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JUNE 2016

Celebrating 100 Years With Veteran Ice Man,

Walt Ribeiro

Plus!Hurricane Season Checklist

San Diego Ice IPIA Industry Update

EPA and Ice Merchandisers

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CREATIONSIce Beauties

INDUSTRY MILESTONESCelebrating 100 years with Walter G. Riberio, Sr.

IT'S HURRICANE SEASONBasic Disaster Supplies Kit: A basic emergency supply list

EPA AND DOEA quick guide to terminology and EPA rulings

INDUSTRY UPDATEPublic Affairs

CONVENTION CALENDAR

CONVENTIONSGLIA enjoys great meetingin Milwaukee

MENTAL TOUGHNESSThe Grit Test

COMPANY PROFILEAnthony Toma shares his family business legacy and history

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Here's To Hot Weather and NO RAIN!Memorial Day marks the traditional start of the American Summer season. Here in the South it’s been outdoor weather for quite a while, but the holiday seems to make it “official.” What it means to you is that if your ducks aren’t completely in a row today, it may be September before you can stick your head above water long enough to pay attention to it. It’s definitely time to expedite finishing any pre-season work, new hires, new trucks or any other plans you had, but it’s probably a bad idea to start anything you don’t absolutely need.

The next few months should be crazy but fun. You get to see your crew in action, fine tune any changes you implemented in the off season, and see which workers will grow in their positions and which ones may not be back next year. You benefit from capital improvements, whether it’s production, new trucks or new processes. Your customers become dependent on you: out of stocks mean unhappy customers, lost profits, possible damage to yours or your customer’s reputation.

With good communication and a solid understanding of your customer’s business, your problems should be minimal. We hope that neither they nor you will suffer surprises.

Another milestone that June 1 marks is the beginning of hurricane season. For the majority of the country that doesn’t deal with this, be glad. We’ve been fortunate to have a few years of limited hurricane activity – no storm has touched North America since Isaac and Sandy in 2012.

Astute observers are just waiting for the other shoe to drop. There were actually four Atlantic hurricanes last year. It just so happened that they all stayed out at sea. This year, we may not be so lucky.

While South Florida, New Orleans and North Carolina seem to bear the brunt of these storms, we saw from Sandy that they can hit anywhere on the east coast and cause unimaginable damage. Since FEMA has stepped up its game, it’s no longer as critical for packaged ice plants to have their own response plans, but it’s still a good idea to make yourself available if the worst does happen.

If you’re within 50 miles of any coast, you should have your own protective, operations and communication plan for storm evacuation. Ask a friend who has lived through one – it is not a phenomenon to take lightly.

So this is it. Here’s to hot weather and no rain for Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. Here’s to your trucks running perfectly all summer. Here’s to your best drivers staying happy and well paid, to your best customer doubling volume, to your worst customer getting better.

Remember, for each 16 hour day you put in between now and Labor Day, the money will be that much sweeter. Stay in touch and let us know how your season is!

Happy Reading!

Mary Yopp CronleyEditor, Refrigeration Magazine

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"It’s definitely time to expedite finishing any pre-season work, new hires, new trucks or any other plans you had, but it’s probably a bad idea to start anything you don’t absolutely need."

EPA and DOE

The EPA and DOE have been busy coming up with energy reduction and environmental protective rulings and mandates. For instance, the DOE has tightened the maximum kWh/24 hours of energy consumption by a reduction of up to 57% effective March 28, 2017 for certain products. At the same time the EPA is busy delisting refrigerants, some of which in certain applications reduce efficiencies by up to 20%.

These EPA rulings take effect at various times over the course of the next few years for different products in the refrigeration industry. Not only does this affect the construction of the refrigeration systems that keep products frozen, but also of the foam insulations that currently use refrigerants for a blowing agent.

Those delisted refrigerant rulings affecting the ice merchandiser freezer industry are effective by January 1, 2020. This means that manufacturers must be working toward solutions now

and have everything implemented in the year 2019, including safety agency and sanitation agency report mandates such as ETL, UL, NSF and ETL Sanitation, as examples.

