Multigenerational Family Business – Keys to Success
Special thanks to Abydee Butler Moore (Butler Gas Products), Brad Dunn (CK Supply), Bryan Keen (Keen Gas), Brad Peterson & Troy Elmer (MWSCO), Nicole Kissler (Norco), Eric Wood (OE Meyer), Tom Garrity (Compass Point) and Maura Garvey (Intelligas Consulting) for their insightful contributions. Public companies across all major industries (i.e., Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, etc.) dominate […]
Resilience Keys to Success
Thanks to the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) for publishing the full article their Q1 2025 issue of “Gases & Welding Today” magazine. Over the past 5+ years, resilience has become a hot topic in almost every area of life. From the best-selling books such as “Option B” by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant […]
Update on Hydrogen Policies…how are we doing?
Thanks to Richard Boocock of Boocock Advisory Ltd. for his insightful contributions. For close to a decade, Hydrogen (H2) has been touted as one of the keys to the energy transition. It will play a critical role acting as both an energy carrier enabling the storage and transportation of renewable electricity (i.e., from solar and […]
Generative AI for Industrial Gases
Special thanks to Allison Earlbeck (CEO, Earlbeck Gases), David Schaer (President, Computers Unlimited) and Dave Beltz (CIO, Trinseo) for their contributions. It seems as if 2023 was the year the “world” first heard about Generative AI (Gen AI). It was clearly one of the most impactful stories driven by remarkable technological progress that matched or surpassed […]
The Business Of CO2
Special thanks to Chris Carson, Managing Director of BioCarbonics Ltd, founder of Carbonic Solutions BV and Rich Gottwald, President & CEO of the Compressed Gas Association (CGA). Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is one of the top-5 industrial gases with global consumption of about 235 million tons (Mt) annually, primarily going into the fertilizer industry for urea […]
The Business Of Specialty Gases
Special thanks to Matt Adams, Executive Vice President, Electronic Fluorocarbons, Christian Card, Vice President of Sales, Noble Gas Solutions, and Mike Corbett, Managing Partner for Linux-Consulting for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the November 2022 US Print edition of GasWorld. Specialty gases have become critical components for nearly every industry. […]
US Distributor Update
Special thanks to Ben Bisconer, CEO of Complete Welders, Scott Myran, President of Mississippi Welders Supply Company (MWSCO), Joe Francis, President and CEO of Central McGowan, and Allen Jezouit, VP Product Management, Meritus Gas Products for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the October 2022 US Print edition of GasWorld. Almost […]
Business Trends and their Impact on Strategy, Growth, and Talent
Special thanks to Freddie Briggs, VP of Strategy & Value Creation for PDC Machines LLC, Rick Kowey, COO of Universal Compressed Air (UCA), Kevin Lynch, SVP of Industrial Gases at Anova, and Sobia Chaudhry, VP of HR at PDC Machines for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the July 2022 US […]
Driving customer focus and efficiency
Thanks to Chris Ebeling (Executive Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, US Bulk, Messer Americas) his contribution. The content for this blog was published in the October 2020 US Print edition of GasWorld. Balancing customer focus and efficiency is absolutely essential for any company that desires to maximize its ability to attract, serve and retain customers […]
Customer and process – Balancing the organization
Thanks to Chris Ebeling (Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, Executive Vice-President of Sales & Marketing, ) and Jeff Bezos (CEO, Amazon) for their contributions. When running a business division or even an entire company, there is constant friction between being customer focused and being process focused. It’s a constructive friction that often swings like a […]