The Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) (www. gawda.org) provides its members with opportunities to meet and network with other gases and welding distributors and their key suppliers. This spring, GAWDA is holding their Spring Management Conference (SMC) in...
For over 75 years, GOW-MAC® Instrument Company (www.gow-mac.com), Bethlehem, PA, has been a leading provider of gas analysis solutions. GOW-MAC designs, engineers, and manufactures gas chromatographs, gas analyzers, and gas detectors for use in chemical, industrial gas, laboratory, and educational applications.
In just the recent past, “Specialty Gases,” to the Independent Gas and Welding Distributor, were considered mysterious and novel. They were to be purchased from and sold as directed by the major gas companies. Independents regarded these gases as too...
In the 45 years I have been active in the compressed gas business, our core assets—cylinders— have maintained the same look. The tools to market them, however, have been transformed. Sales representatives used to drive around industrial parks, knock on...
The Pittsburgh Annual Conference and Exposition on laboratory science— Pittcon—attracts nearly 20,000 attendees in industry, academia, and government from 90 countries worldwide. This year, the conference will be held in Orlando, FL, at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC)...
The city of Jönköping, Sweden will be the international bioenergy focal point when it hosts the 5th biennial World Bioenergy Conference May 29–31, 2012. Organized by the Swedish Bioenergy Association (SVEBIO) and Elmia, the overall purpose of this...
Prior to World War II, gases and supplies were sold directly from manufacturers to end-users. Following the war, however, large gas manufacturers tried to alleviate the cost and burden of selling directly to smaller customers, and wanted...
The recently concluded, four-day FABTECH/AWS 2011 exposition and conference at Chicago’s McCormick Place welcomed a historic 35,457 attendees from more than 80 countries, including CryoGas International Publisher John Campbell and National Sales Manager John Miaskowski.
Westlake Securities (www.westlake securities.com) hosted the very successful New Frontiers in Natural Gas Conference on November 3, 2011, at the W Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas. Westlake Securities is a middle market investment banking firm that services many industries including oil...
nexAir (www.nexair.com), a Memphis, Tennessee- based company with revenues over $100 million, is a dominant force in the industrial gas markets in the southeastern region of the US. Its warehouse team, under the leadership of John Climer, helped establish an improved...