2019 may seem like a long time, but you might consider how fast the past few years have slipped away from us all. Europe seems to have moved forward with implementing natural refrigerants sooner rather than later by using more R290 (Propane) and R744 (CO2).

Other countries such as Brazil and India are also moving toward HFC phase out, and China has a year 2030 phase-out date for R22, as an example. Shocking, isn’t it? For many of us keeping abreast of the EPA and DOE rulings and mandates is an on-going, almost daily learning task.

Listed below is a short guide to terms and abbreviations that hopefully will be helpful to you over the next few years. As with every informative article written,

Understanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department Of Energy (DOE)

Thank you to Brian Dallman, Engineer with Polar Temp/Southeast Cooler, for this glossary of terms. We certainly have a new vocabulary to become familiar with as we get used to this new era.

there should be further investigation on the reader’s part.

If you enjoy researching and keeping up to EPA and DOE recommendations, you might consider going to the following websites: » www.epa.gov » www.regulations.doe.gov

Other helpful resources: » Code of Federal Regulations - Title 10,

Chapter II, Subchapter D, Part 431, Subpart C, 431.61 thru 431.66 and Appendix A to Subpart C of 431 at www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/

» Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) at www.ahridirectory.org

» American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) at www.ashrae.org

» Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) at www.ahridirectory.org

» Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) at www.rses.org

» Green Building Academy at www.greenbuildingacademy.com.

SNAP – Significant New Alternatives Program (EPA)

SNUR – Significant New Use Rule (EPA)

CCMS – Compliance Certification Management System (DOE)

TSCA – Toxic Substance Control Act

GWP – Global Warming Potential

ODS – Ozone Depletion Substance

ODP – Ozone Depletion Potential

GHG – Green House Gases

F-Gases – Fluorinated Gases Ozone. Protective gas layer around the earth.

Some refrigerants deplete the ozone or have the potential (ODS and ODP) and cause Green House Gases (GHG) while other refrigerants do one or the other.

Safety ClassificationsA1 – Non-toxic, Non-Flammable

A2 – Non-toxic, Mildly Flammable

A3 – Non-toxic, Flammable

B2 – Toxic and Mildly Flammable

Class A – No evidence of toxicity refrigerant

Class B – Evidence of toxicity refrigerant

Class 1 – No flame Propagation

Class 2 – Low Flammability

CFC – Chlorofluorocarbons

HFC – Hydrofluorocarbons

HCFC – Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

Natural refrigerants – Carbon dioxide (CO2) (R744), Ammonia (NH3)(R717), Propane (R290).

The terms listed below, again, are just a guide to aid further investigation.


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Hello, everyone. My name is Walter G. Ribeiro, Sr., and on April 15, 2016, I became “100” years old – quite a milestone for anyone. Many people have asked me, “what is your secret?” And quite honestly I don’t know if I had any secret. Maybe lucky, maybe good genes, maybe good living/good nutrition, hard to say. I can honestly say that I have always kept busy and lived life to its fullest and have enjoyed life’s ride to this day.

Life doesn’t owe me anything. I only had one sibling, a brother by the name of Albert who was two years older than me. I was born of a father of Portuguese and a mother of English descent. At the age of 26, I enlisted in the Army Air Corps. and attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant with

my discharge in 1946. After I returned home in 1946 from four years in the Air Force, I went to work at RCA but after working only a few weeks at the new job, I didn’t like it, so I left the job.

Early Roots In The Ice IndustryMy father had started an ice equipment & supply business in l934 (Ice Plant Equipment Co., Inc.) along with my brother Albert and needed a salesman to travel on the road and to call on ice plants all along the east coast from Massachusetts to Virginia and as far west as Indiana and Michigan. I had studied Mechanical Engineering at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, and also graduated from Camden Business College. I also studied Refrigeration at the Engineering Institute in Philadelphia, which I completed and helped me with the job. My start in the business was with block ice manufacturing plants in the beginning and later with the packaged ice plants. In 1970, my father passed away and I then became partners with my brother in the business.

