Features

Rob Cockerill and Phil Kornbluth present the view on where’s hot and getting hotter in the global helium business in 2024.

Despite a downturn in 2023, material demand and market growth are on the rise, observes TECHCET CA LLC, an advisory services firm expert in market analysis and business development of electronic markets and supply-chains for the...

2023 was a transitional year in helium in many ways, with Helium Shortage 4.0 continuing throughout, but with several signs that the global picture in helium production is poised to take on a new complexion...

New packaging materials and an endless stream of newly devised fresh-food products mean that the landscape in preserving fresh food with gas mixes is always in flux. Christian Annesley caught up with a food-tech expert...

It has been a bumpy ride of late in the semiconductor industry, with supply chain disruptions that started with the pandemic in 2020 still rippling through the industry in 2023. 

As transport decarbonizes, innovation in fuels is on the agenda.

When the owner of an independent industrial gas distributor is thinking about succession or a sale, it can be complicated. Many don’t want to give up the values of the family business or lose something...

This much we know: hydrogen is crucial to our energy future and a growing part of the picture in industrial gases from here. So, as we look ahead in 2024, and towards those key energy-transition...

David Hurren, BCGA President, looks back on some pioneering initiatives in the last 12 months, which set the foundations for an exciting year ahead.

The role of cement and concrete in adding to greenhouse gases is well understood, but alternative production involving carbon dioxide sequestration, and sometimes more, is making headway. Christian Annesley surveys progress