BOC Offers High Quality Freezers to Food Processors In Asia.Business Editors BANGKOK, Thailand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 Food processors throughout Asia now have a more integrated, cost-effective solution to meet their freezing needs. Thai Industrial Gases (TIG n. 1. A game among children. See Tag. 2. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment. ), a BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. subsidiary in Thailand, is now able to produce locally made spiral freezers for food customers in the region. The first freezer was commissioned at a poultry plant in late July. The spiral freezer can freeze or chill up to two tons of processed poultry per hour and uses just 450 tons per month of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. to produce a chill or freeze of the highest quality. It was installed at Panus Poultry Co., Ltd, one of the largest poultry exporters in Thailand. Panus Poultry exports its products mainly to the United Kingdom, Germany and other countries in Europe. "BOC can now provide customers in Asia with locally built high quality, innovative technology. This is particularly important to us since Thailand and Malaysia have the potential to become an export base for the food freezing industry in South-East Asia South-East Asia n → le Sud-Est asiatique South-East Asia south n → Südostasien nt South-East Asia n → ," said Theera Sayampipakdi, business director for TIG's Process Gas Solutions line of business. Steve McCormick, BOC's global engineering director, food markets, says "producing technology locally represents another milestone in the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of BOC's capabilities in the food industry. Our ability to provide cost efficient products globally enables BOC to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. new business opportunities and to serve our customers globally, no matter where they're located," McCormick said. TIG is working with BOC's global food market sector and a local manufacturer, Lersak Stainless (Thailand) Co., Ltd to fabricate the spiral freezer. Lersak has been selected as the main fabricator because they have the sophisticated fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. capabilities that meet BOC's stringent global standards. McCormick said, "It has been a pleasure working with TIG and LERSAK on the technology transfer process. Their technical skills and process understanding made the implementation a straightforward process. That, coupled with their deep understanding of the local food market and equipment layout, assured the project's success." Thai Industrial Gases (TIG) is the leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial and specialty gases in Thailand. It was established in 1970, employs more than 500 employees and has an annual turnover of three billion Thai Baht. Lersak Stainless (Thailand) Company Ltd. specializes in engineering design and machinery, processing equipment, as well as manufacturing know-how for complete plants in various industries, including dairy, beverage, brewery, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and chemicals. Established in 1994, its main customers are from the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , Germany, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam. More information about Lersak Stainless (Thailand) can be obtained on their website at http://www.lersakstainless.com BOC is a leading global supplier of industrial gases and state-of-the-art food safety and cryogenic freezing and chilling technologies. BOC provides a single source for cryogenic and non-cryogenic gases, along with a variety of technologies for growth and harvest, packaging, preparation and preservation, storage, transport, water recycling and disinfection disinfection, n the process of destroying pathogenic organisms or rendering them inert. disinfection, full oral cavity, n a procedure used to reduce active periodontal disease, usually completed within a certain short time frame. , water treatment and distribution. The BOC Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs some 43,000 people and had annual sales over $6 billion in 2001. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com. |
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