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 […]
Implementing E-Commerce Systems
Thanks to Kurt Cannon (SVP, LIQUID) and Joe Wechezak (CIO, EnerSys) for their contributions. The content for this blog was published in the March 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. Background/history Let us start with a definition. The term e-commerce (electronic commerce) is a business model that allows firms and individuals to buy and sell […]
Business Resilience
Thanks to Jim de Vries (Founder/President, EIG) for his contributions. The content for this blog was published in the January 2021 US Print edition of GasWorld. A few years ago (2017), Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, published a book with Adam Grant called ‘OPTION B’ on the topic of building personal ‘resilience’ after the tragic […]
The importance of a digital strategy
Thanks to Eric Wise (CEO, Wise Telemetry) for his contribution. The content for this blog was published in the February 2020 US Print edition of GasWorld. The concept or maybe the value of a digital strategy started becoming more evident over the last 10+ years as some digital capabilities (social media, mobile, e-commerce, IIOT) have […]
Blockchain….why all the hype?
The topic of Blockchain is all over business and technology news but, if you ask an operational executive to explain why all the hype, chances are they will have a difficult time explaining its value. This response is not unusual because the technology is a bit complex, and it’s only proven use case is cryptocurrencies like […]