Vicon launches "Gases & Instrumentation".

Vicon Publishing (Amherst, NH), a producer of information and events for the advanced technology sector, has begun the publication of "Gases & Instrumentation" magazine with a July/August issue. It will be published six times a year and has an initial controlled circulation of 7000 end-users, suppliers, and researchers associated with research institutes, medical/ pharmaceutical companies, testing labs, biotechnology companies, manufacturing operations and government officials who have responsibility as process engineers, technical managers, plant engineers, safety, manufacturing and delivery.

Tag-lined "the technology and application of industrial, specialty and medical gases," the magazine focuses exclusively on gas technologies, products, industry trends and news. Topics covered include manufacturing, generation, purity/filtration, analysis, abatement, vacuum technology, leak detection, opto-electronics, chromatography, cyrogenics, gasification, safety, and storage in a wide range of industries, including semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, medical and pharmaceutical gases, environment, homeland security, welding, chemical processing, pulp and paper, and metals manufacturing and fabrication.

Content also includes information on legal and regulatory issues on the Iota, state and national levels, sensors and detectors, distribution and delivery, packaging, and new and merging technologies.

Vicon also produces "ALN Magazine," for professionals involved in animal laboratory operations, "Controlled Environments Magazine," "Forensic Magazine" and "Lab Manager Magazine," as well as related shows, exhibitions and newsletters.