A new oxygen supply contract and contract extensions demnonstrate strength between the French industrial magnate, Air Liquide and North American metallurgy specialist, Nucor Steel.
Praxair Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. is upgrading several of its facilities in Alberta, Grande Prairie, British Columbia and Dawson Creek. The plans are designed to meet a growth in customer demand, particularly...
Air Liquide Industrial US L.P. has announced that it will build a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) to supply nitrogen to industrial customers, particularly those involved in the oil and gas sector in northwest North...
The silicon specialist, Dow Corning has entered into a long-term supply deal with Air Products in which Dow Corning will provide electronic-grade silane – an essential component used in manufacturing flat panel displays, semiconductors and...
Industrial gas producer Messer (www.messergroup.com) has built an air separation plant, the company’s largest in Europe, in Salzgitter, Germany for approximately EUR 50 million. This plant produces 28,000 Nm3 of oxygen per day, 40,000 Nm3 of nitrogen per day, and...
The separation of air into its simplest components is practiced on an industrial scale using cryogenic distillation in addition to adsorption and membranes. The inputs to an air separation unit (ASU) are air, electrical power, and cooling water. The outputs...
In today’s economy, which has been challenging in most market sectors, business professionals need ways to retain the business they currently enjoy while finding creative ways to profitably grow their business. Chart’s MicroBulk system (www.chart-ind.com) enables industrial gas distributors to provide 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...
Our second annual Best of CryoGas International proved as difficult yet as enjoyable as our first. Poring over a year’s worth of images spoke to our creative sides as we debated the merits of advertisements, graphics,...
