Gases & Welding Distributor articles from September 2000

Gases & Welding Distributor archives from September 2000

E-Legal or Illegal?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Much has been written in this column concerning the Internet. Whether you perceive the Net as a tool, as an opportunity, or as a potential threat to your business, there are many issues of importance to the business community that are beginning...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA, brought on-stream, the world's largest helium liquefier at its Liberal, KS, helium purification/liquefaction facility. Processing well over 600 million standard cubic feet per year (SCFY) of...

Praxair Inc.(Intersil Corporation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Praxair Inc., Danbury, CT, was chosen as a Supplier of the Year for the second year in a row by Intersil, Palm Bay, FL. Intersil provides semiconductor expertise to enable integrated voice, data and video communications systems.

[0] BOC Gases.(signed contract with Wheeling-Nisshin Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... BOC Gases, Murray Hill, NJ, has won a long-term contract to supply 25 tons-per-day of nitrogen via pipeline to the Wheeling-Nisshin plant in Follansbee, WV. The contract is valued in excess of $4 million. The gas will be sourced from BOC's air...

Valley National Gases.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Valley National Gases, Wheeling, WV, reported net earnings for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000 increased 11.2 percent to $3.6 million compared to $3.2 million for the previous year. Net earnings for the quarter increased 100 percent to...

Rollins Leasing Corp.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Rollins Leasing Corp., Wilmington, DE, has opened a new branch in Kennesaw, GA. The new branch will serve customer's in Marietta, Kennesaw, Ackworth, Cartersville, Woodstock, Roswell, and Alpharetta.

Hydrogen Burner Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Hydrogen Burner Technology Inc., Rancho Dominguez, CA, has been awarded a grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for a hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell powered vehicles. The refueling system is being installed at the...

Mathey Dearman.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Mathey Dearman, Tulsa, OK, has purchased Porte-Mill Tool, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The acquisition adds the Porte-Mill line of end prep machines for pipe welding applications to the firm's lineup of pipefitting machines.

Rego Cryo-Flow.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Rego Cryo-Flow, Burlington, NC, has established a warehouse facility, ECI Rego, in Monterey, CA, to provide cryogenic valves, regulators, and relief valves in Mexico. The firm also named International Technisystems Ltd. as its authorized...

Unitek Miyachi Corp.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Unitek Miyachi Corp., Monrovia, CA, announced the formation of Unitek Miyachi International Ltd. (UMI), a corporate holding company to oversee planning, global product and market integration, product development, corporate finance and...

Genesis Systems Group.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, IA, earned the Capital Equipment Supplier of the Year Award from American Axel & Manufacturing (AAM) for the installation of Versa System 4M robotic welding workcells at four AAM facilities. Genesis was awarded...

HTG Thermal Treatment Center.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... HTG Thermal Treatment Center, Cleveland, OH, a HI TecMetal Group facility has maintained its QS-9000 registration. QS-9000 is a set of high quality standards developed by automotive manufacturers.

Web Wise.
September 1, 2000... Matheson Tri-Gas, Montgomeryville, PA, has a new section on its website, www.mathesontrigas.com/special offering discounts on gas regulators, detectors, flow meters, filters and purifiers, gages, valves, cylinder scales, and publications. ...

Air Products Forms Buying Council.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA, announced the formation of the Alliance of Air Products Distributors (AAPD), a buying council aimed at assisting its distributors with cost-effective procurement of welding and cutting products...

Program Assists In Selling Laser Gas Delivery Systems.(Controls Corporation of America)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Controls Corporation of America (CONCOA) Virginia Beach, VA, has launched a multi-faceted program involving training, software, and the Internet -- all aimed at assisting distributors in selling complex laser gas delivery systems. The...

AGA Gas to Supply Fenton Art Glass.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... AGA Gas Inc., Cleveland, OH, has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen to Fenton Art Glass, Williamstown,WV, for its melting furnaces. Fenton operates nine furnaces, six are fired with AGA oxy-fuel burners and systems and a seventh is...

