August 22, 2007
Articles
Gases & Welding Distributors 2nd Annual Distributor Benchmark Survey
Gases & Welding Distributor successfully sent out emails between April 17 and May 8 emails to distributors ask to participate in our annual industry survey....
Gas prices out of control?
It should be no surprise to anyone in the gas distribution business, but the hobbyist welders at the weldingweb.com (www.weldingweb.com) were shocked...
Welding on YouTube.com
The popular Internet site YouTube (www.youtube.com) has nearly 3,000 videos posted to it on welding. Some of the welding processes shown are commonplace...
Welding Magazine website topics
The Welding magazine Internet site (www.weldingmag.com) has a variety of topics dedicated specifically to distributors, including Business Issues for...
Airgas acquires Linde Gas USA, Lehner & Martin and National Welders Supply
Airgas, Inc. (www.airgas.com) completed its acquisition of Linde Gas USA LLC, and with it most of the U.S. packaged gas business of Linde AG. The acquisition...
Arsenault opens Technology Center in West Chester, Pa.
Arsenault Associates (www.arsenault.biz), a developer of fleet maintenance management software, has opened a new Technology and Development Center in...
Bystronic Inc. signs distributor in Canada
Bystronic Inc. (www.bystronic.com) signed Elliott-Matsuura Canada Inc. in Oakville, Ont., as its regional distributor, effective in April. Elliott-Matsuura...
Concoa opens manufacturing center in Europe
Concoa (www.concoa.com) has opened a manufacturing plant in Utrecht, Netherlands, to serve its customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The plant...
North Safety Products develops protection equipment guide
North Safety Products (www.northsafety.com) has developed a selection guide for its respiratory protection equipment and chemical handling gloves. The...
American Weldquip names president
Howard Fisher has been named president of American Weldquip Inc. Fisher was given responsibility for the company's operations, engineering, sales, marketing...
FIBA Technologies appoints corporate safety officer
FIBA Technologies, Inc. (www.fibatech.com) has named Carl Gordon as its corporate safety officer, with responsibility for safety programs at all of the...
New president for Airgas Great Lakes
Airgas, Inc., (www.airgas.com) appointed Kevin M. McBride named president of Airgas Great Lakes. Airgas Great Lakes is headquartered in Cleveland, and...
Praxair acquires Mills Welding
Praxair Distribution, Inc., a subsidiary of Praxair Inc. (www.praxair.com) has acquired Mills Welding & Specialty Gases (www.weldweb.com), a Buffalo,...
Scott Specialty Gases increases prices for gases and cylinders
Scott Specialty Gases (www.scottgas.com) announced in late May that it would implement a percentage price increase, effective June 1 for all of its specialty...
Second annual GWD industry survey
We are presenting our second annual survey of gases and welding distributors, We conducted the survey from April 17 through May 8, and had a great response...
Acme Cryogenics Inc.
Acme Cryogenics Inc. (www.acmecryo.com) has added a flash-loss reduction system FillMaxx to its product line for use when filling cryogenic liquid cylinders....
Advanced Specialty Gas Equipment
Advanced Specialty Gas Equipment (www.asge-online.com) has developed point-of-use-delivery panels for gases. The company's P-Series panels are designed...
BOC Edwards
BOC Edwards (www.bocedwards.com) has introduced a new HT20B diffusion pump for light and heavy-duty industrial applications. The new pump has a high pumping...
Cyl-Tec Inc.
Cyl-Tec Inc. (www.cyl-tec.com) has introduced a Cylinder Scanning System that uses immersion technology to ultrasonically inspect high-pressure gas cylinders....
FIBA Technologies Inc.
FIBA Technologies Inc. (www.fibatech.com) has introduced seamless, steel ASME-coded pressure vessels with an operating pressure of 8,000 psi that are...
Fire-Lite Alarms Inc.
Fire-Lite Alarms Inc. (www.firelite.com) has introduced distributed audio and zone splitter panels for it ACC-25/50 and ACC-50ZS audio evacuation products....
GOW-MAC Instrument Co.
GOW-MAC Instrument Co. (www.gow-mac.com) provides replacement thermal conductivity detectors (TCDs) for the Varian 3800 gas chromatograph (GC), as well...
Honeywell Analytics
Honeywell Analytics (www.honeywellanaltyics.com) has added various infrared cartridge options to its multi-gas Lumidor Impact Pro IR portable gas detector....
Infonetics Inc.
Infonetics Inc. (www.infonetx.com) has introduced two signature capture devices for use in welding supply and industrial gas retail facilities. With Infopad,...
Parker Hannifin Corp.
Parker Hannifin Corp. (www.parker.com) has introduced the compact Balston IT series membrane air dryers that deliver dry, compressed air at a dewpoint...
SAFEPIK
SAFEPIK (www.safepik.com) has announced the availability of the Safpik safety system designed to improve lift truck order picker operations and warehouses...
