Robert W. Baird and Company (Baird) (rwbaird.com), in partnership with CryoGas International, presents this summary of our most recent quarterly Industrial Gas & Hardgoods Survey. This report looks at responses to questions on revenue, pricing, and hardgoods inventories from 500+ independent distributors and manufacturers with combined annual revenue of approximately $100bn.
It also includes trends from Baird’s broader survey of all distributors, referred to as “Overall,” providing a benchmark for comparing Gases- and Welding Hardgoods-related products with other industrial supply categories. Additionally, this survey includes targeted questions for the Industrial Gas and Welding Hardgoods distributor. This quarter we asked about distributors’ planned level of investment, participation in buying groups, and activity in helium markets.
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