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

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I FOUND WHAT I LOVE

By Billy Quinton

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GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?

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NINE TO FIVE HAS NEVER BEEN THE ICE INDUSTRY

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EQUIPMENT NUTS AND BOLTS

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WORLD WATER DAY

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SIE CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

…And Neither For The Millenials Either, It Appears

Theme, Key Facts and Events Around The World

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Merchandiser Repair – Do You Know What To Do?

By Brian Dallman, Polar Temp

Recap of the SIE Convention in Miramar, Fla

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It’s ALL Talk The convention season gathers us together in a place where ideas are developed and many times executed. They motivate us to stick together and keep trudging the road of what we know, and of what we can make better. We talk about these things, we email each other about them, even present them in person before each other. We sit together during meetings, supplier exhibits, meals and events together, and hopefully return home better for the time spent with each other.

There’s been so much hype, good and bad, about how we don’t talk to each other anymore. The complaint is that you never get a human voice on the phone, or we text too much, or email instead of talk in person, and on and on.

But I think that we may be communicating a good bit more, and in a more authentic fashion, now that there are more comfortable, less anxiety-producing avenues of saying what we really mean. I like one liners better than anything. I speak best using them. That’s why I love our facebook page (www.facebook.com/RefrigerationMagazine). I can one-line mention anything I think may have value to you, in an instant, instead of waiting until the magazine comes out for you to read it.

Advertisers who run a classified with us receive that same ad on our website, www.refrigeration-magazine.com, immediately. It’s instant, and it helps you.

No matter how we communicate, we are all in this together. Refrigeration Magazine is in the business of collecting news and the people who make it, within our pages, on our website, or through our facebook page. It all serves to keep the common thread of information and trends right before you. I am amazed sometimes of how shy someone with a fantastic idea can be when I ask for them to share it with the readers. But then I begin to see, once again, that this industry is comprised of modest, humble innovators and entrepreneurs who do what they do, not for the recognition, but simply because it’s what they know and what they are good at.

Whether I speak to you in person at a meeting, via email or text, or even on the nearlyantiquated phone, we are still an industry that still communicates in one form or another.

We are all hard pressed for time, especially during our selling season, but we remain a group of business people who depend on communication with each other to get things done. The teamwork evident in the meeting you may have attended this season can be developed within your own company.

Sometimes just having a little dose of teamwork is enough mo-jo to get us through the day.

And that’s something to tweet about.

Mary Cronley

Editor/Publisher

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"This industry is comprised of modest, humble innovators and entrepreneurs who do what they do, not for the recognition, but simply because it’s what they know and what they are good at."

I Found What I...

By Billy Quinton

Testimonial

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Sometimes people ask me, “How did you get into the ice business?” Well of course I tell them it was always a lifetime dream. In third grade when the teacher asked everyone in the class, “What do you want to be when you grow up,?” I would always jump up and say, "An iceman." RIGHT! I had no idea of becoming an iceman. I just grew up working hard and looking for the opportunity to do something I would enjoy.

That opportunity came in the winter of 1977. I took a job with Morris & Associates with plans to learn basic refrigeration and maybe start my own heating and air business someday. I took the only job they had open at the time, which was washing, fueling, and loading the trucks. In a few weeks five of the six drivers quit. I was given a route sheet and sent out to run all the routes. Fortunately it was winter and by putting in 80 plus hours a week, I was able to keep up.

By the first of March that year it was apparent that none of the drivers were coming back. Management decided to start hiring new drivers and as they did, they put them on the truck with me to learn the route. By the first of May we had a new stable of drivers and I had taught all of them the routes. I was promoted to lead driver (by default I guess). The summer of 1977 was very hot and very dry, as it turns out one of the hottest and driest ever to this day. Sales were great and things went well. In September of that year I was made the Manager of that ice plant....Ice Master Ice Service, a subsidiary of Morris & Associates. We worked hard and grew the business and in November 1982, Triangle Ice Company bought Ice Master. I came with the deal and had the privilege of working for John Barker, Jake Hickman and Everett Jenkins.

In 1987, Everett retired and I became Manager of Triangle Ice. I remained in that position until Triangle was sold to Reddy Ice in 2003. I stayed on board and tried to make that transition as smooth as possible until I retired in 2009. In 2012, Bo Russell with Holiday Ice asked me to help them with a new office they were opening in Raleigh. Currently I am working with a great bunch of folks and hope to see that plant take off and do well in the Raleigh market.

I have seen a lot of changes over the years. So many improvements have been made that we can literally make a bag of ice clearer, cleaner, and for less money than we did 35 years ago. That said, a couple of things have not changed.

This is still a people business. It all revolves around service and the people and relationships that make it happen. The game and how it is played has changed, but being successful at it has not. It is the people who can adapt well to change who come out on top.

You can take good people and turn a run-down plant, worn out trucks, and deteriorated boxes into a beautiful, state of the art, successful, multi-million dollar business. I’ve seen it happen. I said in the beginning I was looking for an opportunity to do something I would enjoy. I found something I love with all my heart.

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Work ethic NEITHER FOR THE Nine to Five Has Never Been The Ice Industry AND MILLENIALS EITHER, IT APPEARS

Anyone in the packaged ice industry can vouch for the hard work it takes to keep things moving and selling. It’s nothing new to most in the business.

