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Messer France has installed an ASCO CO2 vaporiser (capacity: 1000 kg/h) for a major customer in the south of France. The CO2 is used for growing tomatoes in greenhouses. Compared to a conventional standard electric vaporiser, the ASCO CO2 vaporiser also achieves energy savings of over 95 %.

ASCO talked with Thomas Briand, co-founder of G&B Cryogénie in France, about the development of their dry ice business in France. What started as a service idea in the French shipbuilding industry is today a complete dry ice competence center.

CARBOGAS S.A. in Bolivia is one of the many appreciated long-term customers of ASCO. They operate five CO2 production plants located in four major cities. CARBOGAS S.A. is the largest CO2 producer of carbon dioxide in Bolivia. ASCO has just delivered two brand-new ISO Tank containers for the local liquid CO2 and Nitrogen transportation.

The Swiss brewery "Brauerei Locher AG" in Appenzell (CH) has installed an atmospheric ASCO CO2 Vaporiser (capacity 300 kg/h), which simplifies the everyday process of their beer production. The private speciality brewery produces a wide range of bottom and top-fermented beers from non-alcoholic to strong beer as well as beer mix drinks. Brewery Locher’s most famous beer is the "Quöllfrisch".

Messer Vardar Tehnogas Macedonia expands its dry ice production with the ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer A55P, replacing its previous ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer A25P. The ASCO Dry Ice Pelletizer A55P (55 kg dry ice per hour) is an ideal and inexpensive tool for gas companies to regularly supply an extended geographical area with fresh dry ice by establishing smaller production centres.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD is expanding its competencies in the field of digitalization. The CO2 specialist has taken over the business of the Swiss company "VPA Visual Process Automation" and founded a new digitalization department. ASCO is thus increasingly focussing on automation solutions and digital services for its customers.

ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE has interviewed Ronny Wyss, "Head of Digitalization & Automation" at the CO2 specialist. By taking over the business activities of the Swiss company "VPA Visual Process Automation GmbH", ASCO is expanding its expertise in the field of digitalization. Wyss explains in an interview his newly created area of responsibility and projects 2020.

Infra Mexico, based in Mexico City, is one of the largest gas companies in Mexico. Infra Mexico relies on the dry ice technology of ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD and invests in the BP420i to expand its dry ice sector.

ASCO's "Head of Development Dry Ice Technology", Fabian Frauenknecht, gives insights into his everyday work. Find out which development projects of the past year are important for 2020 and read what you can look forward to in the near future.

With the launch of its new web-based Spare Parts Manager, ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE Inc. is offering an easy and fast option to order spare parts for ASCO dry ice production and dry ice blasting equipment to their US customers. It is as convenient as online shopping and accessible 24/7.