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ASCO develops active dry ice saw in series production
Swiss company ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD is expanding its dry ice product portfolio with the ASCO electric Active Dry Ice Saw - AAS The world's first mass-produced active dry ice saw has been specially designed for cutting dry ice slices. With a capacity of up to 600 slices per hour, it is suitable to be operated in conjunction with several dry ice production machines. Dry ice producers can thus significantly increase their production capacity.
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.
“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
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.
“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.
ASCO offers innovative dry ice technologies on a flexible rental basis
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.
Drive of growth has been Canadas Cannabis operations and food processing
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.