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FeaturesMaintaining stability in the US specialty gases market
What are the challenges and opportunities in the North American specialty gas containment industry, and what impact has the pandemic had?
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Compressed gas cylinder recycling, remediation
With global trends towards reuse and recycling, the demand for environmentally friendly cylinder remediation and disposal services are on the rise.
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Covid-19 causes major slowdown, 18% revenue dip in April
Baird/ gas world Welding and Industrial Gas Survey, Q2 2020
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Telemetry… not just for bulk gas anymore
Over the past few decades, remote monitoring technology has made major technical strides and continued to enable gas distribution to become more efficient. Fortunately for gas distributors and customers, expensive, bulky, wired, telemetry systems are no longer required.
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Best practices for delayed labelling
Planning your cylinder label orders during supply chain disruption
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PurityPlus® 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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From a doodle, to a $6m fill plant
When Keen Compressed Gas Co. first started out as an auto parts store selling acetylene to the automotive industry, its founder, Stanley Keen, never imagined it would grow into the medical, specialty and industrial gases business it is today.
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Q&A with William ‘Bill’ Geiger
Q A with William ‘Bill’ Geiger, CEO, Consolidated Sciences (CONSCI)
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Hydrogen: Stimulating and scaling up
Under the title Stimulating and Scaling Up, H2 View today held the second part of its three-part webinar series, picking up the baton of why hydrogen is so crucial to the world’s economic recovery plans and runs with a discussion of how we can get there.
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Seizing the moment: M&A exclusive with Clairvest
The industrial gas industry is at a crossroads, battered by both the macroeconomic back drop and factors specific to the industry, writes Doug Horn of Clairvest in an M A and business insight exclusive for gasworld.
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Floating Piston Valve
Spectrum Specialty Valves, a division of C-Suite Services, LLC, has introduced its innovative new valve, the Floating Piston Valve, to North American markets. This NASA-patented valve, which was licensed by Louisiana-based Spectrum, is believed to be the first new, major valve design in 70+ years.
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Greater-Stronger-Better (GSB) Master Valve
Industrial gas producers and distributors around the world today rely on high-pressure shutoff hand valves for processing and filling industrial gas cylinders. These heavy-duty valves are used on manifold systems, fill plants, tube trailers, and other high-pressure piping systems.
