Refrigeration Magazine January 2016

JANUARY 2016

Pictured here, Carlos Nicoletti carries a block of ice on his back, using ice tongs, back in the early years of his ice route.

His descendants would eventually purchase and grow the business.

SEE THE STORY OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD ICE COMPANY

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January 2016 Vol. 199 │ No. 1 ISSN #0034-3137

EDITORIAL STAFF

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Mary Y. Cronley Editor/Publisher refrigerationmag@gmail.com (404) 819-5446

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TOP PRODUCTS FROM THE 2015 IPIA CONVENTION

6 RouteMan from KCS Established as ICE in 1906, Refrigeration Magazine™ is published thirteen times a year, including the Annual Buyer's Guide.

A longtime, historic ice company embodies all that has kept the ice industry in continuation.

6 I ce Breaker™ from LEER 8 Cool Running Software 11 B lock Makers by Polar Temp

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IPIA CONVENTION PHOTOS

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Mike Landino concludes his Christmas Miracle story.

Large showing, outstanding tours and meetings at the IPIA

DEPARTMENTS spICE Whew! Off Season is Finally Here!

AD INDEX A list of our advertisers

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REFRIGERATION GETS TO KNOW NORTH HOLLYWOOD ICE COMPANY

CLASSIFIED ADS Classified advertisements by region

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Whew! Off Season is Finally Here!

Selling season has passed, the busy fall convention season is over, and we’re coming out of the holiday demands. Despite the fact that we have a very different playing field comprised of less independent ice manufacturers and suppliers, the work pressures don’t reflect that. In fact, we have to work harder to keep what we have.

That’s why it’s important to continue to network and develop strong relationships through meetings, conventions and travel, which keeps our industry ongoing and everlasting. Just envision those classic images of the iceman making deliveries in the beginning of our industry. Making personal connections is how we got our start, and it's what sustains us.

That’s why I go to meetings – to meet jewels like Beatrice Nicoletti of North Hollywood Ice Company. We were sitting side by side on the bus to the Reddy Ice plant tour and conversation ensued. When I introduced myself, she showed enthusiasm for the magazine, and said that’s why she and her crew attended the recent IPIA meeting – because she saw our promotion of it on the front and inside the book, and they always read Refrigeration from cover to cover. When I heard her story and learned she was a third generation ice lady and had purchased the business from her dad, I knew she was telling my story and so many others as well.

Her company is amazing, and so is she. That’s why the industry continues, one Happy New Year after the other. I hope you enjoy reading about her company and its legacy.

Oh, and a special thank you from myself, and my four ‘baby boys’ (pictured above right) for continuing to be a part of OUR family.

"The boys and I wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. I hope we all get to enjoy a little more family time in our brief off season."

Happy reading!

Mary Yopp Cronley

Editor, Refrigeration Magazine

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Leer, Inc. went straight to the source after the results of a consumer study of packaged ice buyers. The company listened to consumers who helped their team design an entirely new category of ice merchandiser.

The study provided two key facts which guided the design of the new system: packaged ice buyers asked for pay-atthe-pump convenience for their purchases; and consumers did not have confidence that the merchandiser they were making their selection from was as clean as it could be. They designed a new type of merchandiser from scratch - the Ice Breaker™ system.

Leer’s new merchandiser is a real departure from the angular shapes of prior models. Its curvy, colorful front features asymmetrical doors made of an anti-microbial infused HDPE material rather than traditional metal doors. Another departure is the unit’s interior, which is lined with a white, anti-microbial finish sheet metal. Leer calls their new finish Clean & Clear™.

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Many of you have been in The Cloud for many years and might not even know it.

In fact, Cloud solutions like eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo went online more than 20 years ago! Currently, I am sure anyone who turns on their computer is using The Cloud either for shopping, personal finances or even to check on your children’s progress in school. Computing in The Cloud is not a new concept but has become a very important and necessary tool for businesses of all sizes to function efficiently now and in the future. For that reason, Cool Running Software is currently working to take the entire desktop application and move it to The Cloud to help maximize efficiency and add features that will benefit companies of all sizes. Moreover, being a modular subscription-based product will help make it affordable for ice companies of any size.

One of the common arguments and concerns about moving to The Cloud is the security and reliability of your company data. I will agree. I, too, was concerned about this as well. As an iceman myself, I know what it would be like to show up on a hot July morning and log into Cool Running and see “site is down.” For that reason, I was hesitant about moving my application to The Cloud, until I actually took the time to see the reliability of The Cloud. Cool Running Software will be hosted on Amazon Web Services. Currently Amazon has one of the highest uptimes in the industry at 99.9974%! That is 2.41 total hours of downtime spread over a year! I don’t even have that much confidence in my own server turning on each morning!

