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ASCO interviewed Philippe Lehmann, managing director of CO2 Energie AG and Head of Department at Regionalwerke AG Baden. As a joint venture, they have realised Carbon Capture for a biogas plant for the first time in Switzerland. At the Nesselnbach site, in addition to biomethane, CO2 is now also produced for various applications such as the beverage industry.

Johannes Daum is head of production and sales at CarbAlpin, a well-known player on the Italian CO₂ market. CarbAlpin was founded with the aim of simplified access to fresh dry ice for customers from South Tyrol and Trentino. In addition to the dry ice business, they also specialize in the filling of technical- and food gas. CarbAlpin's main customers include around 130 wineries as well as companies in the refrigerated logistics, food and pharmaceutical industries.

ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd. was successfully recertified according to DIN ISO 9001:2015 by the Swiss Association for Quality and Management Systems (SQS) at the beginning of 2023. The new certificate is valid until 30 April 2026. Quality management has been a tradition for years at the CO2 specialist at its main site in Romanshorn (Switzerland).

ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of two new webinars. The webinars provide an insight into the importance of CO₂ recovery as well as opportunities for CO2 recycling and sequestration ("CCUS").

The UK's first high efficiency power plant connected with ASCO carbon capturing equipment is currently under construction in Rhodesia, Worksop, in Nottinghamshire. ASCO Carbon Dioxide is supplying the CO₂ recovery and processing equipment, which will capture and utilize four tons of liquid CO₂ per hour ("Carbon Capture & Utilization" or “CCU”).

Wesley O'Brien is the co-founder and head of logistics for “Frozen Logistics”, one of the largest cold storage and logistics companies in Texas, USA. Frozen Logistics was founded in 2020 with the goal of meeting the growing demand for cold storage, related order fulfillment and general logistics management in Texas and throughout the US. Their clients include food and beverage companies, schools and hospitals, e-commerce providers and national temperature-controlled transportation companies.

In this interview, ASCO specialists Christian Schwinn, Chief Technology Officer, and Roberto Sammali, Head of Sales Dry Ice Systems, discuss the economic and ecological advantages of a CO₂ recovery plant. Increased energy and CO₂ prices as well as the reduction of one's own CO₂ footprint are reasons for many customers to optimize their dry ice output - according to the motto "Re-Use it. Don't lose it.

ASCO spoke with Thomas Briand, co-founder of G&B Cryogénie in France and long-time partner, about the awareness and application areas of dry ice on the French market, as well as the current situation and its development.

The Swiss ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD expands its customer offer and forms a new service centre for the countries Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg with the "ASCO Service DAB GmbH". The main reasons for this step are higher flexibility and faster response times.

Data is considered the gold of the 21st century. Since almost one year ASCO Carbon Dioxide LTD has been connecting its dry ice production machines to a data cloud on a trial basis. This should enable customers to access production data and the live status of their pelletizers at various locations online at any time.

Pedro Stark, "Head of IIoT Automation" at ASCO has set up this service. In our interview, he provides insight into when the "ASCO Datacenter" goes live, customer benefits and the next project goals.