| JANUARY — PHOTOVOLTAICS |
| Ad close: Friday, November 28, 2008 |
| Worldwide Industrial Gas Market Update: CGI’s Director of Market Research, Maura Garvey, reviews how the seven major global markets that consume industrial gases fared in 2008. The five largest global industrial gas companies also share their outlook for business in 2009. |
| Photovoltaics: Emerging solar power applications have placed new and significant demand on the markets for the gases and related technology and equipment used in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells. |
| Clean Energy and Industrial Gases: Clean and alternative energy is driving the demand for many industrial gas process technologies, some new and some not-so-new. |
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| FEBRUARY — THE HYDROGEN ISSUE |
| Ad close: Friday, January 2, 2009 |
| Focus on Hydrogen: Leading companies discuss hydrogen process technologies and infrastructure developments that support emerging stationary power and initiatives in hydrogen as a transportation fuel. The large and well-established refinery hydrogen market and emerging hydrogen markets are examined. |
| SHOW ISSUE |
| The National Hydrogen Show Issue: The National Hydrogen Association Conference and Hydrogen Exposition, to be held March 30–April 3, 2009 in Columbia, SC, will be previewed in this issue. |
| Pittcon: The premier conference and exposition on laboratory sciences, Pittcon, celebrates 60 years of service to the scientific community. CGI previews the show, to be held March 8–13, 2009, at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL. |
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| MARCH — US INDUSTRIAL GAS MARKETS |
| Ad close: Friday, February 2, 2009 |
| US Industrial Gas Markets: The US is the largest consumer of industrial gases in the world. CGI’s Director of Market Research, Maura Garvey, examines trends in US gas markets and examines the impact of shifts in the overall US economy on the markets for industrial, medical and specialty gases and their related technology and equipment providers. |
| The Argon Market: CGI updates readers on the US Argon Market, a segment that has experienced increased demand in the face of tight supply. |
| Supply Chain: Industry consultants, Paul Matlock and Al Coulter, describe ways in which distributors can optimize profits through rigorous supply chain management. |
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| APRIL — OXYGEN AND NITROGEN MARKETS |
| Ad close: Monday, March 2, 2009 |
| Oxygen and Nitrogen: These gases form the core of the industrial gas industry. Environmental drivers are pushing demand for oxygen and nitrogen in many O2 and N2 markets. CGI examines these markets and the technology, both cryo and non-cryo, that is being configured to serve them. |
| Executive Profile: CGI profiles a leading industrial gas industry executive. |
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MAY — THE CARBON DIOXIDE ISSUE
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| Ad close: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 |
| Carbon Dioxide: CGI examines this gas from all of its 21st century angles. In our CO2 market update, we look at CO2 the climate changer, the captive, the cooler, and the carbonator. With an eye to the future, CryoGas International’s editors also review cutting edge applications for carbon dioxide in its supercritical state. |
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| JUNE — SUSTAINABILITY |
| Ad close: Friday, May 1, 2009 |
| Sustainability: One of the great challenges of sustainability is protecting, or cleaning up, our natural environment without precluding economic development. In this issue, we examine how the drive toward sustainability at the corporate level supports many applications for industrial gases. |
| Hydrogen Conference and Exposition Show Review: CGI reviews the many new and interesting developments in hydrogen technology introduced at the National Hydrogen Association’s US expo. |
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| JULY — THE LATIN AMERICAN ISSUE |
| Ad close: Monday, June 1, 2009 |
| Latin American Business Review: CGI’s Argentinebased correspondent, Eduardo Pelitti, brings readers a first-hand account of economic and industrial gas market trends in the Latin American region. |
| Rare Gases: Industry experts analyze the rare gases market in the US, including trends in production and markets and an outlook for the year ahead. |
| Our Lighter Side: CGI editors look at the unexpected ways industrial gases make summer more enjoyable. |
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| AUGUST/SEPTEMBER — SUPPLY CHAIN |
| Ad close: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
| Electronic Gases: The electronics platform for the industrial gas industry includes a broad range of diverse and sophisticated products. We examine how current economic and market trends are impacting this segment. |
| Specialty Gas Instrumentation: Industry experts share information on the technology and equipment involved in the supply of specialty gases. |
| Supply Chain: Industry consultants, Paul Matlock and Al Coulter, describe ways in which distributors can optimize profits through rigorous supply chain management. |
| GAWDA SHOW ISSUE |
| CryoGas International's special annual double issue features current topics of importance to the industry’s gas distributors and suppliers. |
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| OCTOBER — THE HELIUM ISSUE |
| Ad close: Friday, August 28, 2009 |
| Helium Market Update: As a by-product of natural gas production, the availability of helium is dependent on the whims of markets related to natural gas. Leading experts on helium update readers on supply/demand balance for helium in 2009. |
| Helium Level Refrigeration: A look at how helium refrigeration makes leading edge research, like the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, possible. |
| LNG: A look at how liquified natural gas fits into the new energy game and the industrial gas industry’s business platform. |
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| NOVEMBER — THE MEDICAL ISSUE |
| Ad close: Thursday, October 1, 2009 |
| Healthcare Markets: CGI writes its annual healthcare market update, with a review of the institutional and homecare markets for industrial gases. |
| Regulatory Compliance Review: CGI safety and regulatory correspondent, Bob Yeoman, updates readers on important issues impacting the medical gases segment. |
| Keeping It Cool: CGI examines the growing use of cryo-refrigeration in pharmaceutical markets. |
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| DECEMBER — PROCESS TECHNOLOGY |
| Ad close: Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| Process Technology: CGI editors examine the trends in industrial gas process technology and market forces that are driving them. |
| CNG: A look at how compressed natural gas fits into the new energy game and its role as a possible transitional fuel. |
