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FeaturesLessons learned in gas analysis
Joe Podolsky, Director of Business Transformation Planning at Servomex, explains how the company rose to the challenges posed by Covid-19, in an exclusive column for gasworld.
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Setting out a vision for the future
Taking the reins of a trade body at the height of a global pandemic made for a challenging start for the new Chief Executive of the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA). Here, Ellen Daniels reflects on the first few months in post and sets out her future plans for the ...
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Industrial gases fulfilling potential in health and decarbonisation
Thirty years ago, almost to the day, I joined BOC Gases in the UK. I had completed my Chemical Engineering Masters degree at Imperial College and I was looking forward to setting out on my career.
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The impact of Covid-19 on distributors’ use of technology
As this is being written, Covid-19 has accounted for nearly 120,000 deaths nationally. As we sift through the on-going wake of the disease, few things are understood clearly enough to plan for business beyond the various stages and phases through which states are hop-scotching their citizens.
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Customer and process: Balancing the organisation
When running a business division or even an entire company, there is constant friction between being customer focused and being process-focused. It’s a constructive friction that often swings like a pendulum strongly in one direction or another, due to changes in customer expectations and end-market conditions.
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The ‘Next Generation EU’ recovery package: great news for green hydrogen
Green hydrogen is likely to get a significant boost it as part of a €750bn EU recovery package, writes Stephen B. Harrison in an exclusive thought leadership column for gasworld.
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Why this crisis changes our outlook
Uniper’s Roland Kuchler describes the view from Singapore and why the Covid-19 pandemic should change our view going forward, on so many levels.
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Centralising your functional resources
The decision of centralisation vs decentralisation of functional resources has been a regular evaluation by small and large businesses for decades. No company is fully centralised or decentralised, instead there are varying degrees of both.
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New FDA enforcement – Data Integrity
What do I need to do to protect my gas chromatograph files… before the FDA inspection?
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Collect cash and carry on
The bewildering economic shock induced by Covid-19 is causing corporations to appreciate a well-worn adage: cash is king.
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Covid-19 versus oxygen supply
In the past five days we have seen headlines that oxygen is in short supply across Europe and the US. Unlike the carbon dioxide shortage two years ago, this would, if true, have significantly more consequences and would be a matter of literally life or death!
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Covid-19 and climate change – the defining challenges of our generation
There are many actions in place around the world right now to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. The idea is to flatten the curve of the infection rate and limit the impact of the potentially fatal Covid-19 illness that it causes. As with Covid-19, we also need to ...
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Covid-19’s impact on the North American CO2 industry
The effects on the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) industry caused by the Covid-19 outbreak are dramatic, writes gasworld Editorial Advisory Board member Sam A. Rushing.
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Pandemic and the new playbook for business
If you asked six people to define ‘culture’ you would get several different answers, especially today. Is it the mission? Or how people dress for work? Or is the values behind the culture?
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Helium: Covid-19 cuts shortage as demand drops
Global helium markets have been impacted by Covid-19 in several ways, writes Phil Kornbluth as the first instalment of insights and thought leadership from gasworld’s Editorial Advisory Board.
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Biomethane station excellent news for decarbonisation
As a huge biomethane refuelling station (Europe’s largest) connects into Cadent’s network, Cadent’s Sustainable Transport Strategy Manager David Jones explains here why it’s such an important step on the road to net zero.
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Coronavirus: A reminder of the benefits of digitisation
As businesses and leaders, the time is now to trust, empower and embolden our people, and to unlock and leverage the innovative technologies available to us, writes Rob Cockerill.
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A message from the editor
We knew 2020 would be a significant year for our industry, for you. None of us could have foreseen, however, quite what a significant year this would prove to be for all the wrong reasons. At gasworld, we are here and more committed than ever before to supporting you through ...
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Coronavirus – Questions, caution and new learnings
There are still a great many questions to be answered with Covid-19, much to be learned about the virus, and arguably more to be learned about its containment. There are understandably questions too for our industry, writes Rob Cockerill.
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Autonomous technology can mitigate the business impact of coronavirus
The coronavirus has exposed the soft underbelly of critical infrastructure and industrial sites worldwide – workforce availability. As more and more companies implement business continuity plans to deal with the outbreak, fewer and fewer employees are able to fully function.
