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Call For Nominations: CGA Board of Directors
The call for nominations for the CGA Board of Directors is open. Please submit a nomination by August 14, 2026.
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CGANext Series Session 3: Make Your Name—Career Pathways, Credibility, and Influence
Building a successful career in the compressed gas industry is rarely a straight line. Opportunities often come from the relationships you build, the work you contribute, and the reputation you develop along the way. To help emerging professionals navigate that journey, CGA is excited to present the CGANext Session 3: Make Your Name—Career Pathways, Credibility, and Influence on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
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Standards Council Call for Nominations
CGA’s Standards Council is seeking nominations for the 2027 – 2030 term. Council members are responsible for reviewing and approving CGA positions, prioritizing publication development and other projects, and managing the resources needed to support committee work.
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Smarter Tools, Stronger Teams: What managers need from digital tools — and what still depends on trained people
Published May 2026 in Welding and Gases Today Magazine. Across the compressed gas industry, digital tools are changing how distributors access information, manage documents, support training, and improve consistency across operations. For managers and operations leaders, that shift creates real opportunity. When used well, digital tools can help teams move faster, reduce friction, and put trusted information closer to the point of use.
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Standard Spotlight: P-45
In June 2026, CGA published a newly revised harmonized third edition of CGA P-45, Fire Hazards of Oxygen and Oxygen-enriched Atmospheres. The goal of CGA P-45 is to provide guidance for personnel working with oxygen or working in a location that has the potential to become an oxygen-enriched atmosphere.
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Emergency Response Begins Before the Emergency
The final week of National Safety Month focuses on emergency response, but the most important decisions during an emergency are often made long before one occurs.
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Compressed Gases Are Powering the Next Era of Innovation
The innovations making headlines often depend on technologies, processes, and supply chains that most people never see. Yet behind every microchip, data center, advanced manufacturing facility, and emerging energy solution are industrial and specialty gases enabling those systems to operate safely and reliably.
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Why Standards Matter: The Foundation of Safety, Reliability and Innovation
Whether oxygen is being delivered to a hospital, carbon dioxide is preserving food, hydrogen is fueling new energy applications or semiconductor gases are supporting advanced manufacturing, one thing remains constant: standards make it possible.
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Avoiding Accidents Starts Long Before an Incident
June is National Safety Month, and this week's theme, Avoiding Accidents, serves as an important reminder: most incidents don't happen because someone intended to take a risk. More often, they occur when small steps are skipped, assumptions are made, or routine tasks become so familiar that hazards fade into the background.
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Cylinder Safety Legislation Advances as Part of House Transportation Package
The compressed gas industry reached an important milestone in May as cylinder safety legislation was incorporated into the Build America 250 Act, the House's five-year Surface Transportation Reauthorization package.
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