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The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) represents a dynamic and diverse network of companies pivotal to the industrial, medical, and food gases and equipment sectors. With over 165 member organizations, ranging from multinational corporations to family-owned businesses, CGA is committed to shaping the future of an industry that serves as the backbone of America’s economy. Essential Gases for Everyday Life Compressed gases are integral to various industries and everyday products. Key gases like nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, specialty gases, argon, and acetylene are crucial in fields ranging from healthcare and food production to manufacturing and transportation. Each gas has specific…

By Paul Pflieger, Director of Marketing and Communications, CGA What do vacation, sunshine, and the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) Young & Emerging Professionals (YEP) Summit have in common? They’re all synonymous with Summer here at CGA! And this year’s YEP Summit, which wrapped up last week, was one to remember. Hosted over two weeks, the 2024 YEP Summit featured four dynamic sessions and more than a dozen presenters. By the Numbers The Summit attracted 816 attendees from 133 companies across 6 continents, 36 countries, and 37 states!  The Summit’s goal was clear from the outset: to enhance YEP engagement in…

As you may already know, the Compressed Gas Association (CGA), is an association made up of more than 160 companies worldwide, from multinational corporations to family-owned businesses. Compressed gases provide the invisible ingredient in millions of products used in everyday life. Together, our members supply products to industries that account for nearly 30% of the U.S. gross domestic product. Every job our industry creates generates 2.3 additional jobs elsewhere in the economy. Just this past year, we embarked on an important mission to protect a gas that we all interact with in one way or another, every day, Carbon Dioxide.…

CGA C-1, Methods for Pressure Testing Compressed Gas Cylinders, is the most accessed publication in the growing library of 380+ publications the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) offers. It is also the most accessed publication by members of the GAWDA Distributor Safety Program, which offers complimentary access to CGA’s complete electronic library. C-1 provides an in-depth review of operating and equipment requirements to properly perform pressure testing of compressed gas cylinders. Tests reviewed in this safety standard include the water jacket method, direct expansion method, and proof pressure method. The C-1 safety standard, now in its 12th edition, is published by the…

GAWDA’s Safety Committee has been working on developing new infographics for all of GAWDA’s Safety Documents on the association’s Member’s Only page. Recently, the committee released a new infographic discussing the importance of joining the GAWDA/CGA program. See below for more information on how to join and more information about “Navigating the Roadmap of Safety & Compliance.” Click the image to download the infographic.

Holston Gases Acquires Superior Dry Ice Holston Gases completed the acquisition of Superior Dry Ice, which has operations in Cartersville, Georgia. Holston Gases will continue to operate from the Superior Dry Ice location at 3439 Hwy 411. Holston Gases President, Robert Anders, said, “We are very pleased to add Superior Dry Ice to the Holston family. Combining the customer base and production capability of Superior Dry Ice with the resources of Holston will allow Holston to expand its dry ice distribution into central and south Georgia.” Superior Dry Ice owner, David Simpson, agreed that the businesses are a great match.…

Safety, Cost Savings, Efficiency, and Education For GAWDA Distributor Members By Paul Pflieger, Director of Marketing and Communications, Compressed Gas Association The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) and GAWDA have teamed up to offer a unique subscription program that benefits GAWDA distributor members. CGA is a standards developer and trade association representing member companies in all facets of the industry – manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and transporters of gases, cryogenic liquids, and related products and services. Today, CGA’s membership is made up of more than 140 companies from local distributors to multinational companies. In addition to CGA’s members, there are also more…

By Richard Gottwald, President and CEO, The Compressed Gas Association The Compressed Gas Association is now heading into its 110th Year in 2023. To put that into perspective, CGA has been around for 20 United States Presidents, the first long distance telephone service, the creation of the first moving assembly line, the discovery of penicillin, the creation of the entire U.S. Space Program, and so much more. Over that time, CGA’s members have persevered through wars, the ever-mercurial economy, and global pandemics. Not only have they persevered, but they have also played essential roles in the safety and security of…

Garry Sears, President of Eleet Cryogenics, Inc., won’t be displaying the company’s most recent Leonard Parker Pool Safety Award in the lobby. Rather, he says, it will go in the room where employees congregate for monthly safety meetings. That way, whenever they gather, “They get to look at the wall and see those awards that they’ve achieved,” he says. “This belongs to them.”  Eleet Cryogenics, based in Bolivar, OH, has earned the distinguished honor three times. Sponsored by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the awards are presented annually to the participating CGA member companies that have recorded the greatest improvement…

Utilizing the Program & Leveraging its Resources On Thursday, July 15, GAWDA and the CGA hosted a live webinar entitled “The GAWDA/CGA Safety & Training Playbook.” The webinar discussed how GAWDA members can participate in the CGA subscription program and get the highest safety return on investment from their GAWDA membership. GAWDA members have free access to the full CGA library of technical publications and the online training modules, just by virtue of participating in the CGA Subscription Program. “We realized at the Spring Management Conference that we have huge untapped potential in rolling out the CGA/GAWDA alliance program throughout…

CGA Helps Provide an Essential Safety Foundation First launched in 2011, the partnership between GAWDA and the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) provides participating GAWDA distributor members with complimentary access to CGA’s electronic safety publication library, enabling one employee per company location to gain free access to CGA’s library of over 350 electronic publications for a total value of more than $19,000 per user. For Ben Polavin, Safety and Compliance Officer with GAWDA member Purity Cylinder Gases, that’s the most valuable benefit of the program. “I’m on the CGA website just about every week. Without their publications library, it would be…

As GAWDA members know, medical oxygen has played an essential role in delivering patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some therapies require large quantities of oxygen or its use in areas of health care facilities not designed for oxygen use, which can create oxygen-enriched atmospheres containing greater than 23.5% oxygen. Although oxygen itself does not burn, in oxygen-enriched atmospheres, materials can be easily ignited by ignition sources such as friction, open flames, heated surgical equipment, or electrical equipment. To avoid incidents involving oxygen and oxygen-enriched atmospheres, it is important that health care personnel handling and using these gases and associated…

In response to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) continues to shift how we operate. We are committed to meeting our members where they are in this moment – whether they’re working from home, in the office, on the road, or on the manufacturing floor. As we move into 2021, we will continue to focus on providing industry leadership in support of our safety mission, while adopting new ways to effectively get our work done and best serve our members, our valued partners including GAWDA, and the compressed gas industry as a whole. The…

Knowledge management and succession planning are both vital to the continued growth and success of our industry. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than one-third of the U.S. science and engineering labor force will turn over in the next 10 years. Coupled with economic growth, that retirement rate is projected to create more than 511,000 job openings in science and engineering fields. While the gases industry represents a small portion of the national figure, those statistics hold true for Compressed Gas Association (CGA) committee participants, as well as our industry at large. As Hector Villarreal, President…

Sign Up Today to Get this Invaluable Training Resource for your Employees (Free for Participating GAWDA Members) Here at the Compressed Gas Association, we’re focused on developing safety standards that reflect industry best practices for handling industrial, medical and food gases, in as safe and effective a manner as possible. Our members who write these standards leverage in-depth knowledge and have many years of experience in understanding the hazards of these gases. They know how best to mitigate them – all with the goal of keeping everyone who comes into contact with these products as safe as possible. We recognize,…