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Nov. 07: ASCO on the Brau Beviale

Our participation at the international trade fair for the beverage industry, Brau Beviale in Nuremberg, was a great success. We recorded new international contacts from many different countries including USA, Europe and Russia. There was great interest in our CO2 production plants and our dry ice production machines for the production of dry ice slices (used especially for the airport catering). This trade fair was also a great opportunity to meet our long-standing international clients again and to discuss their current or new projects.

Two of our highlights were the visit of the Headoffice from COCA COLA Atlanta and PEPSI COLA New York.

July 07: Messer Makes Markets: Cooperation with Lonza

Lonza and Messer sign a cooperation agreement to build an air separation plant in Switzerland. A new production and transportation strategy will protect the environment.

For more information please go the website of the Messer Group.

May 07: ASCO Sells Majority to Messer Group

Effective 31 May 2007, Thomas Trachsel, sole owner of ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD, sold a majority share in ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD to the Messer Group.

The industrial gas enterprise Messer Group took over the majority share of ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD through its subsidiary Messer Schweiz AG. This takeover marks the merger of two medium-sized and owner-operated enterprises, each with a long tradition to look back upon. ASCO, as worldwide provider for complete CO2 solutions, considers this step a valuable merger of know-how and sales expertise opening new opportunities in the worldwide CO2 market. Thomas Trachsel, who remains with ASCO as an administrative board member and minority shareholder, states "With Messer’s assumption of the majority share in ASCO and its sales expertise, new markets are opening for ASCO in the core regions of the Messer Group, and I will remain actively involved in an accompanying and continuously assisting capacity."

From left to the right: Wolfgang Pöschl, CEO Messer Schweiz AG and new CEO ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD, Thomas Trachsel, board member and former CEO ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD, Dr. Hans-Gerd Wienands, CFO Messer Group GmbH; standing Peter Hertig, former board member ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD

Competence centre for CO2
Stefan Messer, CEO of the Messer Group and grandson of the company's founder stresses that "We are expanding our product portfolio to include a full spectrum of CO2 technologies, above all in the areas of dry ice production and applications." Romanshorn will therefore become the CO2 competence centre for the whole Messer Group.

Wolfgang Pöschl, the new CEO of ASCO, who will carry out these duties in addition to maintaining his position as General Manager of Messer Schweiz AG, comments "By this transaction we follow our strategy to offer to our Swiss customers the complete industrial gas spectrum from one hand. In addition, the technical and commercial synergies allow us to expand our know-how in the field of machine and application engineering on a worldwide basis."

Messer Group
Messer is a leading industrial gas enterprise with more than 60 companies operating in over 30 countries in Europe and Asia as well as in Peru. The international activities are headed from Frankfurt/Main, Germany, while the central technical functions of Logistics, Engineering and Production as well as Applied Technology are controlled from Krefeld, Germany. In 2006 the Messer Group had more than 4000 employees and obtained a consolidated turnover of more than 600 Mio. Euro.

Feb. 07: Klaus Pimpertz as Sales Manager for Germany

From February 2007, ASCO CARBON DIOXIDE LTD can count on a further sales person: Mr Klaus Pimpertz will be the new sales manager to promote the ASCOJET dry ice blasting system in Germany.

With Klaus Pimpertz ASCO has gained a gas specialist with approx. 15 years experience in the field of CO2 and especially in the field of dry ice blasting. On February 1, 2007 he has become sales manager for Germany and together with Mr Gerhard Jost (Application Engineering / Sales Germany) Mr Klaus Pimpertz will actively promote ASCOJET’s dry ice blasting technology. Full advice regarding ASCO’s complete dry ice blasting solutions like in-house dry ice production including CO2-delivery or automation projects will therefore be directly available to our important German market.

Please click here to find the contact details of Mr Pimpertz and your other contact persons.

Sept./Oct. 06: A Passion for CO2

Gasworld visited ASCO and its MD Thomas Trachsel in Romanshorn.

From Romanshorn, Switzerland to Christchurch, New Zealand, ASCO embraces all that is important about the global CO2 business. In "Gasworld - Global Industrial News" Managing Director Thomas Trachsel explains his passion for CO2.

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Sept. 06: Production Control System for Dry Ice Pelletizers

ASCO presents its latest accessory to the dry ice pelletizers A55P, A120P and A220P: a production control system. Thanks to the production control system you can set up a required production quantity, thus reducing the need for supervision even further, therefore keeping the requirement for respective personnel at an absolute minimum.

For further information regarding our dry ice pelletizers and their accessories please click here.

March 06: ASCO at EUROGUSS 2006

ASCO looks back on three successful days at EUROGUSS in Nürnberg. The 6. International Trade Fair for Pressure Die Casting gave many opportunities to discuss about the ASCOJET dry ice blasting technology at the ASCOJET stand.