Features

Business is booming at Norco, the United States’ largest regional gas and equipment supplier and its specialty gases division, NorLab. Helen Carmichael reports from the company’s headquarters in Idaho.

Oxygen analysis can be used to guarantee the continuous delivery integrity of all other UHP bulk gases. This information can protect sensitive processes in real time, without the need to shut down the entire system....

Despite current global market conditions in the semiconductor sector, the annual SEMICON West conference ended on July 14 in San Francisco on a relatively positive note. Simply put, the shows featured almost 31,000 attendees (a...

Choosing the right vacuum pump technology is important across a number of applications, not least in the semiconductor industry that’s so in-focus this quarter. United Vacuum offers some valuable insights on pump selection.

The decision to install purification technology at the cylinder fill plant, especially for the independent distributor, is difficult at best. The factors involved are quite different as compared to the decision processes of the major...

Pedigree requirements implemented by the FDA for medical gases will be the template for food and beverage grade gases in the near future, suggests Ron Ball.

Sam Rushing guides us through purity and maintenance protocols

Matheson explains why the use of hydrocarbon gases in the semiconductor industry has risen so rapidly in recent years.

Fabricated parts—metal structures formed by cutting, bending, and assembling—are the underpinnings of modern life. They include everything from the steel girders that support our buildings to the oven rack that allows the bread to rise. As new technology makes old technology...