The Plastics Comeback

Our society has long procrastinated on solving the “plastics dilemma.” Pollution from plastics has reached epidemic proportions, from microplastics present in our food supply to plastic waste stashed in the deepest parts of our oceans. Despite mitigation efforts like recycling, we have more plastic waste on Earth today than we have ever had in history, and we are manufacturing more…

Helium Shortages

“Helium is like gold,” said Tony Corletto, BAUER Sales Manager for Industrial Air and Gas Products. Corletto was speaking on the widespread scarcity of helium: it is one of the most abundant elements in the universe, yet one of the most difficult to find on Earth. BAUER Compressors – a German-based company with a large United States manufacturing facility in…