My brother needed someone to assist him in the office, so I turned the road job over to my son. My brother died in l992 and I was then sole owner, so I took my son in as a partner in the business with me at that time. I have been in the ice business until February 2008 when the company was purchased by Modern Ice Equipment. I didn’t draw Social Security until I was age 70, thereby allowing me to work as many hours as I saw fit. However until the company

Industry UpdateIndustry Milestones

Celebrating

Walter's Life, In his own words.

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Walter G. RibeiRo, Sr100 years

was acquired by Modern Ice, I was still going into the office one or two days per week, to help out as needed until I was 91 yrs. old. In early 1949, I met my wife, Mary, and was married later that same year. I had four children, three daughters (Carol, Jean & Joan) and one son (Walt, Jr.). I was married 56 years when she died at age 83 in 2005.

AchievementsSome of my favorite accomplishments in the ice industry were forming the Mid-Atlantic Ice Association in 1968. This was done along with the help from Cash Powell (head of the American Consumer Industries in Philadelphia; formerly American Ice Co.). The Association was made up of ice plants in the Mid-Atlantic Regions of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. At a 2nd meeting a year later, Officers and Directors were elected and we were incorporated as the Mid-Atlantic Ice Association, Inc. which

was very successful and lasted until it merged with the New England Ice Assoc. in 1999. For this I was elected into the National Ice Association’s “Ice Industry Hall of Fame” in l972. I was also awarded the “Warren Pierce Award” from the New England Ice Assoc. for outstanding contributions to the ice industry. Other awards have been bestowed on me while actively working in the ice industry. I have attended 32 National Ice Conventions, the first in 1947 in Chicago as an Exhibitor for the Ice Plant Equipment Co. I have also attended all of the Mid-Atlantic Ice Association meetings and many of the New England Ice Association meetings, again mostly as an Exhibitor for IPECo. I have also attended several Southern Ice Exchange Meetings and some of the Great Lakes Ice Assoc. meetings while traveling in that area. I also served as a Director on the board of the Packaged Ice Assoc. and also served as Chairman, Director, and News

Editor of the Mid Atlantic Ice Assoc. I never had any trouble keeping busy with “life after ice” and was always involved in many activities outside of the ice business. Some of my activities were working on the Battleship New Jersey as a volunteer to help restore its luster till I was 92. I hold a Private Pilot's License in Landplanes, Seaplanes and Gliders and was a member of “The United Flying Octogenarians” (pilots over 80) and “80 Plus Ski Club.” I did hold a Motorcycle and Boating License also. I do considerable writing of articles for various magazines, and keep in contact with many “out of town” friends by writing them and keeping in contact by e-mail. At 100 years old, I’m still going strong and able to get around, maybe not as good as before, but looking forward to many more happy years.

Sincerely, Walter G. Ribeiro, Sr

1944 1950 1999My Dad makes reference to going

into the service and this picture is his brother, Albert, my Aunt Elsie (Al's

wife who was in the WAC's) and my Dad which was taken when they all came home on furlough. The year

was 1944. If you remember, my Dad and Al were partners and owned Ice Plant Equipment Co. (IPECO) after my

Grandfather passed away in 1970.

My Dad makes reference to going into the family business after the

war, and this picture is my Dad, his brother Albert, Jr. and father, Albert Sr. in year 1950 when they were all in the business together. This was

taken in the office.

My Dad married my Mom, Mary, in 1949 and this picture is both of them on their 50th. Anniversary, year 1999.


Timeline of Walt Sr.'s life, as told by Walt Jr.


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Industry Events

Beth Diffley, the 11 year veteran with AllOver Media, and hard-working contributor to the ice industry, recently resigned her position with the company and the Executive Committee of the IPIA, to do the hard work of raising her growing family.

Refrigeration Magazine wishes Beth all the best in her new and challenging life. (This reporter knows well the harder work that staying home to raise children demands, and I respect Beth’s decision wholeheartedly.)

The entire industry wishes Beth all the best with her family and future endeavors. Beth’s personal email contact is: [email protected].

Best To You, Beth Diffley!!


