Global warming? BOC finds hot market for freezers; 2002 equipment sales rise by more than 25 percent.Business Editors MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
BOC's 2002 global sales of food equipment rose by more than 25 per cent year-on-year, due to strong demand for BOC's line of chilling and freezing equipment (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BOX). Leslie Hennion, equipment product manager, global technical solutions, BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. , says, "In fiscal 2002 we saw strength throughout our entire line of food equipment. We are particularly excited about the rapid acceptance our new cryogenic impingement impingement (impinj´m  nt),n the striking or application of excessive pressure to a tissue by food or a prosthesis. freezer has gained in the global marketplace." BOC introduced the new impingement freezer a year ago. "Since then, sales have climbed steadily, and with strong initial 2003 sales, we feel the product is poised for a banner year," Hennion said. She attributes the cryogenic impingement freezer's popularity to the fact that it produces a "continuous, consistent, even freezing not found in mechanical impingement freezers, and it delivers the industry's highest freezing efficiency, along with significant improvements in the dehydration dehydration Method of food preservation in which moisture (primarily water) is removed. Dehydration inhibits the growth of microorganisms and often reduces the bulk of food. rate." "The impingement freezer is ideal in conditions where a mechanical boost is desired. It works best with flat-indexed products such as hamburgers, cookies and fish, and is most economical with high-dollar value products such as seafood and high-end bakery products," Hennion said. Spiral freezers were also popular in FY 2002, Hennion says. "The fact that our customizable spiral freezer line can freeze 1,000 to 10,000 pounds per hour in a small-footprint has proven popular with food processors who need to maximize production in existing space. They also like the fact that spiral freezers improve freezing efficiency, conserve cryogen cry·o·gen n. A liquid, such as liquid nitrogen, that boils at a temperature below about 110 Kelvin (-160°C) and is used to obtain very low temperatures; a refrigerant. , and are simple and reliable." Sales of bottom injection systems, which are popular in food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. operations that require rapid chilling during mixing and blending, began trending upward in FY 2000. "But they really took off this year, with a greater than 42 per cent year-on-year improvement," Hennion adds. "These systems are suitable for mixing with both fresh or frozen ingredients because they provide uniform temperature distribution and batch-to-batch consistency," Hennion said. The BOC Group (NYSE:BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies Vacuum Technology is a 5B$ market, it includes several disciplines Vacuum Pump Vacuum Gauges or Measurement Leak detection equipment Process monitoring equipment Gas analyser and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs 46,000 people and had annual sales of some $6 billion in 2002. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com. |
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