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°`} # jr r.xr rfr/ ' • ,,,, H cilI / i I cf.3a .t Canadian Ice Machine Ltd., was founded in 1913 and was the predecessor of CIMCO. The • name was changed to the trade name of CIMCO in 1967, however, to many people we are still "Canadian Ice". CIMCO is the leader in Industrial Refrigeration in Canada. This enviable position has been achieved by a constant and diligent forward looking policy in all aspects of refrigeration technology. Refrigeration is our only business, and it is growing with the developing sophistication and technology of the twentieth century. With the need for refrigeration in all areas of the food industry, the vast chemical and petro-chemical industries, the ever increasing recreational and contruction markets. . . CIMCO leads the way in technology, research and development. The need for refrigeration in dairies, meat packing houses, breweries, fisheries and the recreational area of skating and curling is readily apparent. But the average person does not recognize the important application refrigeration plays in liquefying gases to make their transportation a more economical project, or removing moisture and hydrocarbon fractions from natural gas, or for the oxygen making process in the steel industry; to name a few of the less obvious applications. The scope is vast and touches every Canadian in every walk of life. From his food, his clothing, to his environmental comfort, his recreation, his use of plastic and metal goods; many of the major benefits he receives are possible because in the manufacturing processes, the application of refrigeration and associated technology is applied. .,40., Refrigeration engineering has become a highly specialized, technical subject in the past 25 years. A relatively short time compared to other industrial developments. Today, a modern screw type compressor can develop refrigeration capacities equal to old horizontal or vertical compressors that would require 50 times the space and use many times the energy.The range of refrigerants and equipment has also become wider and more diverse to give the refrigeration engineer a bigger choice in designing and developing systems for the complex requirements of modern industry. CIMCO existed prior to this massive technological expansion and has kept pace and grown with international industrialization, through an aggressive and constant program of research, development and manufacturing techniques. In recent years, CIMCO has become affiliated with Lewis Refrigeration Company in the U.S.A. Lewis Refrigeration Co. operates a refrigeration, engineering, manufacturing and contracting firm, similar in structure to CIMCO and was founded in 1953 with its head office in Woodinville(Seattle) with branches in many principal cities across the United States, and in England. Lewis is a pioneer in I.Q.F. freezing and holds several patents covering their fluidized food freezing systems. Other areas of Lewis experience include: concrete cooling systems for many of the world's largest dams, CO2 recovery systems for the food and beverage industries and freeze-drying of coffee. The Lewis "Unipaks" (packaged refrigeration systems)are used extensively in the process industries to provide refrigeration from as low as —250°F to +50°F. Applications include atmospheric pressure chemical storages on land, barges and ships; ammonia recovery and liquefaction; and various low temperature brine recirculation systems. These are but a few examples of Lewis technology which is now combined with that of CIMCO. Together, the total expertise of the two companies is unparalleled in the refrigeration industry in North America, and makes the combined resources of both companies, the largest of its kind in the world. Cimco and Lewis are Toromont Companies 410