It's Hurricane Season

WaterOne gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation

Battery-powered or hand-crank radioand a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both

Foodat least a three-day supply of non-perishable food

Cell Phonewith chargers, inverter or solar charger

Flashlightand extra batteries

First aid kit

Local Maps

BASIC DISASTER SUPPLIES KITA basic emergency supply kit include the following recommended items

Whistleto signal for help

Hurricane PreparednessDo You Have Your Contact List Handy?

Emergency Management Offices

County Law Enforcement

County Public Safety Fire/Rescue

State, County and City/Town Government

Local Hospitals

Local Utilities

Local American Red Cross

Local TV Stations

Local Radio Stations

Your Property Insurance Agent

Dust Maskto help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place

Manual can opener for food

Moist Towelettesgarbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation

Wrench or Pliersto turn off utilities

Ice Safety

Public Affairs Update

By Jane McEwen IPIA Executive Director

The 2016 Conference for Food Protection was held recently in Boise, Idaho. As you might remember, our Ice Machine Cleaning and Sanitizing committee working for the past two years had six submissions to the CFP council of which happily four were

accepted. One of the submissions accepted asked that a new Clean-In-Place (CIP) committee be formed to study clean-in-place processes and frequency for all food contact equipment at the retail level using CIP, ice machines being one. So, more work to be done and with a newly formed committee ‘Unattended Food Establishments’ i.e. vending machines.

The submission requesting a slight reword of the food code addressing when food contact equipment needs to be cleaned (specifically calls out ice machines) was accepted, so very pleased with this one. And the submission to review the NSF-ANSI standards for Ice machines with NSF and committee was accepted. So, more little steps for us from a group (CFP) that does not accept change easily or rapidly, trust me. Then it was on to Sacramento, Calif., where I met up with Vice-Chairman Dann Ades, Cold Star Ice, and Chris Lamond to pursue a day of meetings with California legislators at the Capitol. The legislators/staff we met with were receptive and amazed that ice machines could contain mold and slime with little oversight as to their cleaning frequency. And Dann had the recent pictures to show to prove it. Our message to them was to work with us in getting regulations for the retail sector close if not equal to the new 2016 regulations for packaged ice at the wholesale level. Further communications with representatives will follow. So, California members, below is the link to those packaged ice regulations. Most notably there are new testing requirements: Bacteriological tests of the finished ice shall be conducted not less than biannually, chemical and physical tests annually, and radiological tests every four years, to ensure that ice manufactured for human consumption or for the refrigeration of food products complies with the primary drinking water standards adopted by the department pursuant to Section 116365.

Thank you to Dann Ades for arranging this day at the California capital.

For the full accounting, here is the link. The packaged ice regulations are available at www.cdph.ca.gov/services/Documents/fdbSFDCA.pdf


HALL OF FAME

AWARDRalph Emerson said, “The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.”

Any recognition after that is just ICING on the cake, not to be expected but enjoyed.

Each of us holds many values. They are fixed and stay with us through our life. These are our core values such as; friends and lifelong companions. We consider this Hall of Famer a lifelong friend.

You know, in the sports Hall of Fame, you have to be retired 3-5 years before receiving this award….we will all probably be retired before this guy.

I read where his Alma-mater earned one of the top spots when it comes to keeping it classy, and he is AUBURN classy.

Like the energizer bunny, “First In and First Out!”

With utmost respect, dedication, and service in this industry, join me as we welcome RAYMOND SOUTH into the Hall of Fame.

“Now we can all get a good night's sleep!”

