KSM Castings Group: Lifetime of casting moulds increased thanks to ASCOJET 1701
The KSM Castings Group is an international development partner and producer of light metal castings for the automotive industry. After an intensive selection process with other blasting units, the plant in Hildesheim (Germany) decided on two ASCOJET 1701 dry ice blasting units at once. The KSM Castings Group spans the globe with production facilities in Germany, USA, China and the Czech Republic. With their products and solutions, they fulfill the core requirements of the markets: value-based service, conservation of resources and energy-efficient production.
"We see a trend towards cold chain home deliveries”
Find out about the business of our long-time business partner, Ecoblast Supplies Ltd in UK and what action ESL took during the Covid lockdown to get back on track. Peter Woodward, ESL's Marketing Manager answers our questions.
World’s First ISO-certified Carbon Capture System operates with ASCO technology
ASCO Carbon Dioxide, Inc. and HTC Extraction Systems provided a carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system for InnoTech Alberta Inc. The system works with a flue gas slipstream from a natural gas fired power plant. The “SGR285 CO2 stack gas recovery system” marks the first ISO 14034 ETV conformant verification for a carbon capture plant in the world and recovers 6 tons of CO2 per day.
Effective cellar vault renovation thanks to dry ice blasting
The company "Sandblasting PLUS GmbH" in Oberriet (Switzerland) has successfully renovated the sandstone vault of the Hotel Traube in Buchs. Dry ice blasting technology was used to clean the cellar rooms, including freshly produced dry ice from ASCO CARBON DIOXID LTD.
New ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer P55i produces different pellet sizes simultaneously
ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD offers the maximum flexibility in dry ice production with the ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer P55i. The compact and powerful machine has two independent hydraulic units and pellet ejectors. This allows either to produce two identical or different pellet sizes simultaneously. The ASCO P55i reaches a production capacity of 550 kg/h and belongs to the latest i-Series generation.
“The current pandemic situation shoots up the dry ice relevance in Qatar”
ASCO talked to Jaison Thomas, Manager of “Crystal Dry Ice Factory” in Doha/Qatar. The newly established company within the Al-Diyar Group produces dry ice with two ASCO Dry Ice Machines BP420i. Crystal Dry Ice Factory’s core business is the production of dry ice for the various industrial applications for airlines, factories, automotive industry, restaurants, etc. ASCO was interested to learn more about their local market and what the upcoming Football World Cup event means to them and in why dry ice is important in motorsports.
Fourage-CTI in France extends dry ice production with two ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizers P28i
Fourage-CTI in La Haie-Fouassière is an independent family-owned company, which offers global solutions for beverage industries and agro-food industries. The French company's customers are mainly divided into two business sectors, which are the beverage industries and the food industry. Fourage-CTI supplies their services locally (the Loire Valley, Brittany and Normandy) as well as national wide (Metropolitan France, France outside mainland and export on a case-by-case basis). Two recently delivered ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizers P28i reliably support Fourage-CTI to fulfill their dry ice contracts.
FOURCOMEX helps South Americas food logistic with dry ice solutions
FOURCOMEX and its sister company FLUXOS DISTRIBUIDORA are ASCOs new sales partner in South American countries Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brasil. ASCO talked to Jorge Antonio Lavanchy, Marketing and Sales Manager, to find out more about the the dry ice market in South America.
"The core module of our dry ice products is our i-Series line"
Alex Schmidt, Head of Product Management, ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd, gives insights into his daily work. Learn more about new development trends and what ASCO customers can look forward to this year.
“Our vision is to provide Greece with all dry ice applications - from production to blasting.”
ASCO talked with Dasiras Fragiskos, General Manager of Dry Ice Creation in Athens, Greece about the dry ice situation in his country. Fragiskos shared his thoughts about the main dry ice industries and future potential, about the importance of dry ice blasting and the vision for his company to become a dry ice full-service provider.