Gases & Welding Distributor articles from January 2007

Gases & Welding Distributor archives from January 2007

Use a dashboard to drive your business: the Gases & Welding Distributor Survey gives you hard numbers for gauging success.(Benchmark)
January 1, 2007... Every business operator has a collection of indicators that tell the operator approximately how well the business is running. The collection might include seat-of-the-pants indicators such as how full or empty the inventory shelves are, or...

A new look for gases & welding distributor.(Viewpoint)
January 1, 2007... This issue of Gases & Welding Distributor is different from our past issues, and carries on the changes we have made to make this magazine more valuable to our readers. We have made Gases & Welding Distributor an integral part of Welding...

Hydrostatic and ultrasonic cylinder tests: the rules.(Gases Industry)
January 1, 2007... The U.S. Department of Transportation requires periodic testing of most gas cylinders to ensure that they do not rupture or fail when the gas inside is compressed. The compressed gas industry uses two types of tests to re-qualify tanks:...

Tank killer: removing gas cylinders from the environment.(Compliance)
January 1, 2007... Jeff Gold found his niche in 1983 addressing a compressed gases market that had very few resources. The Cornell graduate, with a degree in natural resources, had secured a contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers for his new company,...

Taking charge: Airgas has built a leading market position.(Gas Distribution)(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... Airgas, Inc. has acquired complementary companies and operations with $160 million in annual sales so far in fiscal 2007, and it has more acquisitions on the way. The company is at the top of its game, and it's putting its tough business...

Airgas acquires a specialty products business.(News)
January 1, 2007... Airgas Inc. (www.airgas.com) acquired CFC Refimax LLC (www.refimax.com), a refrigerants supplier and reclamation company based in Smyrna, Ga. CFC Refimax has about 50 employees, and generated sales of approximately $21 million in 2006. ...

Sherwood increases prices.(News)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Sherwood, a manufacturer of gas valves for the compressed gas industry and a division of Harsco GasServe (www.harsco.com), increased prices for its line of specialty gas products, effective January 15, 2007. In its announcement, the...

Praxair acquires Blue Rhino assets in Canada.(News)
January 1, 2007... Praxair Distribution (www.praxair. com), a division of Praxair Canada Inc., acquired in early January the propane tank exchange business of Blue Rhino (www.bluerhino.com) in Canada. Praxair acquired more than 900 propane tank-exchange...

Linde to market and distribute fuel cell power plants.(News)
January 1, 2007... Linde Group (www.linde.com) said in early January it made a non-exclusive agreement to market and distribute FuelCell Energy Inc.'s (www.fce.com) Direct FuelCell power plants worldwide, except where Fuel-Cell Energy has already granted...

Correction.(Correction notice)
January 1, 2007... The correct address for Inweld Corporation is: 3962 Portland Street Coplay, PA 18037 Phone (610) 261-1900 Fax (610) 261-0744 (www.inweldcorporation.com)

WEMCO working to make distribution life easier.(One Last Stop)
January 1, 2007... The American Welding Society's Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee is working to make life easier for distributors with a drive toward the standardization of information. A WEMCO subcommittee on information technology is taking a...

Airgas, Inc.(People)
January 1, 2007... Airgas, Inc. (www.airgas.com) has appointed Thomas M. Smyth vice president, controller and chief accounting officer. Smyth's appointment fills the vacancy created when Robert M. McLaughlin was promoted to senior vice president and chief...

Air Liquide America L.P.(People)
January 1, 2007... Air Liquide America L.P. (www.airliquide.com) announced the appointment of Michael Stoddard as director of its ALNET distributor network. Stoddard will report to Air Liquide America L.P. president, Kim Denney. He replaces Richard Murphy, who...

Cyl-Tec, Inc.(People)
January 1, 2007... Kurt G. Wagner has been appointed west coast regional sales manager for Cyl-Tec, Inc. (www.cyl-tec.com). Wagner will cover the northwest and southwest states including Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Western Enterprises.(People)
January 1, 2007... Western Enterprises (www.westernenterprises. com) announced the promotion of Mark J. Blakely to vice president of marketing. Blakely's responsibilities will include sales and marketing for all of Western's product groups.

Tank level gauges.(Products)
January 1, 2007... The 115/116 line of level gauges from Mid-West Instrument Inc. (www.midwestinstrument.com) are suitable for stationary or mobile applications of cryogenic/liquified gases. The company says its gauges feature a dry bellows design that uses...

Air test stand.(Products)
January 1, 2007... A new air test stand to conduct airflow calibrations on gas meters is available from Racine Federated Inc. (www.racinevortex.com). The system has a set of seven sonic nozzles arranged in a common manifold. Each nozzle has its own control valve...

Test bench for hoses.(Products)
January 1, 2007... Maxpro Technologies (www.max protech.com) offers a new test bench for hydrostatic testing of hoses from 100 psi up to 10,000 psi. The 18.5 ft. long bench is equipped with three Maximator air-driven liquid pumps for operation at 100 psi to 400...

Extreme pressure gas supply system.(Products)
January 1, 2007... Chart Industries (www.chartind. com) has introduced a new addition to its Trifecta line of gas supply products. The company's Trifecta XP is a patented, high-flow pressure gas system that Chart says provides a continuous gas supply at delivery...

Kim Denney: President of Air Liquide America L.P.(Three at the Top)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... Q: Considering the consolidation of the industrial gas production industry, what is your outlook for competition in the future? Competition will remain strong in the U.S. I don't see the market being exclusively dominated by any particular...