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BREAKING NEWS

 August/September 2008
Pricing Keeps Up as Raw Material
and Energy Costs Escalate

Lead News

Waste Not, Want Not:
Creating Operating Efficiencies

By Paul Matlock and Al Coulter

Asset Utilization:
More Important Today than Ever Before

By Ashley Madray

Handling & Storage of
High Pressure Gas Cylinders

By Bob Yeoman

Veite Cryogenic Equipment and Service:
A Leader in Gas Delivery Systems

By Thomas J. Harmon

Storms Buffet Cylinder Marketplace:
Exchange Rate & Innovations Help

By Richard A. Harris

Two Suppliers Team Up —
Bring Modular Telemetry to MicroBulk

By Timothy A. Neeser

Sizing Up the US Distributor Type Business
By Maura D. Garvey

Non-Cryogenic Gas Separation:
New Life for More Temperate Technologies

By CryoGas International

The On-Site Non-Cryogenic System
By Thomas Roland and Paul Booth

Wall Street Views

By Fred Siemer

Energy Initiatives:
Tiny Wires Have Big Impact

By Christine E. Turley

Blue Stacks Company Ltd. to Represent DataOnline in Thailand.

August 27th, 2008 – Blue Stacks Company Ltd. of Bangkok, has agreed to represent DataOnline products and services in Thailand. According to Robert Barnacle, DataOnline President, Blue Stacks comes highly recommended and has extensive industrial gas, petrochemical and chemical industry experience. Full story: www.dataonline.com


Praxair to Seek DOE Funding for Oxy-Coal Project

August 25, 2008 – Praxair, Inc., working with others, will submit a proposal to the US Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Power Initiative, to demonstrate technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired electricity-generating plants. The project would be the first of its kind in the US. Full story: www.praxair.com


Linde to Supply German Solar Corporation High Purity Gases

August 21, 2008 Inventux Technologies AG, the Berlin-based thin-film solar module manufacturer, has contracted Linde Nippon Sanso to provide the full range of high purity gases used in manufacturing at their new Berlin plant. The contract includes the long-term supply of bulk and cylinder gases. Full story: www.linde.com


Norco, Inc. Welcomes Expansion

August 18, 2008 – Norco, Inc., the nation’s largest privately owned welding, safety and medical supply company headquartered out of Boise, Idaho, has announced the majority-share purchase of Gases Plus, a welding and industrial supply company based in Wyoming with 140 employees and 14 locations. Full story: www.norco-inc.com


TW CYLINDERS ANNOUNCES REINSTATEMENT OF SURCHARGES

August 15, 2008 – TW Cylinders LLC, a division of Taylor-Wharton International LLC has reinstated surcharges on all invoices covering acetylene and high pressure cylinder shipments.  The adjustments are the result of direct pass-through of fuel surcharges currently charged by the freight carriers and other suppliers serving Taylor-Wharton. Full story: www.taylorwharton.com


Sherwood Announces Plant Consolidation

August 14, 2008Sherwood Valve LLC, a Division of Taylor-Wharton International, today announced the consolidation of all manufacturing and assembly operations into the Company’s Washington, Pennsylvania and Cleveland, Ohio facilities.  Current production processes at the Niagara Falls, NY factory will be relocated to Washington and Cleveland. Full story: www.sherwoodvalve.com


IN UPCOMING ISSUES OF CRYOGAS INTERNATIONAL

Aug/Sept 2008 brings our Cylinders and Packaged Gases report, with
  • Cylinder and Cylinder Valves
  • Cylinder Safety
  • Packaged Gas Market Report

October 2008 brings our Helium and Tube Trailers & ISOs issue, with

  • Helium Market Update
  • Tube Trailers & ISO Containers
  • Gas Blenders
  • Business Report: Middle East

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