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One of the other benefits of The Cloud is the reduced costs of IT spending.

Hosting your own Web server in house is not only less secure, it is expensive!

Speaking from experience, I have spent over $10,000.00 a year in IT expenses hosting our own Web server at Olmsted Ice! The more functionality we can take off site will reduce the need for more powerful machines to run the daily functions of Cool Running Software and other applications. Cloud Computing will reduce the costs needed to maintain and back data on site at your office.

Speaking again as an iceman having constant access to my data has become more important than ever. As much as I am “wired in” to my company 24/7 with alerts from GPS tracking, equipment inventory alerts, online orders, etc., I would not have it any other way! For more than 20 years, I have been taking late night trips to the office and making adjustments to my routes based on the calls that came in after I left work. In this day and age, accessibility of data is vital to running efficient. Being able to access my company from any device

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The Cloud has also brought better opportunities with integration. By moving to the The Cloud, Cool Running Software has created enhancements by bringing the best of other cloud-based systems to the product. One such product is US Fleet Tracking, a leader in 10 second update vehicle tracking and vehicle reporting.

Another great cloud-based product teamed up with Cool Running is IceQ, the ice chest sensor product that tells the iceman when to go! Having all products in The Cloud brings many integration possibilities to the iceman and brings almost limitless room for expansion of services.

Moving Cool Running Software to The Cloud will make maintenance of our product much easier than in the past.

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This benefit of Cloud computing will make maintenance more efficient and much less invasive on daily operations for our clients.

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Fill Market Need Don Brown, Terry Keathley and Kim Schrotenboer launch one-ofa-kind ice vending merchandiser, BlueBoxIce.

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We met you at the IPIA a few years ago, your first attendance there. You brought your water vending machine which was received well, Water Vendors by Us. Good to see you’ve got another great product. How did this one come about?

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In 2013, three of us met to discuss a prospective new venture. Our discussion was based on what two of us had learned at the IPIA Annual Convention that year. Specifically, we had learned of an industry need for a packaged ice vending merchandiser in order to facilitate retail sales, directly to consumers, at convenient, standalone locations.

RM BBI

What had you heard from the ice manufacturer?

The CEO of a major ice company had told us, "We need a conventional vending machine FROM WHICH TO SELL OUR PACKAGED ICE just like they often use for soft drinks...the kind you put your money in, push the button and the bag of ice drops out, but the numbers have to work and be in-line when FACTORING THE COST OF THE MACHINE against projected operating costs and revenues."

“Almost as important, it has to be mechanically simple and reliable because my employees aren't trained to service sophisticated or complicated equipment.”

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Vending machines are nothing new, though.

Operators of stand-alone ice vending machines manufactured by “Ice House America,” “Kooler Ice,” and a handful of others which manufacture ice on the spot, have already captured a significant portion of a total $1.5 billion in annual ice sales.

How are they achieving this? It’s simple....it’s called customer convenience! Consumers no longer have to go inside and stand in line at convenience stores, supermarkets or other retail stores. They simply pull up to an easily accessible ice vending machine and make their ice purchase on the spot.

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Historic Family Business

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I met Beatrice on a bus in Vegas.

Seriously, we were seated on the shuttle, headed to the Reddy Ice Plant tour during the November IPIA Convention, and hit it off.

Beatrice is a third generation ice manufacturer, and has a familiar story to so many of us in the family industry of ice. Like my own story, she purchased the business from her father, which was founded and started by HIS father. She is a delightful, wonderfully personable individual, and asked me more about ME than I could ask about HER. I was very happy when she shared that she reads REFRIGERATION "religiously" and that the reason she was attending this IPIA (her company’s first time) was because she saw it promoted on the cover and within the pages of a recent issue.

Meet Beatrice and the rest of the family and crew from historic North Hollywood Ice Company.

It

was known as Home Ice during the Roaring 20's, and on into the 30's and 40's. The ice company was owned by a gentleman named Dick Cleveland, and Carlo Nicoletti worked under him on an ice route, delivering mostly to homes and small stores, in the classic image style of carrying blocks of ICE on his back using ice tongs.

Mr. Nicoletti was born in America, and raised in New York where he worked as an iceman and also sold coal. He moved to California in 1942 with his wife Beatrice and their children. His oldest son Paul Nicoletti worked with him at Home Ice Company when he was only 8 or 9 years old. Young Paul loved working alongside his dad. When Paul got older, he moved back to New York and stayed there until his father became ill with cancer. Paul returned to California to help support the family and took over his Dad's route at Home Ice at the age of seventeen and supported the family until his Dad passed away.

