Global Edition | Issue | Publication October Stories published in October 2011

North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event heads to McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, November 14–17, 2011. FABTECH will offer four full days of activities and provide its projected 32,000 attendees with unlimited opportunities to network, learn, and see...

Helium is used in many industries including medical, welding, high tech manufacturing, spacecraft, and retail balloons. A recent report in the Star Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) noted that one third of the world’s helium comes from the US Government Federal...

CryoGas International publisher, John Campbell, recently met with Anne Roby, President of both Praxair Asia and Praxair Electronics worldwide, to talk about the company’s growth in China and its bright future prospects. Roby is based in Shanghai. 

As the world moves toward a cleaner planet, mandates for the use of environmentally friendly chemicals and technologies have created shifts in gas demand in some markets and ushered in new and/or expanded market opportunities for industrial and specialty gases and...

Nearly 20,000 solar experts from around the world traveled to San Francisco in July to connect with solar professionals and attend specialized workshops and seminars during Intersolar North America’s fourth and largest annual exhibition and conference. Co-located with...

Superior Products (www.superiorprod.com), located in Cleveland, OH, has always taken pride in its willingness to go the extra mile to meet the needs of customers to provide ontime, defect-free, and competitively priced fittings and gas management systems for the gas industry....

Tight supply is the most notable aspect of this year’s review of the worldwide helium market. Uncertainties relating to timing of future supply sources, projecting market demand during uncertain economic times, and the United States Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) changing...

Is there a better way to run your industrial distribution company? What business model should you use? What role does IT (information technology) play in your organization? Is IT viewed as a strategic asset or a strategic liability? And what...