Presented by: Patti Franklin at the SIE in Cape Coral, Florida 2016

Article 10 - Ice. Section 110995. Any person or entity who manufactures, transports, stores, or sells ice shall comply with all of the following: (a) A room in which ice is manufactured shall be used for no other purpose than the manufacture of ice and the production of refrigeration, and may contain refrigeration equipment and machinery. This subdivision shall not apply to any food facility as defined in Section 113785. (b) Ice storage or processing areas shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and no noxious or offensive odors, smoking, or other air pollution shall be permitted therein. (c) Cover tops for tank cans shall have a smooth, painted, or treated surface, and shall be cleaned daily. Water used for cleaning shall not be permitted to drip into freezing cans. Only potable water shall be used in sprays and in the thaw tanks for the removal of ice from cans. Water coverage tanks shall be covered and provided with filtered vents. (d) Crushed, cubed, or shaved ice, intended for human consumption, shall be stored in a manner that prevents its pollution or contamination. (e) Soil, waste, or drain pipes shall not be installed or maintained above any ice platform, loading space, ice container, ice storage room, dip tank or any place where leakage from the pipes may drop into, or upon any ice or upon any area or equipment used in the manufacture of ice, unless a safety device shall be installed under the pipes drained to an open receptacle or drain so as to prevent pollution of ice, water, or equipment used in the manufacture of the ice. (f) Block ice-loading platforms shall be washed with water as often as necessary to keep them in a clean and sanitary condition, but not less than once each day. (g) Block ice pullers and block ice storage-room employees shall wear rubber overshoes while on duty. The rubber overshoes shall be removed when the employee leaves the storage or tank room, except that if the rubber overshoes are not removed, they shall be cleaned and disinfected before reentering the storage or tank room. The use of street shoes without rubber overshoes in these areas is prohibited. (h) All frozen unpackaged ice blocks intended for sale for human consumption or for the refrigeration of food products shall be washed thoroughly with potable water. Ice manufactured for industrial purposes need not be washed prior to shipping but shall be handled and stored separately from ice intended for human consumption. (i) Ice shall be handled only with clean tongs, ice-carrying bags, scoops, or other sanitary containers, and shall not be directly handled with bare hands. (j) Single service supplies shall be stored, dispensed, and handled in a sanitary manner and shall be used only once. (k) Persons not directly involved in the manufacture, processing, packaging, or storing of ice, in the maintenance of facilities and equipment used therefore, or in the management, supervision, or inspection thereof, shall not be permitted in any area where ice is manufactured, processed, packaged, or stored, unless personal cleanliness and hygienic practices are taken to prevent contamination of the product. These areas shall have signs posted to this effect. (l) Bacteriological tests of the finished ice shall be conducted not less than biannually, chemical and physical tests annually, and radiological tests every four years, to insure that ice manufactured for human consumption or for the refrigeration of food products complies with the primary drinking water standards adopted by the department pursuant to Section 116365. (m) No ice produced out of state shall be sold or distributed within this state unless it complies with this article.



Anthony TomaShares His Family BusinessLegacy & History

My father, Sabah Toma, came to the states in his late 20s and had studied and majored in electrical engineering and refrigeration back in Iraq. As

he and his family moved to Italy he continued his studies and worked in both fields for six years. My dad then arrived in the states in 1977 as a refugee with nothing. Landing in Detroit, Mich., where he had family to stay with at the time, he continued to work in his major fields striving for perfection. My father was able to purchase a car and move to San Diego after saving enough money to rent an apartment. Six months into living in San Diego he established his first company, San Diego Ice Machines, in 1980.

Starting from a very small shop in Mission George, with about 500 sq. ft., he leased, serviced, and sold ice makers and refrigeration units. With his business plan going very well, my father was getting ideas from his surrounding friends since he was already working with ice making equipment.

He was advised that he should just start putting this into bags and selling it. With much support from friends and family, he had a successful time selling his ice product in the C store business. Following this, my father then established a new entity "San Diego Ice Company" in 1983.

Left to right: Brian Dallman, engineer with Polar Temp/Southeast Cooler; Anthony’s mother, Janan Toma; sister Angela Yousif; Rhonda Ince, also with Polar Temp; and Anthony Toma.

Polar Temp and Anthony’s father, Sabah Toma, worked diligently together, according to Anthony. “They helped him, and he helped them, from the ice manufacturer and distributor point of view. Together they created transport units to fit and maximize the space on smaller pickup trucks.”