Paul continued to work his Dad's ice route after he was married to his wife Mari Ann. They had five daughters.

Paul wanted more and Top to Bottom: NHICE crew; asked Dick Cleveand Original delivery trucks; Paul to sell him the property Nicoletti – The Original Ice where Home Ice sat at Man; Ice Trucks – 1920s.

11317 Chandler Blvd in North Hollywood, Calif. Mr. Cleveland was getting older and liked and admired Paul, so he decided to sell him the property along with the company.

Paul renamed his company to what is now North Hollywood Ice Company.

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At the time, it was an ice storage facility only, with 300lb. blocks of ice that had to be crushed for soda fountains and scored ice cubes for liquor stores and markets. (This was before packaged ice was sold in all the markets.)

In the mid 70's the business was going so well that Paul decided to build a bigger storage unit that processed block ice and made ice cubes.

Then Paul ventured into the movie industry business. "WOW! Not to brag but he was #1 when it came to starting snow scenes in movies and movie stars homes, etc.," a family member confided.

North Hollywood Ice Company did many snow scenes for the movie industry, including North Dallas Forty, The Bodyguard and The Mambo King.

In 1992, Paul and his wife Mari Ann decided to retire to Del Mar, California.

Their third daughter Beatrice loved the company and had worked for her Dad periodically over the years.

She took it as her own responsibility to make sure it represented the tradition of the Nicoletti name. That was 23 years ago and the company is still very successful and going strong, thanks to her dedication and hard work. The company now operates at the second ice plant address and is bigger and better.

My Story

I can remember in 1966 being ou t on the playgrou when one of the nd with my clas teachers asked m smates e what my father answered, full of did for a living. pride, that he was I an Iceman. Boy four teachers’ fa , the looks on thes ces. I will never e forget they all sa and then one said id, “Iceman?” in “What’s that? W unison, e have refrigerat longer exists!” ion, the iceman no I became confus ed , wanting to defe thinking about m nd my family an y father’s passio d n for his work. Aft to trade ice for th er all, he was ab e cost of me bein le g born! The hospita his accounts. H l’s cafeteria was ow cool is that? one My life as I kn around the ice ho ew it was being ra use. One ginorm is ed ou s hardworking fa the mentor to a to mily. My father ugh bunch of gu was ys , most of whom st

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When my parent s retired in 1992 , I purchased th movie studios, ca e business, servic ters, restaurants, ing the bars, supermarke you name it... al ts, residences, ho ways something spitals, different. It keep What stays the s it fun and exci same is the prid ting! e we share as a standards and in family and mai tegrity that Pau nt ai ning the l Nicoletti set fo love about being r the ice industry in the ice business . What I - it’s my roots, m great passion fo y family, and I r it. have a

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Clockwise from top right: North Dallas Forty; Snow scene; Production snow job; Front page – Daily News; Carlo Nicoletti – Paul Nicolleti's father.

The

Elf

Chest

by Mike Landino

continued from Dec. 2015

Before Bobby could stop her, Cindy yelled out hopefully, “Santa’s Village!”

The small fairy looked to Bobby and then to the twins. “Santa is very far away, girls. If I could take you there, believe me, young human females, I would.

Oh well,” she said with an embarrassed frown, “that’s why I am only a 2nd class elf fairy. I would forget my own name if it wasn’t sewed onto my vest. See,” she said, showing them her name embroidered on the right side of her vest. “So, I guess I’ll probably never see the North Pole again.”

“Not that one, you silly goose,” Susan laughed, as she relished in the word play she shared with the beautiful elf, “Up there,” she said, pointing westward toward Pike’s Peak.

Once again Poinsettia looked to Bobby.

“We have a Santa’s Village on that mountain. It’s just pretend but it gets really crowded at this time of the year; a lot of parents with their kids.” Seeing that she needed more, he continued.

“It’s really pretty up there with a lot of rides for us kids, animals to pet, and a lot of children standing in line waiting to sit on Santa’s lap.” Fascinated with her truly amazed reaction to this, he added.

“He’s not the real Santa.”

“Poinsettia pondered this for a moment.

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Her ears beat mightily as her head turned left and then right and then to the huge mountain that loomed before her. She turned to the kids. “Who wants to go?”

And with that she flew to the window touched each child’s hand, and without warning, out the window they went, hand in hand.

Bobby’s scream of horror quickly turned to a shout of delight as he and his sisters flew west, high above their neighborhood. Here he was, a hundred feet above the ground and somehow he knew they would not fall to the ground. He felt safe with this wild, forgetful elf. They were on an adventure, a crazy and wild one, and he, Bobby Schultz, was along for the ride. “Yeehaw,” he screamed out at the top of his lungs while his sisters laughed their heads off. Below, the McPhersons’ jaws hung open. They could not believe their eyes and ears as they witnessed the Schultz kids laughing wildly high above them.

The twins shouted and waved at little Wendy McPherson.

They flew west, above Bear Creek Park, nestled in the foothills of the Rockies and Pike’s Peak. Poinsettia saw a bunch of teenagers playing Frisbee. She zoomed down towards them, adrenaline filled children in tow. With a high-pitched girlish scream of delight, she swooped down on the plastic toy and plucked it out of mid-flight, delighting the girls to no end and scaring the crap out of the kids on the ground. With another whoop of delight, she flung the Frisbee expertly towards one of the boys on the ground and sped away giggling in her beautiful elf laughter.

Onward they soared. When they

closed in on the small town of Manitou, to Colorado Spring’s west, Poinsettia spiraled downwards. Bobby and the girls yelled and waved to the startled people below, many of whom were pointing up with their cell phones. Less than fifty feet from the ground, the elf leveled out and headed upwards. Faster and faster they climbed. Soon, Santa’s Village was in sight.

They flew three very fast circuits around and over Santa’s Village. A trail of green and red smoke shot out from the elf’s shoes. Poinsettia slowed to a stop and hovered about three hundred feet above the large merry-go-round that was in the center of the park. Just to its right, a long line of children that stood in line to give Santa their Christmas list suddenly broke into pandemonium as they screamed in delight, and some, fear, and pointed at the small female elf and three children. The twins especially enjoyed the attention. Bobby knew all these people seeing them could only be bad.

And as if destiny heard his fears an unnoticed noise that a moment earlier rumbled in the distance now grumbled loudly. Hovered above them was a local news helicopter with a camera man hanging out as far as he dared. His video recorder captured three children holding hands, and the boy grasping the hand of the diminutive female that apparently kept the four suspended in mid-air with the rapid beating of her wings. This was without a doubt the greatest story he had ever witnessed.

His heart pounded madly as the video recorded and listened to the hyper excited reporter behind him telling the world every glorious, unexaggerated detail on what she saw.

Bobby was afraid. This was too much.

Everyone would know. What have they done? In the distance, two dark objects, Black Hawk helicopters dispatched from Fort Carson, sped towards them.

“Oh, crappers, we have to get out of here. Look!” The hand that grasped Poinsettia’s hand jerked forward towards the approaching soldiers. “We have to get out here,” he yelled at her worriedly.

“Ah, Phish, Posh, they just want to play with us. Don’t worry, Boy. We are only having the merriest of times.” To prove her point she nodded toward the girls’ who without doubt were having the greatest of fun. That did not ease Bobby’s fears. The Black Hawks were close enough now to use their laser guided missiles. Several soldiers inside had their weapons at the ready while their mouths hung open. One of them pointed toward the north. A second news helicopter was approaching. As far as the boy was concerned, disaster was imminent.

Suddenly his eyes zoomed in to the left inside of her brown vest as it flapped wildly in the high altitude mountain air.

In sparking purple sequence were two sets of large numbers, sewed into the inside of the vest.

“Is it that simple?” He yelled to the wind. He looked to the crowd below, and then to the Black Hawk helicopters.

Both news copters were on the scene now, filming everything. With his mind desperately looking for a way to depart this craziness as fast as they could, and with nothing to lose, he stole another look at his sisters, and them screamed as loud as he could, “12! 25!”

All three children and Poinsettia were back in the attic. The girls sighed with disappointment. Poinsettia sighed too, with obvious sorrow on her face. “How did we get back here?” She asked with two small hands on her hips.

“The secret code to Santa; it’s sewed into the left inside of your vest.” He pointed. The elf undid her vest, took it off and then looked at the inside of it. Her face turned several shades of red as she sheepishly looked into his eyes. “Oops! I told you how forgetful I am.”

A small thud was heard on the roof.

Three smiling cherub faces soon looked through the opened window, shouted in small, high-pitched screams of joy, and stepped in. After several moments of hugging and high-pitched giggles, the four elves turned to the three bewildered children.

One of the elves, a male, small and rosy-cheeked, smiled and bowed elegantly towards the children.

“You know, you have gained quite the audience out there,” he said jerking a thumb towards the octagon window.

Bobby ran to the window. The Macpherson’s along with half the neighborhood, and several news trucks crowded into the cul-de-sac they lived in. Overhead, in the distance, Bobby saw the same Black Hawk helicopters he saw at Santa’s Village speeding towards the direction of his house. Wendy Macpherson’s dad must have called 911, he thought suddenly. Quickly he turned back to the elves.

“They are coming; it’s the whole world.” His face was pale and frightened “Who’s coming, Boy?” “Everyone!”

“All is well, Boy. There is nothing to worry about,” Poinsettia said as if she had not a care in the world.

His sister’s giggles drew his stare. Two of the elves were whispering into their ears while the third gently grabbed Poinsettias hand, as he kindly looked into the boy’s eyes. “It is as she says, Master Bobby. There is nothing to worry about.

In a moment, we will be back at Santa’s Village and you will be here."

“But what do we tell them?” he asked pointed down at the growing commotion in the street.

The three new arrivals laughed in their high-pitched voices while Poinsettia nodded knowingly. She appeared embarrassed, almost guilty looking but not quite. “You tell them the truth.”

"But they’ll think we are crazy, they’ll thing we are out of our minds. They will…….” He stopped when he heard the voice on the police speaker demanding they come out of the house. “Well, I guess they might believe us”. And with that he began to laugh.

The elf that held the hand of the lost but now found, Elf Fairy 2nd Class Turtle Dove, smiled gently. “It is time for us to go, children. We must get back to Santa.”

“What will happen to our friend?” the

girls cried together.

All the elves with the exception of the Elf Fairy, 2nd Class laughed heartily. “This is not the first time we have had to help out our mischievous friend. She will be fine, girls.” The three elves laughed again while Poinsettia nodded her head in humbled agreement.”

After several moments of goodbyes and heartfelt thanks from all the elves, the four small figures approached the window and stepped out into mid-air.

The three children stood at the window and looked out. Poinsettia whispered into the head elf’s ear and he nodded his head much to her delight.

Below, several hundred people had gathered. Several news trucks, Fort Carson soldiers, and at least twenty police cars crowded in and around the cul-de-sac. Laughter, tears, shouts of joy and disbelief drowned out the sound of the helicopters, both military and news that hovered above.

With a final wave to the children, the head elf patted Poinsettias shoulder.

With a giant smile on her face she favored the children with another smile, looked down to the crowd below, and then shouted out in her loudest voice possible, “Merry Christmas, to one and all!” With a last giggle between them, the four flew up and away. In a blink of an eye they were gone.

Bobby looked down to the pandemonium going on in the street below. Grown adults jumped up and down, patting each other on the back, most of them laughing while tears of joy streamed down their faces. The boy felt elated but somehow, empty inside. He looked to his sisters who sat contently and completely fascinated and absorbed in what Cindy was holding.

Susan saw her big brother looking down at them. “Bobby, see what the nice elf man gave us.” Cindy turned towards her brother so he could see.

His jaw dropped and his eyes grew wide with unbelievable joy. In the shininess of his eyes, a reflection of what he saw grew. It couldn’t be but it was….

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PARTS

MERCHANDISERS

Convenience Store News

7-Eleven Inc. Inks 5-Year Supply Agreement with Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. According to Convenient Store News, under the pact, Core-Mark will service approximately 900 7-Eleven stores in three western regions: Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Sacramento. The service agreement is expected to begin in October 2016.

The strategic partnership reflects 7-Eleven and Core-Mark's shared values of leadership driven by integrity and a focus on culture and customers, according to a Core-Mark news release.

"We are very excited to be teaming up with the world's largest convenience store chain where our shared vision will generate benefits for both organizations," said Thomas B. Perkins, president and CEO of Core-Mark.

Dallas-based 7-Eleven operates, franchises or licenses 10,700 7-Eleven stores in North America. Globally, there are nearly 57,400 7-Eleven stores in 17 countries.

South San Francisco, Calif.-based CoreMark is one of the largest marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry in North America. It offers a full range of products, marketing programs and technology solutions to more than 37,500 customer locations in the United States and Canada through 29 distribution centers, excluding two distribution facilities the company operates as a third party logistics provider.

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From the water coming into your building to automatically delivering finished pallets of Packaged Ice into your freezer, AIS Designs, Engineers, Delivers, and Supports the industry’s most efficient and productive solutions.

The Complete Solution Operations Consulting, Facility Design, Complete Project Engineering, Vogt Ice® Manufacturing Systems, Ice Processing Systems, Ice Packaging Equipment, Automatic Palletizing Systems, Control Integration, Packaging Products, Leer® Merchandisers, Equipment Parts and Technical Support, Turn- Key Project Installs, Equipment Rebuilds, Field Service

Delivering tomorrow’s technology today

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Ad index/Classified ads Ad Index

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

American Ice Equipment Exchange, www.aieexchange.com... 25 & 27 Automatic Ice Systems, www.automaticice.com...................................24 Classified Ads...........................................................................................26-30 Farley's Frigeration, www.farleys-srp.com.................................................13 Ice Maid, www.icemaid.com....................................................................20 Ice Max, www.ice-max.com........................................................................2 Ice Systems & Supplies Inc. (ISSI), www.issionline.com................... 10 & 26 Ing-Tech Corporation (ITC), www.itcpack.com.............................. 22 & 30 Keet Consulting Services, LLC (KCS), www.kcsgis.com...........................21

Rates are $1.00 per word, with a minimum charge. Any blind ads, with an assigned box number c/o publisher, add $10.00. Deadline for upcoming issue is the 1st of the previous month.

Leer, Inc., www.leerinc.com.......................................................................31 Matthiesen, www.matthiesenequipment.com..........................................9 Modern Ice, www.modernice.com.................................................... 7 & 29 Polar Temp, www.polartemp.com............................................................32 Polar Temp Express, www.polartemp.com..........................................16-17 Sisco, www.siscoproductsinc.com...............................................................5

For advertising and listing information, contact Mary at (404) 819-5446 or refrigerationmag@gmail.com

SOUTHEAST SANCHEZ REFRIGERATION EQUIP

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • Turbo Tig 33 Ice Maker, 98 model • Mycom N6WB Compressors w/125 HP motors skid mounted w/oil separators (used with Vogt P34AL ice makers) • Turbo CB38 Rake • Screw Conveyor Drive Packages for 9" and 12" conveyors (great condition) • Hammer RBC with conveyor • Stainless 9" and 12" screw conveyors • 21' Hytrol belt conveyor

sanchezref@bellsouth.net Cell: 954-648-2459 Office: 386-597-6381 Vogt P-18XT Year 2000 mini tube W/C 230/3/60 DX-11 ten ton By Vogt year 200 1-1/2" tube W/C 230/3/60 DX6-900 five ton mini tube 230/3/60 Used JMC sealer 115/1/60 Used 31' X 31' X 16' Freezer W/ 7.5 HP Kramer Cond 230/3/60 includes 8' X 8' Slider door and standard duty door 20 Ton Turbo Rake bin with front delivery screw 230/3/60

• Turbo CB87 with plastic chain and sprockets and stainless steel flights

3- P-34AL 1-1/2 tubes 230/3/60 (used)

• Morris 18 ton Tube Cube Maker, R22, 2006 model complete with evap condensor 1" ice

1- Turbo S/S cutter 230/3/60

• Vogt 218, rebuilt in 2005, complete with cooling tower

"NEW" KAMCO PARTS Ice Systems & Supplies Rock Hill, SC Toll free (800) 662-1273 or (803) 324-8791

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3- P-34AL 7/8" tubes 230/3/60 (used)

Vogt P-118 year 2007 w/ low hours 230/3/60 W/C 12 Ton S/S Self-Contain Turbo Ice maker W/C One ATC-258B Evapco Evap Cond.460/3/60 Two Vilter 440 comp. Pkg. 460/3/60 200HP Ammonia

For pics call Ralph at 954-648-2459

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SOUTHEAST (continued)

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • R E-Built Hamer 125 Bag Closers with Stands • Hamer 125 Bag Closers with Stands • Hamer 14G Ring Closer, To Include Stand and Conveyor • Hamer 310 Form, Fill, & Seal • Morris 70 Ton Nugget Ice Maker • Morris 70 Ton Flake Ice Maker • Vogt P24AL’s 7/8 Ice Makers with Refrigeration • Vogt P24AL Mini Tube, Ice Maker with Refrigeration • Vogt 18XT Mid Tube, 10 Ton Ice Maker

• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Vogt 118 5 Ton Ice Maker 7/8, W/C Vogt 4000 4000lb 7/8 A/C Ice Maker Vogt 3000 7/8, W/C Ice Maker Kamco 14 Ton Moving Floor Ice Bin Kamco 20 Ton Moving Floor Bin Matthiesen VL510 Top Load Galv. Bagger Matthiesen Bagger Take-Off System Matthiesen VLS, Bottom Load Bagger 7lb Wicketed “mis-print” Ice Bags 16lb Wicketed “misprint” Ice Bags 5lb Wicketed Ice Bags Leer BL-39 Ice Block Maker Clinebell B-56’s, 11lb Block Makers Clinebell CB300 300lb Block Makers

• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

9x10 Screw Galv. Conveyor 12x16 Galv. Screw Conveyor 12x30’ Stainless Screw Conveyors Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 10’ Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 11’ Magliner Ramp 28” x 13’ 4” Baltimore Aircoil CXV-184 Vilter VSM-601 Single Screw Compressor Type B Multi-SystemControl Panel 7lb Wicketed “misprint” Ice Bags 16lb Wicketed “misprint” Ice Bags 5lb Wicketed Ice Bags Infra-Pak Stretch Wrappers Turbo Ice Sizer

AND MUCH MORE!