However, nowadays, the intense work ethic that has become synonymous with the "ice man" may be something that the 7th and 8th generation of family business members are not willing to continue.

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Dawn Ladd, executive director of the Southern Ice Exchange, says, “So many of our members tell me that their kids aren’t willing to work as hard as they do.”

Is hard work in order to get what you want becoming an option and not a requirement for today’s work force? Maybe so.

In my conversations with younger workers, I observe their reluctance to realize what it takes to build a career. Those in the ice industry are well aware of what it takes to keep the ice plant alive and well, but many "kids" in other fields are far removed from what we Baby Boomers and Generation Xers have come to know.

An article in the Washington Post profiled companies and employees from many groups. The millennial generation -about 50 million people between ages 18 and 29 -- is the only age group in the nation that doesn't cite work ethic as one of its "principal claims to distinctiveness," according to a new Pew Research Center study, "Millennials: Confident. Connected.

Open to Change." The Washington-based nonprofit group found that young adults and their elders agree: Baby boomers and Generation Xers have better work ethics and moral values than those in their 20s.

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In a survey of about 1,200 people of all ages, millennials chose other traits to define themselves: 24 percent said "technology use," 11 percent went with "music/pop culture," 7 percent chose "liberal/tolerant" and 6 percent said "smarter." Only 5 percent noted their generation's "work ethic" -- the same portion as who chose "clothes."

Among older generations, at least twice as many people cited work ethic as a badge of their age group's identity: 17 percent of boomers, 11 percent of Gen Xers and 10 percent of those 65 and older. The older three generations also take pride in their strong values or morals and in being "respectful," terms that hardly any millennials in the survey used.

It’s a wonderful thing that Boomers’ parents and grandparents laid the foundation for their offspring to have a better life, but to continue to work hard in order to maintain it. We were taught by example and never questioned it. Today’s millennials don’t seem to have that same hunger. They desire success and all the bells, whistles and toys that go with it, but they are stubborn about putting in the required hours or effort.

Nicole Furst, 38, a senior executive at Accenture in Reston, said the younger generation at her firm has little interest in putting in long hours simply because that's what previous generations did. "They make it clear that it's not a pattern they would adopt," she said. "They look at all the Generation Xers and say, 'I don't want to put in all those hours when I am at that point.' " The ice industry is loaded with multi-generations of hard working family members and employees. While it may not have always received the respect and revenue it deserves, it’s probably been working too hard and fast with ‘all those hours’ to let it slow them down.

Industry News

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Ice sculpture

Aaron Costic from Elegant Ice shared some photos from a recent competition in Yellowknife, Canada. They turned an 8000lb, 9' tall block of ice into a beautiful Winter Stag.

Contact Aaron at Aaron@elegantice.com for more ice sculpture photos.

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A Blast From the PAST A look back at the 2008 SIE Convention

World Water Day

World Water Day

2014

Theme, Key Facts and Events Around the World

Water and Energy Key facts and figures

By Sanskrity Sinha, International Business Times

The United Nations, which instituted the World Water Day practice in 1993, has said this year's theme is "energy and water."

World Water Day 2014 theme

According to the UN, energy and water are interdependent.

Generation and transmission of major energy sources such as hydroelectric, nuclear, and thermal power require water resources. Conversely, about 8% of global energy is used for pumping, treating and transporting water.

The 2014 theme addresses inequalities in this water-energy nexus, the UN said.

The focus is especially on the "bottom billion who live in slums and impoverished rural areas and survive without access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, sufficient food and energy services," it said in a statement.

Marking the World Water Day, the UN has released some key facts and figures based on this year's theme. They are below: 

oughly 75% of all industrial water withdrawals R are used for energy production

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With this year's theme, the UN also aims to facilitate the development of policies in water and energy sectors that "can achieve greater economic and social impact."

I n Stockholm, public buses, waste collection trucks and taxis run on biogas produced from sewage treatment plants.  I n 2011, 768 million people did not use an improved source of drinking water and 2.5 billion people did not use improved sanitation.

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Several events are being held around the world to mark the UN World Water Day and highlight the theme that water and energy are interlinked.

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More than 1.3 billion people still lack

access to electricity, and roughly 2.6 billion use solid fuels (mainly biomass – wood or dung) for cooking.

An annual conference was held in Zaragoza, Spain, in January to discuss the role of both the sectors in the conceptualization of UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) after 2015.

The main UN event marking the World Water Day 2014 was held in March in Tokyo. The World Water Development Report 2014 on Water and Energy was released there. This year's World Water Week is scheduled to take place in Stockholm, Sweden, from August 31 to September 5, and it will be held under the same theme as that of the World Water Day.

Editor’s Note:

These are the facts and figures.

There is definitely a role for the pure water and packaged ice industry. What that is, however, depends on how we pursue it.

Learn More >>

See 10 facts about water, sanitation and energy on page 24.

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Diversification

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Social media

GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? Twitter can say it first and fast By: Joe Cronley

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here are a lot of opportunities in your marketing mix that are “free.” Anything the public sees – your building, your trucks, your merchandisers, even your packaging – is valuable eyespace where you can put your marketing message. The only thing you have to do is come up with a meaningful message and have it placed in the space you would like.

