We are six months away from the “new world” of health insurance. On January 1, 2014, many of the major provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) go into effect, including the Individual Mandate and the Employer...
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are numerous, varied, and ubiquitous, emanating mostly from industrial plants, although the natural world also emits a measure of naturally occurring chemical compounds. The risks associated with industrial VOCs are complicated by the fact that hazardous concentrations are...
August 28, 2011 was a day none of us at Hypertherm will forget and one that our Community Service Time program was designed for. It was the day Hurricane Irene, by then a tropical storm, hit our community in the...
For many years now, aluminum has been successfully recycled on an industrial scale. The scrap metal is simply melted and used to make new products such as car bodies. Although recycling conserves natural resources, standard combustion processes offer room for improvement....
At the Norco, Inc. (norco-inc.com) gas filling plant located in Boise, ID gas filling has taken on a whole new meaning. This 53,000 sq. ft. automated facility employing nearly 50 people has been in operation now for about threeand- one-half...
Lean Thinking is a philosophy of “No Waste.” It calls for a hundred small improvements every day rather than a major overhaul once a year. It is a concept based on making systemwide improvements to bring your customer greater product...
The healthcare market for the industrial gas industry is characterized by gas producers and distributors that supply oxygen, nitrous oxide, anesthesia gases, special mixtures, and related services. An array of new gases, related equipment, and healthcare technologies, including a broadening...
Construction Week reported that the industrial divison of Qatar’s Buzwair has signed a contract to build a cryogenic gas separating plant at Sur, Oman with the UAE based Sun Metals a commercial scale scrap metal...
The UK’s thriving manufacturing industry was a “key driver”, for the ENERGAS and ENGWELD deal, due to a 2.2% growth in 2011 – which represents 11.5% of GDP.
Premium Engineering announces the completion of the construction of a nitrogen plant and the commissioning of a KDON-750-800/30Y air separation plant at the Talakan oil and gas field in the Republic of Sakha, in Yakutia...