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ALL IN THE FAMILY


San Diego Ice Company started in that small 500 sq. ft. shop with Manitowoc Ice Makers as the manufacturing and Leer Ice Merchandisers as storage. My father outgrew both of his businesses and said it was time to move into a bigger and better facility. In 1986, Sabah Toma purchased his new warehouse about seven miles west into central San Diego known as the Sports Arena area of industrial warehouses. He went from 500 sq. ft. to a 8,000 sq. ft. building. In this facility he was able to purchase and install a 30 ton North Star Rake, one P24 ice maker, and one manual bagger. With all this equipment he was able to store about 100 pallets of ice in his freezer. He bought his first bobtail truck and one city truck. Taking a steady growth speed, he was able to double his capacity and added an additional P24 Vogt Ice maker. After a successful 10 years, my father was able to establish a successful empire in San Diego and was able to purchase more real estate and completely rebuild our home that we lived in at the time. My father started to love real estate and decided to invest money into land and buildings. Speaking of purchasing buildings, in 1989 he had outgrown his current facility once again. One block over

was a very attractive building that came across for sale and he jumped on it instantly. Working out a deal with the owner, Sabah purchased a 30k sq. ft. facility and decided he was going to make it a brand new facility. He tore down the building and built a brand new ice plant for his volume and future growth. One year later with the old building demolished and the warehouse rebuilt, he had two 60 ton North star rakes and two bagging lines (semi-automated) and was able to output 50 tons of ice per day.

Three years later he purchased the biggest machine Vogt ice makes - the P-34 XFL, outputting 70 tons per day. The ice plant had a very consistent growth from ice maker sales and snow scenes to packaged ice. In the year 2000, he had two snow blowers for the winter seasons to provide snow scene to large events and homes. In 2007 my dad was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer. One thing about my father is he was a very strong man. He fought the toughness of the industry

day in and day out. He was known for his friendly punches he used to give everyone because he was always the smallest one in the group. My dad fought the cancer for three years throughout my high school life. Throughout middle school and high school I would be right then and there, any day I didn’t have school I would be at the ice plant learning what every position was about.

From sweeping the freezer floors, to shoveling ice, cleaning rake bins,

bagging, driving, and being in the office when I was 18 years old. That same year, on the night of May 5, 2010, my father passed away. The business was now in my hands. Being the 2nd generation son, knowing the ins and outs of the business, I had barely started learning how the office works and basics of it.

Finishing up my last month in high school I wanted to continue school and attended New School of Architecture and Design, a national

San Diego Ice Company started in that small 500 sq. ft. shop with Manitowoc Ice Makers as the manufacturing and Leer Ice Merchandisers as storage.


top school for Architects to major in Architecture engineering. Running the biggest ice plant in the city and attending school got incredibly hard, leaving me with no choice but to put my eggs in one basket. The ice plant became my classroom, the engineers became my professors, and the tools and equipment became my homework. I dedicated hours of time learning in the mechanical side, tearing down compressors, refrigeration seminars, and being right next to engineers during site visits. I enjoyed getting my hands dirty and doing it myself to teach myself. Ask questions and watch. One year after my father's passing I increased demand and volume to be more than we can handle. Using my father's sources, skills, and contacts I had installed my first and additional P-34 FXL Vogt ice maker making our facility 160 tons of ice per day. Continuing to learn how the office works I continued to attend IPIA tradeshows and touring plants and started to looking into efficiency.

Falling into taking charge of the entire company I wanted to grow and be bigger. I wanted to take the company to the next level. That same year we redesigned the logo and launched a new logo giving it a modern look. My dream was to have a fully automated manufacturing plant until one day that came true. I was inspired by one man that really opened my eyes in this industry and very thankful to have started a truly great relationship with Doug Carpenter and Automatic Ice Systems. Sitting at lunch one day with Doug in St. Louis, Missouri, we were having our industry talk and really got me thinking about the bigger picture. As I flew back to the west coast I set my goals. I had to prove to the family that we really needed to automate the packaging room with new integrated equipment. It

Doug Carpenter of AIS, (far left) with the Tomas during their plant renovation which increased production and automated the facility.