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Social media With your packaging, you're getting it printed already, so an additional message may actually cost you nothing. With the other spaces, you have to invest. Vinyl graphics for merchandisers are pricey, and trucks are even more. If you're going to spend the money, it's a good idea to get it professionally produced, from writing to design. Adding signage to your building involves the professional message, plus constructing a sign, and possibly dealing with your local zoning. The bottom line is that even though you own all these spaces and you can use them, free isn't always free.

The same is true of so many of the promises of the internet: Free isn't always free. # FREE VS. FREE WITH A CATCH

YOUR REAL COST: A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE

Twitter is free. It costs nothing to sign up, it costs nothing to use. The service now has some advertising products – Promoted Accounts, Promoted Tweets, and Promoted Trends – but most business users just use the regular, free service.

Even using the free services of Twitter, it only works well if your company has an employee who is dedicated to your Twitter feed. We don't mean dedicated as in full time, we mean that the employee understands that this is a daily part of his or her job function, that you have a strategy, that you need it executed on, and that they are a public face of your company.

The company explains these services well, and you can choose to have Twitter geolocate your services, showing your promotions only to those users who are in your selected area. You only pay for results and can set a limited budget, so it can be cheap. It's similar to the model that Google uses for its AdWords service. For this article, we will concentrate on the free side.

Twitter is very much a media of the moment – the feed moves fast, and it moves more quickly as you follow more users. One marketing guru says the life of a tweet is 3 hours, another 24, another 48. In a world of repetitive exposure to advertising – think Coca-Cola – how much good does a very temporary tweet do for a packaged ice business?

As a broadcast media, Twitter may not be much use for packaged ice manufacturers. Your tweets are only seen by users who follow you, and even if you have a thousand followers, will a steady stream of messages really get them to buy more packaged ice?

By understanding what Twitter does and how people use it, you can find ways to make Twitter part of your ongoing marketing strategy. Tyrell Mara, a Vancouver, BC based communications pro, puts it this way: “The biggest win in social media isn’t in the one-time tweet or one-time deal, it’s the lifetime value in building highly engaged communities!” Using Twitter to build a community of interested users, and to promote using relevant hashtags, are where packaged ice wins.

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You may be the perfect person to fulfill this role. It should only take a few hours a week to monitor your Twitter feed, to create posts, and to set them up to be pushed out during the week. The person should have a smart phone following Twitter, and they should be prepared to monitor it at all times. You may also find that a person in your office, your production floor, or your driver pool is tech savvy, is already using Twitter or other social media, and is willing to do it. Beware, though – just because they know it and use it doesn't mean that you want their voice to be your public voice.

Social media has become a function of PR firms and advertising agencies. They probably do a professional job of it, and charge professional fees. This may be overkill for you.

Your cost will be the few hours a week it takes your selected employee to write a series of tweets, load them in a free tool that will distribute your tweets when you schedule them (Google “social media management tools” for a variety of choices), and monitor that feed. Make sure your employee gives you his/her password, just in case.

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Social media YOUR FOLLOWERS: WHO USES PACKAGED ICE, AND ALSO TWITTER? Now you need to get some followers. This can be an exercise for your first few months. Sometimes users you follow will automatically follow you, so your first task is to follow likely users. Suggestions include:

HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER In June, while the big Annual Local Festival is in full swing, your Twitter feed will be churning out three or four tweets a day about the festival: TWEETS

• Any individual stores with their own Twitter feed

Local Ice Company @localicecompany 2:00pm Check out #awesomenewband on mainstage @3! Enjoy a cold drink and stay hydrated! #annuallocalfestival

• Restaurants you have served with hotshot or bulk ice, or that you'd like to serve (restaurants can be aggressive Twitter users)

Local Ice Company @localicecompany 4:00pm Feeling hot at #annuallocalfestival? Come enjoy the cooling tent near events pavilion. Stay hydrated!

• Any of your chain store customers with a Twitter feed or a social media manager

• Any events in your market, even if you don't service them now • Any recreational facilities or areas in your market, even if you don't service them now • All of your local media – TV, radio, newspapers, free newspapers, magazines, etc.

This is a good start. If you watch your own “followers” column, you will begin to see if the users you follow begin to follow you back. You can even send out tweets without followers using a hashtag that somebody might search sometime. It should be general, not too specific: #foodsafety #nameofyourlocalevent #nameofyourlocalrecreationalsite/lake/beach The object is to make tweets that are informational, not promotional. Everyone will see who the tweet came from, which is the promotional aspect. You want to be informative. You want to be topical.

Local Ice Company @localicecompany 6:00pm Opening night party for #annuallocalfestival starts at 8! Don't miss fresh #localfoodspecialty and #wellknownlocalband at 9:30!

You're just providing a public service, keeping up information and enthusiasm about the festival. While you're doing that, you're also indicating that 1) You're a vital part of the local community, and 2) You're actually at the festival. One of your goals is that when the funnel cake stand runs out of ice, they call you for 500 more pounds.

With any luck, maybe you'll get a tweet like this: TWEETS Funnel Cake Stand @funnelcakestand 5:00pm @localicecompany We're slammed and out of ice – can you guys hook us up? #annuallocalfestival

We are interested in hearing about any packaged ice companies who maintain an active Twitter feed. Contact us at www.facebook.com/RefrigerationMagazine.

