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gasworld has named the finalists of the GWGI Awards 2026, with winners set to be announced at the Global Industrial Gas Conference in Budapest on 2 December 2026.
Following a review of this year’s award submissions, we have taken the decision to consolidate a number of categories to better reflect the volume and range of entries received.
This adjustment will help ensure a fair, balanced and meaningful judging process, while maintaining the credibility and prestige of the awards.
All submissions continue to be considered on their individual merits, ensuring that outstanding achievements are recognised and celebrated across the industry.
With the first stage now complete, the finalists are revealed below. Final judging will commence in November.
Sourcing & Supply Chain Innovation
- INOX Air Products – Beyond Roads: A 3,000km Multimodal Supply Chain Breakthrough
- Gulf Helium Services (GHS) – Helium ISO Containers Cooldown
- AirCapture – CO2 as a Service: Onsite Direct Air Capture (DAC) as an Alternative Supply Chain for Merchant CO2
- UAP – Noble Gas Production Decoupled from Cryogenic Air Separation
Innovation in Distribution
- Cryostar – Mixture Top Filling: Mission Productivity
- INOX Air Products – Powering India’s First LNG-Fuelled Cryogenic Tanker with Kryopower LNG Fuel Tank
Digital Innovation & Operations
- Meritus Gas Partners – From Fragmented Distributors to One Digital Operating System
- ESAB/GCE – GCE FloCloud Delivering a Smart, Secure and Connected Solution for Specialty & Industrial Gas Monitoring & Analysis
- Datacor – AI-Powered Analytics Inside Cylinder Operations
- Datacor – Vision AI Cylinder Registration: Lowering the Barrier to Asset Tracking
Innovation in Applications
- GCE – GCE’s VarioVIPR Protect as a Next-Generation Valve Integrated Pressure Regulator Engineered for Smarter Shielding Gas Delivery
- INOXCVA – Turning Air Into Energy: Cryogenic Innovation for the World’s Largest Liquid Air Energy Storage Project
- INOXCVA – Restoring the Shield at 4 Kelvin: INOXCVA’s First-of-a-Kind Engineering for ITER
- Chart Industries – Chart CO2nnect: Integrated Liquid Carbon Dioxide Storage & Unloading System
Investing in Decarbonization
- 44.01 – Permanent CO2 Storage Through In-Situ Mineralization
- INOX Air Products – Greening Every Molecule: INOXAP’s Renewable Power Transition
- INOXCVA – Engineering High Capacity Cryogenic Infrastructure for Liquid Hydrogen
- Hangyang Oxygen – Hangyang Cascaded LNG Cold Energy System
Industrial & Specialty Gas Application of the Year
- Specialty Gases.Mysore Ammonia – Engineering India’s UHP Ammonia Future: Global Technology, Indigenous Engineering & EPC
- Specialty Gases.INOX Air Products – From Imports to 6N: Localising Ultra-High Purity Oxygen for India’s Solar Industry
- Healthcare.Buzwair Industrial Gases – Specialty Gases: Enabling Precision in IVF Laboratories
- Healthcare.INOX Air Products – When Oxygen Cannot Stop: Zero-Disruption Maintenance at One of Asia’s Largest Hospitals
- Hydrogen.Advait Energy Transitions Limited – THDC Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects (Rishikesh)
- Hydrogen.Messer Schweiz AG – Power-Free Tube Trailer Filling Plant for Hydrogen
- Industrial Gases.INOX Air Products – More Glass from the Same Furnace: Oxyfuel Innovation at PCP Glass
GWGI Rising Stars Award
- Dr. Hans Michael Kellner – Messer Schweiz
- Karan Khimji – 44.01
- Logan Evans – Meritus Gas Partners
The GWGI Awards to platform industrial gas innovation and excellence.
Rob Cockerill, Global Content Director for gasworld and Chair of the GWGI Award Judges, reflected, “The 2026 finalists capture many of the defining themes shaping the industrial and specialty gases sector this year, from supply chain security and digitisation to decarbonisation and the rising demand for ultra-high purity gases.
“What stands out is the practical nature of much of this innovation, with companies looking to make gas production, distribution and applications more efficient, resilient and sustainable, while visibly supporting the growth in advanced manufacturing, healthcare and emerging energy technologies.
“Innovation is so healthy across the industry that not only is our job as judges that much harder each year, but we also know that the industry and its users are in good hands.”
