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Find out in an interview with Tobias Vogt, Managing Director of “VT-Strahltechnik”, a German specialist for the blasting of small and large parts, why he chose the ASCO Carefree model, what the advantages of in-house dry ice production are and what opportunities he sees to expand the business with ASCO.

Mario Halter has been part of the “ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD” team as “Head of Customer Service” since September 2024. We interviewed him and gained exciting insights into his previous experiences, his motivation for working at ASCO and his activities.

As president of “PUROXUS AIR & WATER SOLUTIONS”, a dry ice company located in the French Antilles, Hugo Grossard is deeply involved in the islands market development. In this interview he speaks about the most important dry ice applications, mainly in the logistic and food industry and local challenges. He explains what they intend for the future and shares his thoughts about their newest addition to their dry ice production, the ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer P15i.

“Be different. Above all better.” This is what it says on the homepage of southern German company “CDS Hackner GmbH”, a specialist in meat processing and frozen food services. In the latest ASCO interview, CDS Managing Director Michael Hackner explains the relevance of dry ice production, how they take sustainability aspects into account and future challenges they expect.

The global company “Stallergenes Greer” has rented an ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer P15i through the “ASCO-Carefree” full-service rental package. With this model, there are no investment costs needed for customers. Read all about his experiences with the Pelletizer so far, why dry ice is relevant in research operations and how it is needed in the context of allergen immunotherapy in the interview with Thomas Brisset, Head of Production at the global pharmaceutical company.

ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd is cooperating with Landmark Power Holdings and Rolls-Royce Power Systems on a large scale in the field of energy generation including CO₂ recovery.

The Swiss television program “Schweiz aktuell” visited the ASCO production facility in Eschlikon as part of its summer series “Hot and Cold”. As a second, opposite company to the “Hot” theme, a fireworks factory in Neudorf, Lucerne, was accompanied during its production rush before the national holiday on August 1.

Geert Derckx, founder of “Derckx Opticare” is a valued long-term customer of ASCO. He gives insights in the family business, future direction of the company, challenging dry ice blasting jobs and how he values the dry ice industry.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD is pleased to present a significant innovation in the field of Dry Ice Pelletizers. The newly developed extruder plate for the models P15i, P28i and P55i enables the production of 1.7 mm dry ice micro pellets, which are used in particular for dry ice blasting. The 1.7 mm dry ice pellets complement the existing sizes of 3, 10 and 16 mm.

As "Head of Product Management", Alex Schmidt always has an overview of ASCO's product range and is involved in all product innovations in the "dry ice" sector. In addition to the 3 mm, 10 mm and 16 mm extruder plates, ASCO pelletizers have recently been able to produce 1.7 mm pellets. A new extruder plate has been specially developed for this purpose, which produces optimum dry ice pellets for dry ice blasting due to its special properties. Alex Schmidt explains the background to the latest ASCO development in an interview.