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work or do not work. In other words, if the GFI is faulty it will NOT reset. If it works correctly, it WILL reset.

by Brian Dallman, Polar Temp This was my first opportunity to attend the SIE convention. I was impressed with the attendance and the participation, especially with the panel discussion regarding ice merchandiser repair. With four merchandiser manufacturers attending we were not exactly sure how to approach the discussion since we are all competitors! However, we happen to manufacture product that is very similar in nature with a few differences that are proprietary. I applaud the attendees for asking questions that plague us all and I hope our exchange was helpful for everyone.

I would like to highlight one question in this article and revisit the answer given at the convention since we were not as clear as we could or should have been leaving many attendees still wondering. After doing more research, we didn’t give a good answer regarding GFIs. For those of you reading this article that could not attend or are of another regional ice association, I hope this will be helpful for you also.

In other words, if the GFI is faulty it will NOT reset. If it works correctly, it WILL reset.

The question regarding those areas that require a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI), also known as GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) was, “What can we do when the GFI keeps tripping?” GFCI and GFI are in fact one in the same and hereafter in this article will be referred to as GFI. If the GFI plug-in has been mandated by a city, county or state to be used in the commercial setting, it would be in the best interest of all that it be used correctly and by-passing it in any way is not a good idea. This article should give a better understanding of what to do in the event of nuisance GFI tripping.

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With that said, there is no “grey area”, meaning that the GFI will not weaken with age and replacing it will not solve the situation.

A GFI, as we know it for use in wet and damp areas in your kitchen, bathroom, swimming pool area, etcetera, monitors the flow of electricity going to the equipment – the hot wire and the neutral wire. If there is a difference of four to six milliampere of flow between the hot and neutral wire, the GFI will sense this and be triggered to shut the power supply OFF. GFI’s are triggered when the flow of electricity flows outside its normal path which could be through someone’s body rather the neutral wire, therefore the difference in electrical flow results in the tripped GFI. This path interruption is detected in approximately 1/40th of a second.

If there is a small electrical leakage internal of a refrigeration compressor to neutral or ground that triggers the GFI, you should be able to find it by process of elimination. In many designs, the condensing unit can be unplugged from the control circuitry and plugged in directly to the GFI. If the GFI trips, you have identified the electrical leak somewhere on the condensing unit compressor, condenser fan motor or start components.

If there is a difference of four to six milliampere of flow between the hot and neutral wire, the GFI will sense this and be triggered to shut the power supply OFF. Identifying other leakage can be accomplished by searching other likely sources. For example, possibly at the evaporator fan motor, wiring harness connectors to the motor, defrost heater, defrost terminator, electronic controllers, or a small cut in wire insulation that is exposed to a sharp metal edge.

The process of finding a current leakage becomes a process of elimination to identify where the fault is located and then replace the faulty part or parts. As the process of elimination is being exercised, keep your safety first when connecting and disconnecting parts by disconnecting the main power cord first, then reconnect as you identify the fault.

Additionally, if there is other equipment connected to the same circuit, be sure it isn’t the other equipment triggering the GFI circuit. Also it is very important that the GFI is correctly

Equipment nuts & bolts connected at the wall socket. An incorrectly wired GFI can cause nuisance GFI tripping. Instructions are provided by the GFI manufacturers showing the correct way to connect them. GFI’s used in outdoor locations should have the appropriate enclosure to protect and avoid moisture from getting into the wall socket which can also cause the GFI to trip OFF. There are manufacturers of GFIs that offer tamper resistant and weather resistant enclosures for outdoor applications. To maintain a UL or ETL listed GFI outdoors, an enclosure should be incorporated.

There were studies conducted several years ago that show failure can occur to GFIs that are subjected to RF, UHF and microwave frequencies. However, with the testing that independent test labs offer now, such as UL and ETL, those possibilities have now been solved.

GFIs that we know are available are wall plugs, the actual male plug on the equipment used (example: those on electric power washers) and also those located at the circuit breaker for that circuit being used.

If a GFI at the wall plug continues to trip and all other electrical leakage potentials have been investigated, a solution using the safety feature is to replace the wall plug with the GFI and circuit breaker combination at the circuit breaker box for that circuit supplying power to the ice merchandiser. This was a recommendation of a GFI manufacturer since the breaker GFI combination switch is not as sensitive as the wall socket and should not be subjected to moisture.

Other GFIs available are Equipment Protection Ground- Fault Interrupters. These devices are triggered at a higher 30 milliampere rating compared to the four to six milliampere in your kitchen, bathroom or at the ice merchandiser location and are for protecting equipment rather than people.

New merchandisers have gone through significant testing at an independent lab such as UL or ETL and must meet electrical safety criteria in the case of ice merchandisers tested under UL Standard 471 and Canadian C22.2. Many question why the controllers and on/off toggle switches are located under the outdoor hood in an inconvenient area.

These components are located so the rain and moisture contact is minimal to none which can cause a GFI trip if not protected, and to insure the equipment is built such that other electrical safety issues are not present.

One test that all manufacturers of ice merchandisers must comply with and earn is an electrical safety agency listing.

