For four generations, the Haun family has been a major supplier of welding and industrial gas products, training, and repair for Upstate New York, Western and Northern Vermont, and Northern Pennsylvania. Haun Welding Supply’s 16 stores are...
Five years ago, one US distributor of gas and welding supplies, as part of their strategic planning, decided to examine the potential value of Continuous Improvement (CI) to increase operating income, gain higher margins and market share in an already...
TWI (www.twi.co.uk), with headquarters in Cambridge, England, and offices around the world, is a global leader in technology engineering, research, and consultancy and has been involved in underwater welding research for the marine, offshore, and oil and gas industries for over...
When, one by one, the miners trapped in Chile were finally hoisted slowly to the surface in a specially designed escape capsule, they were breathing oxygen supplied by four Luxfer L7X one cubic-meter cylinders, donated by Indura, a...
More than 1,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Conference (formerly the National Hydrogen Association Conference & Expo) which will be held in the Washington D.C. area, February 13–16, 2011. This event, like the NHA...
CryoGas International: 2010 was certainly a remarkable year for your nation. Chile suffered a devastating earthquake in February. The nation then faced the ordeal of a collapsed mine that trapped 33 men below ground for over two months. The...
Business owners and managers can never ignore the bottom line. It represents the definitive snapshot of how well a company is doing in a given point in time. While this measure provides an easy-to-understand statistic on how well your business...
The Linde Group (www.linde.com), a world leading gases and engineering company operating in more than 100 countries, has large and widespread operations that require a well-run maintenance program. As such, Linde is no stranger to advanced monitoring techniques like the online monitoring...
Traumatic events can happen in the blink of an eye. On a work day, an explosion that could be seen and heard for fifty (50) miles occurred in a chemical company, a Comprehensive EAP client. Miraculously, everyone survived with no...
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) describes a process by charting the materials and information flow of a product or a service along a value chain. Part of Lean Thinking, VSM is a business practice that aims to eliminate waste. This processes was...
