The dominance of oil-based energy, such as gasoline and diesel, has kept the investment in liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure modestly restrained. With recent oil price hikes, reports of new natural gas reserves being discovered, and continued environmental pressure for cleaner-burning...
Over the course of three days in May almost 1,500 equipment manufacturers, technology providers, fleet representatives, and concerned citizens attended the inaugural 2011 Alternative Clean Transportation “ACT” Expo (www. actexpo.com) at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. The...
According to a 2003 report by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US generates approximately 290 million scrap tires annually. Until recently, this large amount of waste has been disposed of in landfills or other types of tire piles....
In this feature we interview Praxair’s James Baughman, about the company’s North American specialty gases business.
Pittcon 2011 remains the year’s key event for anyone who works in the laboratory, Pat Carlucci reports.
Since Air Products (www.airproducts.com) first began locating its industrial gas facilities adjacent to its customers in the 1940s, the concept of “on-site” has typically been associated with bulk gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, or hydrogen. Now, however, for the first time,...
Q1 2011 Results Robert W. Baird and Company (www.rw baird.com) conducts a quarterly survey of over 40,000 US companies in the distribution of industrial products (All Distributors). In 2010, Baird teamed with CryoGas International (www.cryogas.com) to include a large sample...
Since the earliest days of IC (integrated chip) production in Silicon Valley, the IC industry has always had the majority of its fabrication facilities located in seismically active regions. Moreover, it appears that over time, the IC producers and their...