This is known as the Hipot (for High Potential) test. After all

wiring and assembly work is completed, prior to shipping, the Hipot test takes place. The Hipot tester is regulated equipment which must be calibrated every year. It is inspected quarterly by ETL or UL to be sure calibration has not expired. The Hipot test (also known as Dielectric Withstand Voltage test) is another assurance/insurance that the product has no leakage current when it leaves the factory. It is after the new merchandisers leave the factory that things can happen, either during shipping, or having been altered in the field, causing a current leakage. This is one of the reasons that certain areas require a GFI for that added electrical safety protection.

Hopefully this better clarifies the answer given at the SIE discussion to the question . . . “What can we do when the GFI keeps tripping?” The correct answer and safe way has been addressed above. Basically, there is no easy quick method, however using process of elimination methodically by segregating areas of electrical circuits and narrowing it down to an individual part that has failed is the only safe way.

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Convention Recap

SIE Conventon Highlights

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ith a strong crowd in attendance, including 14 supplier members, the Southern Ice Exchange held its 125th Annual Convention at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort/Spa in Destin (Miramar Beach), Fla. The actual ‘passing of the gavel’ will be held later this year at the 2014 Grand Event in Orlando, October 28-31. Meanwhile, the convention meetings and other schedules were directed

by Jody Botner, Corbin Ice, Corbin, Ky. As you may have read in Refrigeration’s last few issues, Jody’s plant burned to the ground – the result of arson by a former employee. Jody did a great job sharing how his experience may benefit others, and let the members know what it was like to lose everything and build it back.

He gave most of the credit of rebuilding to his fellow ice manufacturers and suppliers, who gave Jody and his family and employees an immediate call to arms.

Beth Diffley, All Over Media, was voted as the next supplier representative for the SIE. While the weather was typical of severe springtime thunderstorms, it served to keep those in attendance in the meeting room with ice producers and suppliers/ exhibitors, thus giving everyone a productive and beneficial three days of business.

Jody welcomed the group on Friday morning, and gave a presentation on anti-trust rules.

Next, there was a panel discussion with Charlotte McGinnis of Leer, and Byron Thatcher and Brian Dallman of Polar Temp, on Merchandiser Repair – Do You Know What To Do?

Vice President of the SIE is Gary Bloodworth, Tennessee Valley Ice, Chattanooga; Secretary-Treasurer is Sean Odom, Ice Plant, Meridian, Miss.

This was most helpful in that Leer and Polar Temp teamed up and put together a comprehensive notebook full of everything you could ever want to know about ice merchandisers, their parts, how they operate, and what to do if there’s a problem. This is a valuable resource tool for anyone in the industry.

Past President is Brian Turner, Greater Raleigh Ice, Raleigh, N.C. Board members are: David Bryant, The Ice Man; Patty Franklin, Polar Temp; Tim Jones, Beaufort Ice; Joe Williams, Carolina Quality Ice, and Phillip Brasher, Modern Ice.

Other sessions were CNG (compressed natural gas) for ice trucks and contracts with your customers. The evening’s supplier cocktail party and auction were a big hit. Thanks to Sean Odom and David Bryant for

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their enthusiastic auctioneer skills. A record revenue was hit for the silent and live auction. Even this reporter found herself bidding on fun items and returned home a bit happier.

Dawn Ladd and Karen Farmington, as usual, made sure every detail was covered, for a fantastic meeting. The suppliers’ introductions, IPIA update and roundtable discussion of "what to do in your off season" finished the last business day. Cocktails and the president’s closing dinner concluded the convention.

The SIE celebrated 125 this year, and Refrigeration Magazine published a commemorative special issue saluting the association for a monumental achievement in successful longevity. For the remainder of the year, Refrigeration will publish a special section in each issue, showcasing more and other companies who have served to make the SIE what is continues to be.

Photos and a description of the company and its employees and history, whether new or historic, are encouraged. (There is a new SIE member, Zippy Ice, featured here within the SIE Celebration section. Refrigeration encourages all to send in your company to celebrate.

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Convention Recap

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FEATURED MEMBER Zippy Ice

We provide the highest-quality, freshest, locally made ice to the Charlotte community. We achieve this through our investment in innovative production methods and superior customer service by way of competitive prices, flexible delivery times and distribution to a variety of markets. We strive for our customers to consistently experience the highest level of satisfaction for our product and service. With our premium ice product and exceptional customer service, we aspire to be the leading ice manufacturer and distributor throughout the Carolinas.

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World Water Day << Continued from page 11.

AMMONIA PARTS FARLEYS FRIGERATION

23620 CR 561 Astatula, FL. 34705 Office 352-742-2010

www.farleys-srp.com

Replacement parts for use in your Vilter® We stock an extensive line of replacement parts for use in the Vilter 400 series piston compressors

From a spring to a package Farley’s can handle it Ammonia Hoses

½” and ¾” transfer and charging hoses in 25’ and 50’ IN STOCK

Replacement Coalescing & Oil Filters available

Pressure Gauges

Glycerin Filled Stainless 30/0/150 and 30/0/300 2-1/2” Dial $36.00ea.

4” Dial $46.00ea.

