology
Cryopreservation: will advances in cryobiology turn science fiction into science fact? Joanna Sampson investigates.
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Coronavirus
Prior to the dawn of 2020, few of us would have heard of coronavirus. We might have seen a speculative news story around the turn of the year, a narrative describing a mysterious new virus that had taken lives in China – but it’s perhaps unlikely that we paid it ...
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Q&A with William ‘Bill’ Geiger
Q A with William ‘Bill’ Geiger, CEO, Consolidated Sciences (CONSCI)
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Selecting gas mixers for Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) is an important tool for extending the shelf life of a wide variety of foods. Examples are shredded cheese, baked goods, ground meat, seafood, nuts and baby formula. MAP also reduces the need for chemical preservatives in the food.
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Gas analysis to ensure medical gas quality
The Covid-19 pandemic has only underlined the increasing importance of medical gas production around the world. Even before the recent global emergency, the market for medical gases was showing a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 7-9%.
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Lessons learned in gas analysis
Joe Podolsky, Director of Business Transformation Planning at Servomex, explains how the company rose to the challenges posed by Covid-19, in an exclusive column for gasworld.
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Expanding amid a global crisis
At a time when businesses are folding and industry is struggling with the ravages of a recession caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Diversified CPC International (DCPC) has expanded its production and capabilities.
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Faber Cylinders: An important ally in the healthcare sector
Oxygen is used frequently in general medicine, for medical and emergency assistance. Gas cylinders have been supporting the healthcare business to help patients with respiratory difficulties, in hospitals as well as for the domiciliary homecare markets, and have become more and more dominant as the years have gone by.
