Author: Steve Guglielmo

On 13 September 2019, Messer held its annual Safety Day across all of its sites. The focus of this year’s event was on labour’s protection discipline, because many accidents happen as a result of habitual or casual behaviour. Messer has been raising employee awareness of health, safety, environmental protection and quality assurance within the framework of an annual health and safety day since 2013. But no matter whether the topic in question is safe driving, safe handling of gases or something else: the priority for Messer is the individual and his or her health. “We want everyone to return home to…

The Morris Gold Award was presented to Gordon Edwards of Praxair Canada Inc, during the 2019 CGA Canada Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 10-11. The award was presented in recognition of Gordon’s outstanding and long-term contribution and leadership to the compressed gas industry and CGA Canada. Gordon has actively contributed to Compressed Gas Association committee work for more than 20 years. Currently, he serves on a number of CGA Committees, including the Canadian Pressure Vessels and Piping Systems Committee (Chair 2003-2005), Canadian Medical, Food and Beverage Gases and Equipment Committee (Chair 2011-2013 & 2017-2019), Food Gases Committee, Medical…

Linde announced that it has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index in its first year as a new company since the merger between Linde AG and Praxair, Inc. was finalized. The DJSI World comprises the top ten percent by sector of the 2,500 largest companies in the S&P Global Broad Market Index. Inclusion in the DJSI Indices is determined by asset manager RobecoSAM. To be listed, the companies must demonstrate continuous improvement in a variety of economic, ecological and social criteria. Linde was evaluated at the 97th percentile (3rd highest) in the chemicals sector and scored highest…

Xiris is pleased to celebrate its 30th anniversary as of September, 2019. Founded 30 years ago by Cameron Serles, the business was initially set up to commercialize the budding technology of machine vision, where cameras are used to acquire images of manufactured goods and send them to computers for processing. Back in 1989 when the company started, most manufacturers were highly skeptical of the success of using cameras to measure the size or shape of their manufactured goods. As a result, the first few years were tough until the technology slowly gained acceptance, initially in the automotive and semiconductor industries,…

“Cylinders that are 100 years old will be good for another 100 years if they are properly taken care of and maintained,” says Hydrostat Inc. Owner and CEO Stacy Schraut. “The beauty of the packaged gas industry is that we have assets that are 100 years old that can continue to generate revenue. How many other industries can say that?” Compressed Gas Cylinders are over-engineered, due to the critical nature of their purpose, according to Airgenics, Inc. COO Jonathan Balbi. When properly maintained, these cylinders should last for hundreds of years. The key to this is proper maintenance coupled with…

Iwatani Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange code: 8088) announced that Joseph S. Cappello has been named Executive Officer of Iwatani Corporation and also appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iwatani Corporation of America (ICA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Iwatani Corporation. Mineharu Okamoto, president of Iwatani Corporation of America, will assume the additional title of Chief Operating Officer. In this new role, Cappello will lead the expansion of ICA’s total businesses including hydrogen and industrial gases across the Americas and have the additional responsibility for mergers and acquisitions in the region. Cappello has served as Executive Advisor to Iwatani Corporation…

Airweld is thrilled to announce that in partnership with Swift-Cut and Hypertherm, it is setting up a fully operational demo-room at the company’s Farmingdale training center. This will include a Swifty44 4′ x 4′ automated cutting table and a Hypertherm Powermax™ 65. Customers will be invited to see the system in operation including the ease of programming and superior cut quality. This new compact addition to the Swift-Cut line is ideal for smaller shops, educational institutions and training centers. We will be doing an email blast when the demo-room is ready and our sales team will invite customers to witness…

Baker’s Gas is hosting ARC FEST 2019! The event, which takes place at Baker’s Gas & Welding Supplies Monroe, Michigan, location will feature welding, grilling, & BBQ! Jimmy McKnight with the Arc Junkies Podcast will be at Baker’s Gas for his first annual Arc Fest. ESAB will be onsite with live demos including the Rebel 205 AC/DC multiprocess welding machine and other Rebel models. Treagering, networking and welding we hope to see you there! Arc Junkies podcast will go live at 10 a.m.! If you want your questions answered – leave a comment on the event and Arc Junkies will…

Anova recently announced that Danelle DiLibero will serve as its new vice president of people & culture. An accomplished human resources and talent professional, Danelle will lead Anova’s end-to-end employee experience, ensuring Anova has the key strategies in place to accelerate a culture of performance excellence, high engagement and continuous improvement. Danelle has more than 20 years of experience within various industries, including financial services (Goldman Sachs), consulting (BCG), engineering and manufacturing (Sensata Technologies), and technology (RMS). She joins Anova from her most recent position as the global head of talent acquisition at Verisk Analytics. In her new role, Danelle…

Six months after expanding to America, the largest family-run industrial gases specialist worldwide, Messer, is investing 34.6 million euros (38 million US Dollar) in the construction of a new air separation plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, America. The production plant for the air gases oxygen, nitrogen and argon is scheduled to go into operation in early 2021. It will produce industrial and medical grade gases for various sectors of the local and regional economy, including the healthcare, chemical, food as well as the glass and metal industries. “This investment underscores Messer’s commitment to strategic expansion in the US to meet growing…