Author - Helen Carmichael

One market trend that looms large in almost every industry sector internationally is increasing environmental legislation. Pollution laws have gradually accrued over recent decades.

With the global medical gases and equipment market estimated to be expanding at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 8% from 2012 to 2018, gas suppliers can enjoy a promising outlook for continued growth.

Gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen and carbon dioxide are already in use to chill, freeze and package foods ranging from frozen goods to fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood and bakery products.

“We see strong growth in natural gas, with the market expected to grow at an average of 2.4% a year over the period to 2025,” says BG Group, which operates a fleet of 25 LNG...

The Harris Products Group has a firm foundation in the equipment and alloys used in brazing, soldering, welding, cutting, heating and gas control. In 1899, John Harris discovered the oxy-acetylene method of cutting while researching...

Recent years have seen an inexorable move towards electronic and bar code tagging and tracking of cylinders among many distribution companies.

An ageing population and the growing incidence of chronic diseases mainly drive medical gas equipment sales. According to a recent report1 by Markets and Markets, the shift in treatment to the home rather than a...

Early 2013 saw specialty gas industry mavens describing a buoyant and growing market for specialty gases, particularly in the energy, automotive and environmental sectors.

Operating a seagoing vessel is expensive and, according to international accountant Moore Stephens, which recently carried out a survey of vessel operating costs, rising fuel costs and ever-tighter regulations to limit sulfur emissions mean that...

When it comes to helium supplies – current and future – our greatest focus is on natural gas field sources. But we can also download helium from the atmosphere along with other rare or noble...