Manufacturing Today Issue - 253 October 2026 | Page 244

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Backed by global operations, certified technical support, and strategically located OEM parts inventory, Cold Jet combines innovative equipment with the expertise needed to keep production moving. The result is a broader vision of sustainability: not simply reducing environmental impact, but finding smarter ways to improve productivity, safety, and operational performance at the same time.
In 2026, Cold Jet is proudly celebrating its 40th anniversary – a tremendous milestone that’ s symbolic of four decades of value-added innovation and technological excellence.
“ Cold Jet’ s success through the years has been born from our unwavering pursuit of technological invention and innovation in the application of reclaimed carbon dioxide,” begins Gene Cooke III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cold Jet.“ From our very beginning, we have focused on one purpose: the application of solid carbon dioxide to create customer value by solving cleaning, surface preparation, and transport cooling issues, and we do so sustainably. This objective has been present from the early days when we were focused on the introduction of a carbon dioxide-based aircraft coatings removal system to replace the use of toxic chemicals, and it continues today with our recent introduction of large-scale carbon capture systems for the biomethane industry.”
“ Sustainability is at the core of Cold Jet’ s mission and values, with our technologies utilizing recycled CO 2 to support a cleaner planet,” Michelle Simspon, Chief People Officer, adds.“ Since 1988, our business has centered on capturing waste CO 2 from industrial facilities to be recycled into dry ice. Using dry ice for cleaning or temperature control cooling adds nothing to a customer’ s carbon footprint; that CO 2 was already accounted for at
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