Asia-Pacific – a land of opportunities, a hot bed of activity and what seems to be an ever-growing playground for industrial gas companies across the globe who are looking to invest in this dynamic, yet...
After three years of significant shortages, the global helium business now finds itself in a state of over-supply. Some estimates suggest that the entry of new capacity in the market in late 2013 and early...
The global helium market may have been in a state of over-supply in 2014, but as our previous feature explains, that does not spell the end of fragilities in the helium supply chain. Nor are...
Helium, as we are all too well aware, has typically been a gas in demand. By geography, the greatest demand for helium comes from the US (36%), while Asia (28%) and Europe (22%) are the...
In the final In Focus… of 2014 the feature addresses cryogenic pumps in the usual format you have all probably grown accustomed to – asking the companies in this sector what the growth drivers and...
Recent years have seen an inexorable move towards electronic and bar code tagging and tracking of cylinders among many distribution companies.
Mack Valves is an Australian-based cryogenic, LNG and industrial gas valve manufacturer. The company also has a dedicated water distribution industry and defence valves division.
When it comes to market shortages, one gas has very much been the centre of attention in recent years – helium. Shortages of helium have dominated our headlines as various production outages, coupled with a...
Smartphones and other sophisticated mobile devices have taken the world by storm – fundamentally changing the way many of us interact and work every day. People can now carry a small, relatively inexpensive powerful computing...
The costs to distribute air gases and carbon dioxide (CO2) in bulk by road, rail or sea are a considerable part of the total costs of ownership for an air gas company.
