Specialty Gases - North America (S3) – Page 8
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FeaturesWhat’s driving growth in specialty gases in 2017?
2016 saw huge opportunities for the specialty gases industry. Traditional markets – particularly North America – have remained the top consumers of industrial gases. However, in recent years we have seen newer markets, including Asia and Southeast Asia, grow in importance.
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Nitrous oxide – Not a laughing matter in electronics manufacture
Nitrous oxide (N2O), often referred to as laughing gas, is used in the high-tech thin film industries of semiconductor and LCD display manufacturing. Where the electronics manufacturing market is concerned, N2O is clearly no laughing matter.
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Tenacity in calibration gases
Rob Cockerill talks all things calibration gas-related with Gasco President Brad Hanway.
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The refrigerants phasedown
A-Gas Group Commercial Business Development Director Ken Logan provides an update on how the global phasedown of HFCs is influencing the industry in Australia.
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In focus...Refrigerant gases
When the freshly-revised fluorinated gas (F-gas) regulation came into force two years ago, it really put the pressure on those in the refrigerant business to switch to more environmentally-friendly alternatives – with its impact being widely felt by those in the sector today.
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AMETEK Borescope obtains CSA certification
AMETEK Land has secured CSA certification for its Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) 3XR for use in hazardous locations in the US and Canada.
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Tech Air acquires GASCO in 20th add-on
Tech Air has announced that it has acquired Florida-based Gasco Affiliates LLC (GASCO), a producer of speciality gases.
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Versum Materials installs 200th refill system
The Delivery Systems and Services Group (DS S) of Versum Materials, Inc. has sold and commissioned its 200 th CHEMGUARD® Gen. III Refill System.
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Tiger Optics helps enable The Internet of Things
The era called The Internet of Things (IoT) began almost eight years ago, according to Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group, which defines it as a period when humans are outnumbered by physical devices connecting to the Internet. Unquestionably, the proliferation of such devices is exponential.
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VUV detector simplifies streaming gas analysis
Gas purity analysis is an important aspect of bulk and specialty gas production, and affects a number of industries including petrochemical, biotech, and electronics manufacture. Understanding the concentration of gases in a mixture and monitoring for the introduction of impurities has often required the use of complex separation and multiple ...
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What purity CO2 are you delivering?
Since its discovery in the 1700s by Joseph Black, carbon dioxide (CO2), a colorless, odorless gas, has found its way into several industrial, as well as everyday uses. The most common application is as an ingredient in soft drinks. Dissolved CO2 gas provides the “fizz” in various carbonated beverages. As ...
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Keeping the lab safe
Oxygen sensors at a Saint Paul, MN-based gas distribution company are working backwards. Instead of looking for oxygen concentrations in the company laboratories, they are looking for no oxygen. For Oxygen Service Company, monitoring gas levels in the labs helps assure employee safety. To keep a beady eye on those ...
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Versum Materials posts “strong financial chapter”
Versum Materials, Inc. has posted a “strong financial chapter” in its first full-year financial results since becoming a stand-alone company following its spin-off from Tier One player Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
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Another volatile year for rare gases
As we near the end of 2016, we look back on another volatile year for rare gases. In my previous rare gases market review (gasworld.com/2009662.article), we reported that neon (Ne) was in a very critical supply shortage during early to mid-2015…
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Expanding use of hydrogen in the electronics industry
Hydrogen (H2) is used extensively for electronics manufacturing in the semiconductor, display, LED, and photovoltaic application segments. This most simple of molecules exhibits unique properties: it has excellent heat transfer capabilities and is an efficient reducing and etching agent.
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Linde helium lifts Thanksgiving Parade balloons
Linde LLC has been contracted once again to lift the world-famous balloons at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, by supplying more than 300,000 cubic feet of helium (He) for the celebrations.
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Tale of two halves in CVD’s Q3 financials
It is a tale of two halves for CVD Equipment Corporation in its in its third quarter 2016 financial results, with its revenue income slashed in half but its order backlog reaching a record high.
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Systech and Illinois launch redesigned website
Systech Instruments (UK) and Illinois Instruments (USA) have launched their redesigned website to ‘keep up’, explains Marketing Manager, Beth Falukner, in an exclusive with gasworld
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AMCS to supply helium extraction unit in Arizona
AMCS Corporation has entered into an agreement with Shiprock Helium LP, an innovative US-based supplier of helium, to provide an INNOVA-HEU8™ Helium Extraction Unit for its project in Northeastern Arizona.
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MATHESON to build new Louisiana ASU
MATHESON has entered into an agreement with Lotte Chemical’s subsidiary, Lotte Chemical Louisiana LLC, to supply tonnage oxygen and nitrogen to its world-scale monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant in Louisiana.