Photographs from Anthony's father's days in the business Below and opposite page

was the summer of 2014 with plans and engineering completed by AIS, my mother came to the plant to see how things were going. We were down to the last cube of ice and struggling to keep up with demand. I got home that night and she asked me to pull the proposals and sign to develop a new life in ice manufacturing for SDI. I fought through that summer and succeeded to make all the ice we can make and save every dollar we can for the new upcoming winter project. Deposits were sent out, equipment was ordered, and dates were set. In March of 2015 we started to demo the packaging room. Extending the room by 8 ft AIS did an incredible job. Eighteen days later fitting in all the equipment in such a small footprint from tight ceilings, walk ways, and doors. AIS completed the job right on time and a new plant was reborn. I am proud to say that SDI is now one of the most state-of-the-art facilities in the state of California and the nation. Doug and his team have been a blessing to meet and work with. With such strong support for the independents in the industry and a staff that cares for their clients and operations it leads to a successful partnership. Partnerships have changed the face of this company and we have really been successful with many. Another one being with our block ice manufacturer. In 2015 I wanted to think outside the box and take my self abroad. With much research done in block ice category we were able to spot a plant in Ensenada, B.C. Mexico. I paid a visit to this plant unexpectedly for a full tour and finished product viewing. It has to be one of the cleanest, efficient, very well maintained and operated facilities I have visited. It was well worth the visit. We took that relationship into an exclusive product in the US and began imputation of our 300 lb block ice. We test the blocks here at our local lab as well as a lab in Ensenada. We import

over 150 truckloads a year with our highest demand in the winter for our snow scene season. We have become the largest distributor for this ice plant that can produce 960 blocks of ice per day from clear blocks, scored, and white for ice crushing.

With the expansion of the company it gave me the ability to package a substantial amount of ice. I decided to expand our territory and start targeting more chain stores, retailers, and high

volume buyers. With these clients I decided to expand the company name and family business one more leg. With the inspiration of Doug Carpenter with such a strong friendship and partnership I was able to create a new national brand called "California Ice Company." The two companies will be partnering companies working together to better service clients. My long term goals are to keep this expansion going and build CA ICE its own plant.

Before she was a psychology professor, Angela Duckworth taught math in middle school and high school. She spent a lot of time thinking about something that might seem obvious: The students who tried hardest

did the best, and the students who didn't try very hard didn't do very well. Duckworth wanted to know: What is the role of effort in a person's success?

Now Duckworth is an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and her research focuses on a personality trait she calls "grit." She defines grit as "sticking with things over the very long term until you master them." In a paper, she writes that "the gritty individual approaches achievement as a marathon; his or her advantage is stamina."

Duckworth's research suggests that when it comes to high achievement, grit may be as essential as intelligence. That's a significant finding because for a long time, intelligence was considered the key to success.

Intelligence "is probably the best-measured trait that there is in all of human psychology," says Duckworth. "We know how to measure intelligence in a matter of minutes."

But intelligence leaves a lot unexplained. There are smart people who aren't high achievers, and there are people who achieve a lot without having the highest test scores. In one study, Duckworth found that smarter students actually had less grit than their peers who scored lower on an intelligence test. This finding suggests that, among the study participants -- all students at an Ivy League school -- people who are not as bright as their peers "compensate by working harder and with more determination." And their effort pays off: The grittiest students -- not the smartest ones -- had the highest GPAs.

The Grit TestDuckworth's work is part of a growing area of psychology research focused on what are loosely called "noncognitive

skills." The goal is to identify and measure the various skills and traits other than intelligence that contribute to human development and success.

Duckworth has developed a test called the "Grit Scale." You rate yourself on a series of 8 to 12 items. Two examples: "I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge" and "Setbacks don't discourage me." It's entirely self-reported, so you could game the test, and yet what Duckworth has found is that a person's grit score is highly predictive of achievement under challenging circumstances.

At the elite United States Military Academy, West Point, a cadet's grit score was the best predictor of success in the rigorous summer training program known as "Beast Barracks." Grit mattered more than intelligence, leadership ability or physical fitness.

At the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the grittiest contestants were the most likely to advance to the finals -- at least in part because they studied longer, not because they were smarter or were better spellers.

Learning to be GrittyIt's not clear what makes some people grittier than others, but Angela Duckworth believes grit is something people can probably learn.

She says every human quality that has been studied has proven to be affected at least in part by a person's

Industry UpdateMental Toughness

The Grit Test

Edi

tor's Note

There is no doubt our industry has continued

generation after generation, due to this one ingredient – Grit. Now a study by a psychologist and Ted Talker presents an examination on it.

