Global Edition | Issue | Publication October 2017 Stories published in October 2017

Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has been awarded €7.4m ($8.7m) to purchase 30 fuel cell buses and two hydrogen (H2) refuelling stations in Cologne, Germany.

This month gasworld (US Edition) explores trends and technologies in the healthcare supply chain, from the ever-growing homecare market to life sciences and cryobiology and medical gas equipment in-between.

Fluid Components International (FCI) has released a new flow switch monitor which it says is “ideal for a wide range of gas flow applications where process safety is important”.

E Instruments introduces its new E8500 plus portable emissions analyser.

Healthcare is an important market for industrial gas producers and distributors in the US, and spending in this sector continues to represent a significant portion of US gross domestic product (GDP).

For those of us not working directly in the medical/healthcare industry, we may be surprised at the number and variety of common medical gases and their applications.

In the last installment of the regional markets series, gasworld Business Intelligence investigates the structure and future prospects of New England’s industrial gas market.

The North American industrial gases industry is in the midst of seismic change, from the transformation in ownership and structure, to supply chain challenges and distributor business disruption. Understanding the rate of change, and more...

In the US, national healthcare expenditures (NHE) grew at 5.8% and reached $3.2 trillion in 2015, representing 17.8% of GDP. NHE are expected to reach nearly $5.5 trillion by 2025 (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

A while back, I wrote a column titled “If Looks Could Kill.” In it I noted that researchers have found that the three key elements of effective communication carry the following percentages of importance: