Category: News

John Jones, Air Products chairman and chief executive officer, will retire as CEO on October 1, 2007, after 35 years.

CSA member Dr. Mark Bird has been officially named Director of Florida State University’s Magnet Science and Technology Group.

Eden Cryogenics, LLC and Niowave, Inc. have announced a teaming agreement to better serve customers and product needs for the Superconducting Particle Accelerator and National Laboratory markets.

David Larbalestier, the director of FSU’s Applied Superconductivity Center (www.magnet.fsu.edu/magnettechnology/research/asc/overview.html), has been selected to receive the Cryogenic Materials Award for Lifetime Achievements 2007 from the International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC). He will be presented with the award during a meeting of the conference on Tuesday, July 17, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The ATLAS Barrel Toroid, the largest magnet every built, has successfully been powered up to its nominal operating conditions at the first attempt.

Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that after 10 years of work, the world’s most powerful pulsed, non-destructive magnet is ready for use at 85 Tesla, Associated Press reported.

Eden Energy, Ltd. has announced a global re-alignment of its worldwide organization, including corporate name changes, facility moves and the advancement of key personnel, in order to focus on key customer segments and capture future global growth opportunities.

Gladstone Investment Corp., Acme Cryogenics’ Senior Management Team, and Brant Point Partners bought controlling interest in Acme Cryogenics, Inc. from founder Roderic Fink.

Praxair, Inc. celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding and its 15th year as a publicly-traded corporation on January 24, 2007.

The inauguration of the new Linde Hydrogen Center in Munich-Unterschleissheim in October marked Linde AG’s commitment and support to a hydrogen economy.

Carnegie Mellon University’s Yoed Rabin is leading an interdisciplinary research team in developing a new computerized research tool to assist surgeons in planning cryosurgery.

NHMFL has received an $11.7 million National Science Foundation grant to build an innovative, next-generation hybrid resistive/superconducting magnet that will potentially revolutionize a technique used to learn more about little-understood molecules.

Barber-Nichols celebrated its 40th anniversary with an open house for customers, employees, vendors and alumni.

BSD Medical Corp. has introduced a radical new use of MRI to treat cancer called the BDS-2000/3D/MR. The hybrid system was developed through joint efforts of BSD Medical Corp., Charite Medical School in Berlin and Siemens Medical Systems.

A study published in the May 14 British Journal of Cancer reported that the synergistic effect of pairing cryosurgery (freezing cells to destroy them) and chemotherapy may lead to a powerful new form of cancer treatment that targets malignant cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.

The anticipated 1,232 superconducting dipole magnets arrived on time for installation in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this fall.

Air Products and Linde signed a Teaming Agreement to pursue refrigeration services for the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC). They hope to work together to provide, operate and maintain the cryogenic equipment for the ILC.

We regret to learn of the death of Louis Blum of Alloy Custom Products of Delphi IN, who passed away on October 8, 2006.

Chart Industries, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Chart Energy and Chemicals, Inc. has extended its Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchanger (BAHX) product line with the development and installation of an advanced new Welded Plate Heat Exchanger (WPX).

A team of US scientists led by Petar Maksimovic, Assistant Professor of Physics at Johns Hopkins University, has discovered two new subatomic particles.