There was much trepidation and speculation surrounding the hydrogen economy. Doubters questioned if the public would embrace it; and would companies be able to provide the investment required to establish it?
Whether a large shipyard or in a small steel fabricating shop, there is a common need for welding gases that are delivered and stored in cylinders. From a basic high-pressure cylinder to a large bulk...
Summer 2014 saw In Focus… analyse the trends in the cylinder filling sector and found automation to be the driving force in this business of late.
The Globally Harmonised System of Classification and labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is certainly the most significant and comprehensive change in labelling requirements to affect both the cryogenic and compressed gas industry in recent memory.
The Eurozone is in crisis – again. Or at least it is until the latest economic recovery plan from the European Central Bank (ECB) has been declared a success.
Industry today is under unprecedented pressure to continually improve efficiencies and contain costs, while maintaining high levels of safety.
Inspecting and testing high pressure cylinders and tubes on board a ship as it crossed the Atlantic was the latest assignment for Chesterfield Special Cylinders’ (CSC) global Integrity Management team, which prides itself on saving...
The conception and subsequent production of gas filling plants are by no means a simple business. There are a lot of ‘low-level’ usages (single cylinder filling) for which a standard-solution is enough, but larger and...
Product Safety is clearly something that concerns everyone in the industrial gases business. It’s the very glue that holds all the various components of our business together – providing the strength to perform and the...
As reported in last month’s issue of gasworld magazine, the slide of the brent crude oil price (per barrel) continues to dominate the news headlines of the new year.
