The Worldwide M
January 2012
Vol. 50, No. 1
Reporting on the business and technologies driving today’s global industrial gas industry
FEATURE ARTICLES
Topping the News
Super Markets ___________________________________________ 3
a J.R. Campbell &
Associates, Inc.
Publication
Recovery on Hold
The 2011 Worldwide Industrial Gas Market Report ______________ 22
By Maura D. Garvey
Energy as a Growth Driver for the Industrial Gases Industry_______ 30
A Special Report by The Linde Group
Global Economic Turbulence Rattles _________________________ 34
Latin America’s Strong Industrial Gas Market
By Eduardo Pelitti
New Frontiers in Natural Gas Conference______________________ 38
By Keith Hall
nexAir’s Path to Operational Excellence
Mastering the Fundamentals to Sustain Improvement Results _____ 40
By Bob Werner and Jonda Vance
Buying Groups Provide Purchasing Power and More ____________ 44
A Special Report by CryoGas International
FABTECH/AWS 2011 Show Review__________________________ 46
A CryoGas International Report
Fifth Biennial World Bioenergy Conference ____________________ 49
A CryoGas International Show Preview
DEPARTMENTS
In This Issue _______________ 1
Calendar of Events _________ 51
The News _________________ 6 Art of Selling ______________ 52
Product Technology Forum___ 50 Advertisers’ Index __________ 52
