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...
Bryan Keen, GAWDA’s (www.gawda.org) President/Chairman, and Michael Tiller, Compressed Gas Association’s (CGA) (www.cga.net) President and CEO, announced at the opening session of GAWDA’s Annual Meeting a new relationship that will provide GAWDA distributor members with free access to CGA’s electronic safety...
Linking continuous improvement (CI) through a company’s culture to its strategic business goals is imperative to the successful implementation of CI. For example, General Electric links forty percent of top management bonuses to successful implementation of CI. Without such linkage, CI...