Replacement Shaft Seals

Replacements for Cornell, Dunham Bush, Frick, FES Rotary, Howden, F.E.S. GEA, Mycom, Sabroe, Stal, Sullair, Viking, Vilter, York

Sulfur Sticks 100pack $35.00 10 pack $4.75 Litmus Paper $6.50 / book

Valves Parker, R/S, Danfoss, Phillips, Hansen, Shank, Sporlan, Wolf Linde

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Cornell, Dunham Bush, Frick, F.E.S. GEA, Sabroe, Stal, Sullair, Viking, York are registered trademarks. Fuller is a registered trademark of FL Smidth Inc. Mycom is a registered trademark of Mayekawa; Vilter is a registered trademark of Emerson Climate.

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Ad Index American Ice Equipment Exchange, www.aieexchange.com............22 Classified Ads........................................................................................26 – 30 Farley's Frigeration, www.farleys-srp.com.................................................24 Ice Max, www.ice-max.com........................................................................2 Ice Systems & Supplies Inc. (ISSI), www.issionline.com..................... 9 & 26 Index West International, www.index-west.com........................................7

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Matthiesen, www.matthiesenequipment.com..........................................5 Modern Ice, www.modernice.com.................................................. 29 & 31 Norcan Flexible Packaging Inc., www.norcanflexible.com...................25

For advertising and listing

Polar Temp, www.polartemp.com............................................................32

information, contact Mary at

Polar Temp Express, www.polartemp.com....................................... 16 – 17

(404) 819-5446 or

Sisco.................................................................................................................6 U.S. Fleet Tracking, www.usfleettracking.com..........................................10

refrigerationmag@gmail.com

Water Vendors by US, www.watervendorsbyus.com..............................19

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Classified Ads

SOUTHEAST USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • Turbo Tig 33 Ice Maker, 98 model • M ycom N6WB Compressors w/125 HP motors skid mounted w/oil separators (used with Vogt P34AL ice makers)

FOR SALE (1) Used 5000# Cat Electric fork lift with (2) batteries and charger, still in operation (1) 25' LX 15' W X 14' H cooler with condenser and evap. for +35° F

• Turbo CB38 Rake

(1) 35' L x 17' W x 14' H freezer with (2) condensers and evaps. for + 15° F

• Gentoo Block Press

(1) Used Vogt MBP-10 230/3/60 Block press w/little use.

• S crew Conveyor Drive Packages for 9" and 12" conveyors (great condition)

(1) 31'X31'X16' freezer with 7.5 HP cond and (2) evaps.

• P34AL x 1 ⅛" icc (1994)

(1) 460/23/3/60 transformer (2) Aluminum dock boards

• 40 ton Frick tube ice maker, 1993, NH3 low side

(1) Vogt HE-400 mini water cooled and tower

• Matthiesen stainless 3 x 5 reel

(1) Vogt P-112F 2011 med size tube

• Hammer RBC with conveyor

(1) Used P 24 A self contain w/cooling tower and pump

• Stainless 9" and 12" screw conveyors • 21' Hytrol belt conveyor • T urbo CB87 with plastic chain and sprockets and stainless steel flights • M orris 18 ton Tube Cube Maker, R22, 2006 model complete with evap condensor 1" ice • Vogt 218, rebuilt in 2005, complete with cooling tower • R AESCO single chamber palletizer, totally refurbished, $75,000.00

(1) P-24F remote complete 1985 (1) Protect Cooling Tower for P118F or 5 ton turbo (1) Used S/S Matthiesen 8 15 VLS Bagger (1) Used B.A.C. Evaporative Condenser for 40 ton ice maker (1) (20') Screw conveyors 9" and (1) 12' 12' gavly and S/S with motors and gear boxes (2) New Evaporators for a 5.5 HP condenser unit – Great for bagging room (2) 125 Hamers (1) 125 head only

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

(2) P-24F large tube low-side or w/high U pick

(1) Short conveyor for JMC Baler (1) 75 HP rebuilt electric motor 460/230/3/60

www.issionline.com

HARD TO FIND PARTS? Impossible to Get?

(1) New 1.5 HP motor and gear for 12" screw conveyor.

Still in box.

Other equipment coming available – call for list!

SANCHEZ REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT (954) 648-2459 and (386) 597-6381 sanchezref@bellsouth.net

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.

USED ICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

We buy all types of used Commercial Ice making & Refrigeration Equipment

(1) Containerized 15-20 Ton Auto Ice Rake w/ Control System

COMER REFRIGERATION

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

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(1) CF 48 SC Turbo Ice Maker “as is where is” (3) 40’ Insulated Containers Various screw conveyors and bagging equipment CALL DUSTY AT (205) 602-7992

Classified Ads

SOUTHEAST USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • V ogt P24AL Mid Tube, With Refrigeration • Vogt P34AL 7/8 Ice Maker with Refrigeration • Vogt P24AL’s 7/8 Ice Makers with Refrigeration (2) • Vogt 218, Water-Cooled, Mid Tube • Vogt 218, Water-Cooled, Mini Tube 1990 • Vogt HE30, 3000lb Ice Makers • Vogt 4000 4000lb 7/8 A/C Ice Maker • Vogt 3000’s, 3000lb 7/8 W/C Ice Maker • Turbo CAR80LR 40 Ton Ice Maker • Turbo CF120 60 Ton Ice Maker • Ice One DX11 Ten Ton ice maker 7/8 • Hoshiski KM-1301SAH Ice Maker • Arctic Temp 4000lb Ice Maker • Manitowoc Ice Cubers • JMC Baler • Hamer Ring Closers, 15G. • (2) Hamer 310 Form, Fill, & Seal • Hamer 525 Form, Fill & Seal, with Wire Tie • Hamer 125 Bag closer – Rebuilt • 12x20 SS screw conveyors • 9x12 SS Screw Conveyors • 9x15’ Screw Conveyors • Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 21’ • Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 11’

• Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 10’ • Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 6’ Model A • Matthiesen VLS510 Bottom Load Bagger • Matthiesen VL510 Top Load Ice Baggers (galv) • Matthiesen Bagger Take-Off System • JMC Baler • Matthiesen Bagger Take-Off Head • Infra-Pak Stretch Wrappers • Turbo Ice Sizer • Predator “Highlight” Stretch Wrapper • Magliner Ramp 28” x 13’ 4” • Hog Ring Plier Staples (7 Cases) • Baltimore Aircoil CXV-184 • Vilter VSM-601 Single Screw Compressor • 12x20 SS screw conveyors • 9x12 SS Screw Conveyors • 9x15’ Screw Conveyors • Orbital 15 ton Ice Bin • (2) Kamco 16 Ton Steel Side Ice Bin • Kamco 12 Ton Ice Bin • Kamco 20 Ton Moving Floor Bin • Stainless Gravity Feed Ice Bin • Matthiesen HD Shaker • 7lb wicketed “mis-print” Ice Bags • 16lb Wicketed “misprint” Ice Bags • 10lb Cube Bags • Walk-In Cooler 30’ x 50’ x 12’ • Walk-In Freezer 18’ x 20’ x 7’

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.

FOR SALE Kasten Bin (wood), perfect condition.

16' long x 7.9" wide x 58" from floor to leveling screw.

10' input auger with trough.

Matthiesen Bagger Model VL2, serial # 2433, 110 volts.

Good condition. Make offer.

Contact Doug Williams, (205) 932-3700 206 6th St. SW, Fayette, AL 35555

FOR SALE For sale: 2 Hamer 125 Tiers; 2 Posipullers.

One set is brand new – never been used: $3800 Other set only tied 75,000 bags – $3500.

Contact Donald Dalton Moultrie, GA (229) 873-4999

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Classified Ads

NORTHEAST

Merchandiser Parts for all brands at competitive prices.

(877)

984-5945

VOGT ICE FOR SALE

5, 7, 16 & 40 lb. bags.

Water is lab tested for purity.

Delivery or Pick-up.

Six generations of quality.

Long Island Ice & Fuel Corp.

Call (631) 727-3010

FOR SALE • 12 ft. stainless steel, 9" vertical auger w/2 hp motor $500.

• 50 can block tank, 400lb. cans complete, $5000.

Mike or Joe at Mastro Ice Co.,

412-681-4423

or mastroice@aol.com

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • JMC Baler #1 (Conveyor) - model #800, serial #38127 – $7,500.00 • JMC Baler #2 (Conveyor) - model #800, serial #690589 – $7,500.00 • JMC Baler #3 S.S. (Conveyor) - model 800, serial #550289 – $7,500.00 • Kwik Lok #1, 865AS - model #AKNRPL, serial #65822-2001 – $5,000.00 • Kwik Lok #2, 865AS, - model #AKNRPL, serial #70839-2003 – $5,000.00 • Kwik Lok #3, 865AS - model #AKNRPL, serial #62225-1999 – $5,000.00 • Kwik 100, 7 boxes – Each $250.00 • Hamer #1 - model #FP5T, serial #24267, $5,000.00 ea.

• Hamer #2 - model #FP7T, serial #783048, 4 for $15,000.00 • Hamer #3 - model #FP7T, serial #954048 • Hamer #4 - model #FP7T, serial #703214 • Wire - $25.00 each • Hamer 125 #1 - model #125, serial #851030, $750.00 • Hamer 125 #2 - model #125, serial #C457, $500.00 MATTHIESEN BAGGERS • Bagger #1 - model #VL2S, serial #1195, $4,000.00 • Bagger #2 - model #VL510, serial #BABG950345, $1,500.00 • Bagger #3 - model #VL10AW, serial #2308, $1,500.00 • Vilter 250 HP Compressor, 23,500 hours - $25,000.00

• Vilter 350 Ton Capacity Condenser - $15,000.00 • Thayer Delivery System - Scales, Conveyor, Box, Hose – $5,000.00 • Turbo #1 (year 1984), 18 ton - model CAR36LR, serial #8403100, 5,000.00 • Turbo #2 (year 1983), 20 ton model CAR40LR, serial #8103400 – $5,000.00 • Turbo #3 (year 1982), 18 ton - model #SBAR36LR, serial #7905600 – $5,000.00 • Turbo #4 (year 1980), 24 ton – $5,000.00 • Turbo #5 (year 1978), 54 ton – $10,000.00 • Block Press Turbo (year 1980) – Converted from a BP240 to a BP 360 w/ conveyor and hamerlock closer - $7,500.00 RAKE BINS • T urbo, L- 22' 9" x W-10' 6" x H-15' 4" – $7,000.00 • T urbo, L- 22' 9" x W-10' 6" x H-15' 4", Turbo – $7,000.00 • Turbo, L-28' x W-13' X H-13' 10" – $9,000.00 • Spare Rotary Valve w/ vapor lock – $1,500.00 • 60 Hp Blower w/ vapor lock – $7,500.00 • Screw Conveyors; 8" 12" 16" • Stainless Steel Straping Machine $5,000.00

Price offers will be considered

Call for complete information.

