In the US, national healthcare expenditures (NHE) grew at 5.8% and reached $3.2 trillion in 2015, representing 17.8% of GDP. NHE are expected to reach nearly $5.5 trillion by 2025 (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
A while back, I wrote a column titled “If Looks Could Kill.” In it I noted that researchers have found that the three key elements of effective communication carry the following percentages of importance:
Raimy describes the highlights of his term as President of GAWDA, and shares his thoughts on the changing dynamics in the US distributor business as a whole.
Over my past few publications for gasworld I have skirted around the overall theme of the current article. That is because, in recent years, gas receptacles’ users have taken all the earlier concerns regarding the safety...
It’s been a year of dramatic change and growth for Paris-based Air Liquide, and especially for its North American-based subsidiary, Air Liquide USA.
Independent welding and gas distributors in the US have been discussing “disruption” in our industry for some time. In fact, under Bill Visintainer’s leadership in 2016, how to deal with disruption was a major focus...
After a relatively inactive two years where these gases are concerned, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is again focusing its attention on medical gas requirements.
After making a presentation on the topic at the Savannah, GA, Gases and Welding Distributors Association’s Spring Management Conference in April 2016, we wrote an article for the August 2016 issue of CryoGas International titled,...
Seamless steel and welded high-pressure (HP) cylinders are found everywhere, but they often go unseen or unnoticed. They do the work in the background, supplying the gases and liquids crucial to the beat of the...
Saudi Arabia and its allies (UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, and the Maldives) imposed a land and sea blockade on Qatar that began June 5 and was then complicated by the June 23 list of 13...
