Feature Spotlight: Blackhole Recovery

In a competitive marketplace where costs are constantly climbing, any opportunity to reduce overheads and make better use of your returnable assets should be a priority. 

Unaccounted-for assets pose a significant challenge for businesses, leading to financial losses, operational inefficiencies, and compliance risks.  

TrackAbout’s new Black Hole Recovery feature instantly pinpoints lost cylinders, containers and totes you didn’t even know were yours, enabling you to reclaim them and return them to revenue-generating service fast.

AIM Act Update: Key Changes for the Refrigerant Industry

As updates to the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act take effect, businesses that manage refrigerants must stay on top of new measures to ensure compliance and minimize environmental impact.

In Fall 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule to address the damaging impact of harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment on our atmosphere.

Product Update Series: Q2 New Features and Updates in TrackAbout

Join us for a webinar exploring TrackAbout’s latest Q2 updates and features.

We’ll walk you through the newest features and tools built to simplify workflows, improve operational efficiency, and deliver smarter insights into your asset management and broader business goals.

Guide to Smart Refrigerant Management: From Regulation to Action

The American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 has made refrigerant management a priority for manufacturers, distributors, and asset managers if they are to avoid costly penalties.

By using tracking software to stay on top of refrigerants from cradle to grave, businesses will find it easier to stay compliant with increasingly strict environmental regulations.

Datacor Names Sundar Kuppuswamy as Chief AI Officer to Drive Innovation and Accelerate AI-Powered Growth

Pittsburgh, PA,  May 2025 – TrackAbout, a Datacor company, is excited to announce that our parent company, Datacor, has appointed Sundar Kuppuswamy as Chief AI Officer (CAIO). This newly created position underscores Datacor’s commitment to leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies to deliver enhanced value and innovation to its customers.

Guide to Returnable Asset Management

If you're not using an asset tracking system, there's a good chance your business owns far more returnable assets than your records show.

“In many cases, companies discover they have 20–30% more cylinders than they thought after just a couple years of tracking,” says Doug O’Dell, Account Executive at TrackAbout. “That means the business was overcapitalized and undervalued — often by millions.”

He shares the story of a company that was sold under the assumption it owned 750,000 cylinders. After the sale, the new owners began using TrackAbout to track their containers — and soon discovered they actually had over one million in circulation, without having purchased a single additional unit. Considering each empty cylinder is valued at around $250, it was a significant and eye-opening discovery.

Accelerate Asset Registration with TrackAbout Voice Activated Workflows

Manual asset registration can slow down operations and introduce errors. With TrackAbout’s new Voice Prompting feature, registering assets is now faster, easier, and more efficient than ever.

Beyond Asset Tracking: Streamline Your Chemical Business with Datacor

WEBINAR DATE CHANGE: August 5th

Asset tracking is just one piece of the puzzle. To achieve complete business visibility and maintain compliance, chemical companies need an integrated solution that seamlessly connects asset data with their broader operations.

Your First Look at Interaxions 2025

Time is running out to register! Interaxions 2025 is less than a month away, and spots are filling fast. Have you secured yours yet?

How Will AI Impact Manufacturing

A quick search online shows that Artificial Intelligence (AI) originated in the 1950s, driven by developers dreaming of a future filled with machines able to mimic and emulate human thoughts, actions, and behavior.   

Fast forward to today and that lofty pipedream is very much a reality. Like it or not, these past few years have seen such a rapid advancement of this powerful technology that AI is no longer simply a buzzword, but the next logical step in all things digital.