The 2026 Iran war has reached beyond oil markets and geopolitics into an unlikely corner:  the analytical instruments and supply chains that keep university, pharmaceutical, and  government labs across the US and Canada running.

Walk into many analytical laboratories today and you'll find a common reality: a mix of gas generator brands operating side by side.

A nitrogen generator supporting LC-MS systems from one manufacturer. A zero-air generator feeding GC instruments from another. A hydrogen generator from a third vendor. Equipment purchased at different times, selected for different applications, or inherited from previous lab managers. At GGS, we see this every day.