If you have “discontinued” ice bags, or used equipment you would like to sell PLEASE CALL. SEE OUR USED EQUIPMENT WEB PAGE AT WWW.AIEEXCHANGE.COM. Call for surplus ice!

Polar Temp Equipment Mike Landino - Toll free - 1-877-376-0367 E-mail (NEW ADDRESS): mlandino@polartemp.com Don’t forget to call if you have a quality piece of used equipment for sale.

ICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • 1-Morris 70 ton nugget ice maker NIM-200 HVS-70 ECR complete system • 1-Morris 70 ton nugget ice maker NIM-150HV-70 complete system • 1-Turbo Ice Sizer SN: 950930 • 1-UVS Snow Shaker Type C-5 • 1-Hamer 535 (converted to 540) Form, Fill, and Seal • Various lengths of 9” stainless screw conveyors and drives • Various lengths of 12” stainless screw conveyors, troughs, drive motors and gear boxes (new and used).

CALL ME BEFORE YOU BUY NEW.

HARD TO FIND PARTS? Impossible to Get? CALL FRANK! If he doesn't have it and he can't get it, it can't be found!

Compressors, Vilters, Eclips, MRI 90, York, Y & G Series HDI Compressors, Frick, York, Vilter ALSO large selection of Parts for Compressors, Block Plants.

We buy all types of used ice making & refrigeration equipment.

COMER REFRIGERATION

(386) 328-1687 | (386) 325-0909 (fax) crsrefrigeration@aol.com

Bo (757) 934-1294 brussell@holidayiceinc.com

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Classified ads

MIDWEST FOR SALE

SNO CAP SALES, INC.

St. Louis, MO | 636-225-6011

• Frick screw (150 hp) with all control board starter etc • Micom Recip N6 with controls and 40 Hp • Ice crane for 24 block harvest • 12 cylinder Vilter recip no control or starter • Block crusher (300lb), ice blower

Carving Blocks For Sale Clinebell quality, boxed and palletized. We are centrally located and ship nationwide. The Choice is Crystal CLEAR.

Equipment For Sale

• Vertical screw (old) various block equipment

S60 Block Maker

Contact Union Central Cold Storage Inc: farader@aol.com or (213) 489-4205

Glass Doors for Merchandisers

ICE FOR SALE

FOR SALE

A Family Owned Ice Company

Model C-5 ICE Universal Vibrating Screen 3’x5’ Screen with 7/8” Screen Openings

Tube Ice 7, 10, 20, 22 lb Bags Over a million bags in stock Shipped or Picked up

Call Jimmy: (920) 231-7784

PIQCS Plus Accredited

FOR SALE Small ice plant business in central Illinois. Good customer base with lots of growth potential. Owner wants to retire. Call Paul for more information.

Arctic Ice Inc Call Steve Camenzind

(314) 989-9090

(217) 374-6500 (office) or (217) 473-2615

NORTHEAST USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

www.modernice.com

Suction Accumulator - Chil-Con Model # AA24084, 24” x 7’ high, with boil out coil – Like new condition - $6,000.00

1-800-543-1581

Ice Makers • Vogt Ice Maker - P24A • Morris Ice Maker • Vogt Ice Maker - P118 • Turbo Ice Maker – CAR120 • Turbo Ice Maker – CF40SCER • Vogt Ice Maker – P418 • Vogt Ice Maker – HE30 • Kold Draft Ice Maker

Check our most recent inventory online at www.modernice.com!

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Packaging • Matthiesen Heat Seal Bagger • Matthiesen Baler (3 Available) •H amer Form, Fill, and Seal Machine - 310 Handling • Matthiesen Shaker Belt with Stand • Shaker •1 2” Stainless Steel Auger (Several Lengths) •1 2” Stainless Steel Shroud Trough Cover

Receiver 12’ x 30” with warming loop used with Vogt ice maker- Like new condition - $6,000.00 Toshiba 125 HP Motor, Premium Efficiency

Contact Kyle at Long Island Ice & Fuel Corp.

(631) 727-3010 or (516) 790-6842

Classified ads

NORTHEAST (continued) VOGT ICE FOR SALE

WANTED

5, 7, 16 & 40 lb. bags.

Water is lab tested for purity.

Delivery or pick-up.

Six generations of quality.

Leer all-in-one racks.

Contact Anderson Ice Co. at 570-752-3291

WANT TO BUY Long Island Ice & Fuel Corp.