A Look Back!(National Welding Supply Association)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... By the time you read this article, our 56th Annual Convention in Maui will be history, and the NWSA will have elected a new President. Over the past year, I have used this column to get people thinking about how they can better plan to...

Here's What's Hot: Looking at Welding Equipment.
September 1, 2000... At the AWS Welding Show last April, GWD editors sought out products of interest to welding distributors. Here's a review of those that cought our eye. Late in the month of April the American Welding Society (AWS) welcomed more than 20,000...

Part Two of a Two Part Series: Russian Ventures, Markets Gained: Airgas-Norpac Explores Opportunities Overseas.
September 1, 2000... In the second and final installment GWD looks at Airgas-Norpac's entry into the new frontier of a "born again" Russia. Alaska-based Airgas-Norpac has boldly gone where no gas and welding distributor as gone before -- the new Russian...

GTAW Welding -- Why Torches Matter.(gas tungsten arc welding)
September 1, 2000... Innovations in torch design can enhance the productivity and quality of GTAW welding operations. Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), also known as tungsten inert gas, or TIG, welding developed during World War II to join hard-to-weld alloys...

Part I: Traditional Marketing Must Change.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Traditional marketing and selling have dominated the selling process for years. Distributors have succeeded with face-to-face selling, supplemented by subsequent phone orders and walk-in business. Yet today a question hovers in the air: Is this...

Keep on Plowing: Proven Oxyfuel Makes the Cut.(cutting process)
September 1, 2000... The repair team at J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc. relies on the oxyfuel cutting process for shop and field work to maintain construction buckets, crane booms, trucks, and fiber-optic cable installation equipment. Many companies look for...

Right from the Start: Advanced Cylinder Tracking.(use of transponders)
September 1, 2000... Transponder-based cylinder tracking technology provides a startup distributorship with a much needed competitive edge. When Dave Melo scratch-started Baker's Welding Supply in Bakersfield; CA, he decided to adopt a strategy that exploited...

Boosting Feed-Gas Stream Safety.(unsafe gas mixtures)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Feed gas streams to by-product carbon dioxide ([CO.sub.2]) plants can become contaminated with high levels of hydrocarbons and oxygen (or air) when a process upset occurs at the feed-gas source. This can result in a potential for fire and/or...

BOC Offers Enhanced Cylinder Control.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Boc Gases offers an enhanced version of its Advanced Cylinder Control System, ACCS 2.0. The system uses a hand-held device to scan bar codes and mariage deliveries and cylinder inventories on customer sites. The upgrade makes ACCS reports...

Mini Bulk, Liquid Cylinder Regulator.(from Rego Cryo-Flow Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The LCR Series liquid cylinder regulator is ideal for line pressure control of cryogenic liquid cylinders and mini-bulk systems. Brass regulator copes with cryogenic temperatures and comes in ready-to-attach varieties for oxygen, inert, or...

Engraved ID Tags Add Personal Touch.(cylinder identification)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 1, 2000... Firm adds a personal touch to its liquid cylinder repair offering custom engraved owners identification tag made of stainless steel. Tags, welded on the handling post of customer's liquid cylinders, state "Property of the welding distributor"...

GIR Q&A.(pressure regulators)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... What is the difference between a two-stage pressure regulator and a single-stage model? A two-stage pressure regulator reduces the inlet pressure in two steps. In the first stage the high pressure gas is reduced to a pre-set intermediate...

Onsite Hydrogen Supply Cuts Customers Costs, Boosts Distributor's Business.
September 1, 2000... Distributors typically earn the bulk of their gas revenues serving consumers requiring cylinders. Startup companies, users requiring portability of supply, customers with infrequent needs, or those starting a new process or plant typically need...

AIR LIQUIDE GROUP.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... AIR LIQUIDE GROUP, Paris, France -- Pierre Dufour, chief executive officer of Air Liquide America Corporation and chairman of Air Liquide Canada.

BOC Gases.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... BOC Gases, Murray Hill, NJ -- Dick Grant, chief executive of BOC's process gas solution business, was named member of the board of directors of the BOC Group plc, based in London, England; Ned Galbally, senior vice president, global operations,...

