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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 2021. The new certificate is valid for 3 years until 08 April 2024. Quality management has been a tradition for years at the CO2 specialist at its main site in Romanshorn (Switzerland).

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.

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.

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.

The company ASCO Carbon Dioxide LTD has been offering individual solutions for dry ice production worldwide for decades. With "ASCO CAREFREE", the CO2 specialist has now successfully launched a completely new rental solution for dry ice production technologies. This is possible thanks to the state-of-the-art "ASCO i-Series technology", which even allows pay-per-use options. Dry ice, recently also called "white gold", is currently the talk of the town as it guarantees an uninterrupted cold chain down to -79°Celsius (-110°F) when shipping COVID19 vaccines worldwide.

Jeff Readhead and Paul Thompson are the founders of Fraser Valley Dry Ice in Abbotsford, British Columbia (Canada). The company produces dry ice for the transportation, food processing, dry ice blasting, and extraction industries. Only a few months before this interview an ASCO dry ice machine BP420i of the ASCO i-Series generation has been delivered. In just a short time Fraser Valley Dry Ice has placed an order for a second dry ice machine BP420i. ASCO asks for the reason.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD has talked with Felix Ortiz of the company “Empire Welding” about being independent from large dry ice suppliers. Ortiz gives us insights in his company, his main dry ice customers in the cannabis industries and future business plans with ASCO technologies.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD talked to Geert Derckx, Director of Derckx Opticare Reiniging B. V. about the ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer P28i, which is the fourth ASCO pelletizer that has been in operation at their site in the Netherlands since summer 2020. He also gives us an insight into his company and his main customers.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD is expanding its product portfolio with customizable dry ice filling and transfer systems for on-site production centers. The CO2 specialist therefore offers dry ice producers and distributors an effective solution for producing the required amount of dry ice and automatically fill it into transport boxes. Especially when shipping the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, an unbroken cold chain down to -80°Celsius and effective work processes are crucial.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE AG spoke with Thomas ten Eiken, Managing Director of Cleangas, about the successful service cooperation with ASCO. In addition, ten Eicken gave an insight into the current planning of one of the largest dry ice online retailers in Germany and the challenges of a corona vaccine dispatch.