Call (631) 727-3010

Hamer 535 or 540 FFS Bagger; with or without all of the bells and whistles

Call Gregg at (614) 272-8404

FOR SALE Merchandiser Parts for all brands at competitive prices.

• 600 ice cans, 11x22x51

(877) 984-5945

• 140 ft. York herring bone • 4 ton bridge crane • 13 can grids • Two Tuffy upenders • Perfection block scorers

ICE FOR SALE

• Tip tables • 14 can can filler

Plus other equipment Call Gary Evans Clayville Ice Co., Inc.

(315) 839-5405

Vogt Mini tube ice, 8, 20 & 40 lb. bags. All ice is screened, palletized & stretch wrapped.

We deliver or you pick up. Our water is treated with ozone for sterilization. No Chlorine Added!

Martin's Ice Company Phone (717) 733-7968 or fax (717) 733-1981 PA

ICE CARVING TOOLS Plastic liners for clear block makers $1.18/ea Reusable drip pans – from $6.50/ea Over 500 items in stock for Ice Carvers

www.IceSculptingTools.com or (440) 717-1940

PACIFIC ICE MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY BUSINESS FOR SALE HAWAII • Srong existing customer base • $200K Annual Sales • Vogt Ice Machines • 3-Ton Stainless Steel Auger

• Feed Ice Bin • 2,500lb Storage (Walk-in Freezer) • Isuzu MPR Refrigerated Box Truck • Turn-Key

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Classified ads

SOUTHWEST ITC EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1-800-599-4744 www.itcpack.com ICE MAKERS

BELT CONVEYORS

• Vogt P34AL w/ high side refrigeration

• 6’ - 30’ • Space Saver incline conveyor

• Morris 20 ton Nugget Ice Maker, R22, 460V, w/ stand and cooling tower • Vogt P118 & 9000 • Vogt DX6

• B-56 w/4 HP condenser • Leer BL-39 w/ remote condenser

SNOW REEL/SHAKERS

RAKES

• SS Model 44 w/ 7’ SS stand • 3x8’ SS Snow Reel w/ 13’ stand • 3x5’ GV Snow Reel w/ 10’ stand

• Hamer 310 FFS (wire tie)

• 20 HP Krack Condenser • 6.5 HP Bohn w/ evap

BAG CLOSERS

BALERS

• Hamer 125 & RC • JMC Fuse Air IV • Matthiesen heat seal

at (480)

423-5464

Vogt 6000 and Vogt 9000 Call Charlie Bolton

(713) 643-0573 Houston, TX

FOR SALE

REFRIGERATION

BAGGERS

Contact: Ice King, Ryan Maasen

WANTED

BLOCK MAKERS

• (2) 10 ton Frick, LS, low side only

• LMR 2900 Northstar rake • LMR 4200 Northstar rake

USED MERCHANDISERS WANTED

(1) Vogt P118 Reconditioned.

Runs on R404 Freon.

(1) Mini Tube Vogt, air-cooled 404 Freon

• JMC w/ positive incline • Hamer 3 HD Bale-A-Matic

(1) Mid Tube Vogt, air-cooled 404 Freon (1) Rebuilt CB P118 Call Charlie Bolton (Houston, TX)

(713) 643-0573

WANTED Planning to close, or know somebody who is?

FOR SALE

MEXICAN COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR:

• Complete block ice plant or just the crane with runways “12 block crane or more” • Tube ice plant with P34AL from 1990-2000 • A Turbo Tigar 30-40 Tons Ammonia We disarm and handle all equipment.

Federico Johnston

hveracruz@gmail.com (011) 52-662-214-23-04

EQUIPMENT WANTED VOGT´S P24´s and P34´s used in any conditions only MID or LARGE ice.

Ice RAKE 30 tons or less used

CONTACT US BEFORE YOU SELL!

ICE EQUIPMENT

LPiceEquipment@gmail.com

809-350-8297

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2005 12 Ton Kamco Bin in good condition, $5000.

Contact Greg LeBlanc at Orange County Ice

409-920-0037 Bridge City, TX

– ANYWHERE, ANYTIME

Leer heralds the Dawn of a New Ice Age – Retailing your own Packaged Ice Leer’s product innovation and industry leadership is once again crystal clear with the introduction of the new Ice Breaker TM – providing a superior selling experience for Ice Companies with the desired buying experience for consumers.

Search for those new locations where there is a demand for ice, but currently no supply – rest stops, parks, marinas, campgrounds, state and county fairs. Set an Ice Breaker at these strategic locations and begin retailing your own ice - 24/7. Your profit potential is limitless.

Sell more ice, more often with the Ice BreakerTM and open up new channels of opportunity and profitability.

Call: 800-766-5337 or Visit leerinc.com

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