DALLAS INDUSTRIES, INC.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... DALLAS INDUSTRIES, INC., Troy, MI -- Sam Manzella, sales.

GENESIS SYSTEMS GROUP.(Sam Strazzanti)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... GENESIS SYSTEMS GROUP, Davenport, IA -- Sam Strazzanti, sales manager, Cleveland Regional Office.

NATIONAL-STANDARD COMPANY.(Brendan Bute)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... NATIONAL-STANDARD COMPANY, Niles, MI--Brendan Bute, district sales manager, welding products.

NATIONAL WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY.(Rick Smith)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... NATIONAL WELDERS SUPPLY COMPANY, Charlotte, NC--Rick Smith, vice president of planning and technology.

PRAXAIR INC.(Wayne J. Yakich)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... PRAXAIR INC., Danbury, CT--Wayne J. Yakich, president of Praxair Distribution, Inc.

SCOTT SPECIALTY GASES.(Leanne Merz)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... SCOTT SPECIALTY GASES, Plumsteadville, PA -- Leanne Merz, director of e-Business.

SERVOMEX.
September 1, 2000... SERVOMEX, Norwood, MA -- Robert Wang, president of Servomex Co., Inc., a subsidiary of Servomex Group Limited.

WALL COLMONOY CORP.
September 1, 2000... WALL COLMONOY CORP., Madison Heights, MI -- Dr. S. Rangaswamy, director of marketing and sales.

Reducing the Potential For Terrorism.(how the industrial gas industry can take steps to help prevent terrorism)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The potential for international terrorism is again gaining the attention of public officials and law enforcement professionals. Terrorist attacks similar to the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City a few years ago are not beyond...

NAW Set For Satellite Broadcast.
September 1, 2000... The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) has set November 1, 2000, as the date of its next nationwide satellite broadcast. The 2 1/2 hour program titled, "Success on the Internet: Real World Strategies for...

Ozone-Enriched Sanitation System Cuts Costs.(from Air Liquide America Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Air Liquide America Corp., Houston, TX, has developed an ozone-enriched cold water system that provides food processing plants with an environmentally-friendly alternative to hot water, chlorinated water, and harsh chemical surface sanitation...

Praxair Opens Spec Gas Plant in China.(Praxair Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Praxair (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd., has opened a specialty gas plant in the Kunshan economic and technical development zone, Jiangsu Province. The plant will provide specialty gases to...

Esab Active In Canada and Sweden.(Esab Welding and Cutting Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Esab Welding & Cutting Products' Canada Division opened a new distribution center for specialty welding alloys in Edmonton, Alberta. The center will supply Western Canadian customers and distributors with a full range of specialty filler metals...

Heico Holdings to Acquire National-Standard.(Heico Holdings Inc., National-Standard Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Heico Holdings Inc., Chicago, IL, and National-Standard Company, Niles, MI, have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement providing for Heico to acquire all of the outstanding shares of National-Standard (N-S) common...

World Orgs Sign Aluminum Accord.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The Aluminum Association, Washington, D.C., and 16 other national and regional aluminum organizations worldwide signed an accord for an International Designation System for Unalloyed Aluminum. The signing organizations agreed to use the same...

GTAW Power Sources for Orbital Welding.(gas-tungsten-arc welding power sources)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Eight-page, four color brochure describes the PS family of orbital gas-tungsten-arc welding power sources. Includes four power sources in a variety of current ranges. Features multi-language programming capability, integrated program library...

Robotic Arc Welding Designed for Large Workpiece.(Motoman Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... FabWorld II GS, modular design for large workpiece welding, offers a flexible approach to configuring robotic welding for low to medium volume manufacturing with a medium to high mix of parts. Unit consists of a six-axis Motoman robot and XRL...

Oxy-Fuel Products Offered.(from Esab Welding and Cutting Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Gas Apparatus Catalog offers selection of Oxweld and Purox welding and cutting models, Prest-O-Lite Oxy-Acetylene, air-gas units, Swirljet tips and torch handles, air-acetylene kits and air-LP kits. Plus torches, heads and cutting attachments,...