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Small independent distributors are increasingly finding it difficult to compete in the hardgoods sector. They're being squeezed by vendors and end users while facing relentless competition from huge distributorships. To [...]

With annual sales of 1.8 billion and a network of almost 800 locations, Airgas, Inc. ranks as the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, welding and safety [...]

ANDREW MORRISON, CFO OF American Science and Engineering Inc., passed away in August at the age of 52, a year after joining the $70 million I manufacturer of X-ray detection [...]

Haun Welding Supply, Syracuse NY, has grown by 44 percent over the last 5 years by stressing quality service and diversifying its base of industrial gas customers. Though economic times [...]

The operations and management of Ridgeway Petroleum Corp of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, are discussed in detail by executive Walter B. Ruck. The company is involved in the Canadian energy sector.

Excitement bristles in the air at Team One Technologies, Romeoville, IL. Despite the prevailing winds of the economy the firm, founded January 12, 2001, by president Peter Kenny and vice [...]

The US specialty chemicals industry is discussed by several industry observers and executives in confidential communications.

GWD: How did you and your firm first learn of the attack on September 11? RFD: I had been conducting a sales meeting when one of our employees interrupted us [...]

For managers who believe the U.S. and Japan have a monopoly on management best practices, France and the Netherlands sport some surprising examples. More surprising yet, Poland does, too. EXECUTIVES [...]

Air Products and Chemicals (AP; Allentown, PA) has long been considered the class act of the industrial gases industry. Well-rounded management, an emphasis on technology, and solid earnings from long-term [...]

The operations and management of NuCo2 Inc of Stuart, FL, are described in detail by president and CEO Michael E. Dedomenico. The company supplies the fountain beverage industry with liquid carbon dioxide systems.

This article examines the products and business operations of industrial gases and specialty chemicals producer Air Products and Chemicals Inc., including the company's abandoned plan to acquire United Kingdom's BOC. Air Products reported $5.02 billion in sales and $794 million in operating profits in 1999.

The music-loving, frontierless Frenchman knows the global score. His well-orchestrated, dynamic strategy is widening BOC's horizons. The BOC Group chauffeur who collected me from Woking station could have been on […]

Air Products seeks to power its sustainability strategy with innovative solutions WHEN YOU think of 'green,' industrial gases hardly comes to the forefront. But to enable the development of energy-efficient [...]

By Jennifer Oredson Service vehicle companies collaborate, invent safe truck Competitors are usually as willing to cooperate with each other as the Hatfields are to sit down to Sunday dinner [...]

BOC has agreed to defer until April 1 its proposal to charge community pharmacists rental on oxygen cylinders following a meeting with PSNC. BOC will also defer its settlement proposal [...]

Don't you wish your stockbroker could guarantee you a 30 percent or better return on your money year after year? If that were the case, you'd be crazy not to [...]

Inexperienced buyers and sellers of propane businesses often lose interest in the details of the transaction once they have signed the letter of intent or term sheet that outlines the [...]

Praxair Inc. plans to build two hydrogen plants along its Gulf Coast pipeline system in response to an increased demand for hydrogen by refining customers. Combined estimated capacity of the [...]

It would be difficult to begin this editorial without mentioning the tragic events of September 11th in New York and Washington. Since then the world has been on tenterhooks waiting [...]

People won't embrace hydrogen fuel cell technology until they understand what it is and why it will change how energy is produced and used, says Skip Staats of the National [...]

In October 2000 Air Liquide America, Houston, TX, made the startling announcement that it intended to initiate a massive selloff of retail stores and simultaneously launch a new independent distributor-focused [...]

The executive board of Linde AG is combining the divisions of Industrial Gases and Engineering and Contracting into one functional area under the guidance of Linde AG. The company intends [...]

Jack Dean is looking to the future with his new hydrogen energy startup company, so far ahead he doesn't expect to be alive when hydrogen becomes the major fuel source [...]

Pinnacle West explores hydrogen gas as future energy source Pinnacle West Capital Corp. has struck a deal it hopes will help cut down on the amount of harmful pollutants in [...]

Linde plans to combine its industrial gases and engineering and contracting divisions, and bring the merged entity under the management control of the Linde board by year-end. Both businesses currently [...]

LED BY PRAXAIR's CoJet gas injection system, industrial gas producers are targeting the mature steel industry with renewed vigor with the development of new technology for the integrated steel market. [...]

AGA Gas has a new name: AGA Gas Inc., Member of the Linde Gas Group. The new identity combines two names in industrial gases, Linde Gas AG of Germany and [...]

Alloy-Oxygen prepares for transition of power Joseph Mammarelli, owner of South Side-based Alloy-Oxygen and Welding Supply Co. Inc., built his business through hard work and long days. Now he is [...]

AIR LIQUIDE has started operations at a cylinder filling plant at Westlake, LA. The company has closed an older plant adjacent to the site. Air Liquide says the 10,000-sq-ft facility [...]

BOC Group has reorganized its operations into five segments instead of three. They comprise process gas solutions, industrial and special products, BOC Edwards for vacuum technology, Afrox hospitals and distribution [...]

Utilities and oil and gas companies see synergies in providing industrial Services. THE ABORTIVE attempt by Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, the French energy, water and waste services provider, to forge [...]

Over a fifty-three year span this Boise-based distributorship grew from two stores earning $600,000 to 39 stores yielding just under $100 million. Here's a look at how they did it. [...]

MESSER (FRANKFURT) SAYS IT IS PREPARing to sell assets that account for about 30% of the company's sales, estimated at DM3.5 billion ($1.7 billion), last year. The sale is part [...]

HCFCs Still Look Like U.S. Refrigerant of Choice. ATLANTA, GA -- The same message came from virtually all the major refrigerant manufacturers: In air conditioning applications, HCFC-22 remains the refrigerant [...]

Blue Rhino has established itself as the industry's leader in cylinder exchange, and the new state-of-the-art automated tank facility it built with Manchester Tank and Equipment Co. is ensuring it [...]

The Mini Cryo Pump system provides efficient delivery of high-volume, high-pressure nitrogen and argon gas for lasers and other high-pressure equipment. Designed for use with a standard-pressure cryogenic storage tank, [...]

Here's a view of long-range spending strategies, including new technologies and proper hydrogen management In the long term, refiners need to keep two things in mind. First, a refinery won't [...]