SGR Editor Mike Vasilakes looks back at the roots of this magazine in 1998, and is pleased to report that promises made have been promises kept—and more.

Associate Publisher Peter Finlay clues you in on what to look for in this issue of Specialty Gas Report.

Here’s a show that offers you a portal to new developments and improvements in a career-enhancing trip, but only if you prepare to get the most out of it, is Publisher Henry Grieco’s advice to SGR readers.

Phil Kornbluth, Matheson Tri-Gas’ helium guru, is interviewed by SGR as he weeds out fact from media self-interest.

Frank Scornavacca, president of SGD, Inc., continues with his invaluable advice, as he explains that operations managers of plants using laser welding or cutting must be as astute and informed as a lab manager in a high-tech operation.

This is an ideal situation for any distributor of quality gases to use his knowledge of the gas industry as a profit added service, explains Troy Stukey of Taylor-Wharton International.

The gases, gas equipment, and other gases-related industries were well represented, with 450 new products offered. SGR’s Pat Carlucci reports on this stunning show with an in-depth analysis and photo montage.
 

Mike Lee’s regular column in SGR has been drawing rave reviews. In this issue he explains how self-image can make you a winner. Don’t let the egg heads throw you, he asserts. Know your gases, and you’ll get that order.

Hank Braly of Baseline-MOCON offers Gas Chromatography 101. GC’s are not the preserve of just a few. Opportunities abound at almost every level of gas usage, he explains.
 

Stephen Grieco emerges from his behind-the-scene activities at SGR to cover this fast-growing show. “I was pleasantly amazed at how willing all those booth people took time to explain their products so even I could understand them,” he states. “Especially the gas-related booths. And there were plenty there.”