Gases & Instrumentation is pleased to announce that James J. McKinley, President of Kin-Tek Laboratories is the Gases & Instrumentation 2008 Gases Technologist of the year. This award, decided by independent judges, is for his years of work with gases and for the development of permeation tube technology for the creation of dynamically blended calibration and test gas mixtures. McKinley’s work has resulted in significant improvements and utility of a key gases technology.