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...
As gasworld readers well know, there are a range of applications where the presence of oxygen is both desirable and crucial (for example in the medical sector or in steel production) but there are also...
Gases, especially technical gases, are in use both day and night – literally everywhere. They play a decisive role in almost all industrial sectors and the role of gas analysis and control is, therefore, just...
There are those who think Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subset of technologies called Machine Learning (ML), are simply new ways to do the old things. There are others who think AI, especially Machine Learning,...
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...
Jim Appledorn could not mark his retirement after 43 years with Lincoln Electric as he wished due to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, so had to make do with a virtual send-off.
As I write this in early June 2020, the world is still reeling from coronavirus (Covid-19), but with the initial economic shock behind us, companies are finding ways to work in the new normal. Below...
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic, digital technology has become our lifeline and link to continuing business. We’ve all had to become familiar with the ins and outs of new technologies to keep moving forward, and...
Automation companies are reporting more interest in their cobots, which they claim are a solution to the restrictions and challenges created by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
As the compressed gas industry continues to adapt to the “new normal” of doing business today, it’s no surprise that gas suppliers and distributors continue to face a host of unanswered questions as they adjust...