O’Hara Corporation, Casey O’Hara,

Tel: (207) 594-4444 or Cell: (207) 542-1853 Email: cohara@oharacorporation.com

www.OHaraCorporation.com

ICE FOR SALE

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

FOR SALE

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

FOR SALE

- Matthiesen Live bottom Bin, 8' x 20'. Only used three months.

Plastic liners for clear block makers $1.14/ea Reusable droppans $5.25/ea Over 300 items in stock for Ice Carvers

www.IceSculptingTools.com (440) 717-1940

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- Kamco Bin 16 ton steel – Hamer 310, 1994.

- JMC Baler, 1990-1987 Turbo Block Press 360.

Sea Isle Ice Co. Tel: (609) 263-8748

Classified Ads

MIDWEST

NORTHEAST USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1-800-543-1581

www.modernice.com Ice Makers • Vogt Ice Maker P418, 20 Ton • Vogt Ice Maker P118 (3) • Vogt Ice Maker P18XT (remanufactured) • Vogt Ice Maker,M9000 • Vogt Ice Maker HE30 • Vogt Ice Maker HE40 (2) • Vogt Ice Maker CF40SCER 1986, 20 ton • Vogt Ice Maker CF144SC 1980, 60 ton • Vogt Ice Maker CAR120 1980, 60 ton • Morris Ice Maker TCIM, 125 HE, 40, A78 1996 - 40 ton • Ice One Ice Maker – 5 ton (remanufactured) • Ice One Ice Maker • Manitowoc Ice Makers (3) • Kold Draft Ice Maker 361# (never used) • Galvanized Catwalk for Vogt P34 Packaging • Hamer Form, Fill & Seal 535 upgraded to 540 • Hamer Form, Fill & Seal 310 (3) • Hamer 525 with Closer • Matthiesen Heat Seal Bagger (Demo Unit) • Matthiesen Bulk Bagger • Matthiesen Magic Finger Bagger VL510 (used 3 weeks as loaner – Hamer 125 not included) • Matthiesen Automatic Take-Off Bagging System (includes Hamer 125) • Matthiesen Baler (3) • Matthiesen Galvanized Heat Sealer (never used) • J MC Baler Model 1660295 (includes Hamer Ring Bag Closer) Handling • Matthiesen Crusher 500 Galvanized (never used) • 12 ft. Stainless Auger & Shroud Cover • 9 x 20 Incline Screw Conveyor Galvanized w/shroud cover • Shaker • 16 “ Z elevators (never used – designed to fill top load bagger)

FOR SALE

• Vogt P 118 R22 Mini Tube • 4 Star block makers • Kamco bin head w/chain and all associated hardware • 4 barrels for P118 with pumps and water tanks

Call (203) 376-8567

SNO CAP SALES, INC. St. Louis, MO | 636-225-6011 Carving Blocks For Sale

Clinebell quality, boxed and palletized.

We are centrally located and ship nationwide.

The Choice is Crystal CLEAR.

Equipment For Sale

• Freezer slide in for pickup truck • Hytrol Conveyor System • 7-12 ft. Model A Conveyor Galvanized 9 inch Screw Conveyor

1-800-325-3667

www.automaticice.com info@automaticice.com

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • 2 – AIS Remanufactured Hamer 525FFS Complete with 125 Closing Head • 1 – AIS Remanufactured Hamer 310FFS Complete with 125 Closing Head • 1 – AIS Remanufactured Matthiesen Automatic Blockpress Model 10-300 • 1 – AIS Remanufactured Hamer Ring Bag Closer with Stand • 1 – Used 1994 JMC Automatic Baler Model 800TG • 1 – Vilter 8 Cylinder Compressor with 100 HP motor, non-working condition - $2000.00 • 1 – Vilter 8 Cylinder Compressor with 125 HP motor, non-working condition - $2500.00 All listed equipment is in our Saint Louis, MO warehouse. Other quality used equipment available, contact AIS for more information.

BOTTLED WATER & PACKAGED ICE BUSINESS FOR SALE In business for 42 years. Located in South Texas, 5 minutes from Mexico and 15 minutes from Padre Island.

(956) 831-3193

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Classified Ads

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

USED MERCHANDISERS WANTED Contact: Ice King Ryan Maasen at (480)

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 • 2) 10 ton Frick, LS, low side only.

RAKES

423-5464

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

SNOW REEL/SHAKERS

FOR ONLY $1.00 PER WORD, GET NOTICED WITH YOUR CLASSIFIED AD IN

• LMR 4200 Northstar rake

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

BAGGERS

REFRIGERATION

• Hamer 310 FFS (wire tie)

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

information, contact Mary at

• Hamer 125 & RC

BALERS

refrigerationmag@gmail.com

• JMC Fuse Air IV

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

• LMR 2900 Northstar rake

BAG CLOSERS

• Matthiesen heat seal

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