I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.



environment -- even intelligence. In addition, people change over time.

"Think about things about your personality like, 'I'm a pretty extroverted person,'" says Duckworth. "Well, how fixed is that?"It turns out a personality trait like extroversion can change a lot over a person's life. "If you look at large population data, people get more or less extroverted over time," says Duckworth. "There's no reason to think that grit is any different."She believes grit can wax and wane in response to experiences. In addition, people might be gritty about some things and not others.

"You can see a child be exceptionally self-disciplined about their basketball practicing, and yet when you see them in math class, they give up at the slightest frustration," says Duckworth.

Donald Kamentz, director of college initiatives at YES Prep, says students he's worked with are some of the grittiest people he's ever met. They "deal with things and persevere through situations that most people would find insurmountable," he says.

He's known students who get jobs to pay the bills when their parents are laid off, or figure out how to get the electricity back on when the power company shuts it off.

"And then they go to college and they're struggling with financial aid or their financial aid didn't come through and they don't know what to do," he says. Some of them drop out when confronted with these kinds of challenges. He says they're not gritty enough when it comes to college.

A question for YES Prep and other charter schools in Duckworth's study is not necessarily how to get students to be gritty, but how to get them to be gritty about college completion.

Duckworth's ultimate question is, "Which experiences do we give kids to get them in the direction of more grit and not less?"


Conventions

(Thank you, David Inglis, of ITC for providing these photos of the

recent Great Lakes Ice Association Convention. The meeting was held

at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, Milwaukee, Wisc., April 23-25, 2016.)

The group enjoyed supplier times and roundtable discussions,

including Improving your Business, CDL’s, and Incentives for Drivers, New Hires, Employee

Benefits/401(k)/Health Insurance, Drivers-Route systems and

Scheduling for over worked drivers. Also on the agenda was the hot topic: New FREON regulation for

your Ice Merchandisers.

Entertainment was abundant, including a Brewers game, Miller

Brewery Tour and an optional Harley Davidson tour.

GLIA EnjoysGreat Meeting

in Milwaukee


CalendarA

PRIL Great Lakes Ice Association

Annual ConventionApril 23 – 25Potawatomi Hotel & CasinoMilwaukee, WIgreatlakesice.org N

OVE

MBE

R IPIA 99th Annual ConventionNovember 8 – 11Hyatt Hill CountrySan Antonio, Texaspackagedice.org

Do you know of an event not listed? Let us know at [email protected].

2016 Industry Convention Calendar


NATIONWIDE

Ad Index

American Ice Equipment Exchange, aieexchange.com............................ 25 & 27

Classified Ads ...................................................................................................... 26 – 30

Ice Systems & Supplies Inc. (ISSI), issionline.com............................................ 28 & 31

Ing-Tech Corporation (ITC), itcpack.com ...................................................... 23 & 26

KEITH Walking Floor, keithwalkingfloor.com ............................................................12

LEER, leerinc.com .........................................................................................................9

Polar Temp, polartemp.com ......................................................................................2

Polar Temp Block Maker, polartemp.com ..............................................................32

Polar Temp Express, polartemp.com ..................................................................16-17

Sisco, siscoproductsinc.com .......................................................................................5

Ad index/Classified ads

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

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.

For advertising and listing information, contact Mary at (404) 819-5446 or [email protected].

ICE MAKERS • TURBO CF40 ICE MAKER• VOGT P24A ICE MAKERS (3)• VOGT P34A ICE MAKER• VOGT P34AL W/ HIGH SIDE• VOGT 9000

REFRIGERATION• 20 HP KRACK CONDENSER• LIQUID OVERFEED VALVE PACKAGE• 6.5 BOHN W/ EVAP CONDENSER

RAKE BINS • TURBO CB59 RAKE BIN

BLOCK MAKERS• B-56 W/ 4 HP CONDENSERS• LEER BL39 W/ REMOTE CONDENSER• TURBO BP-360 BLOCK PRESS

SUPPLIES• LEER ICE MERCHANDISERS• BAGS AND WIRE • PARTS AND REPAIR

PACKAGING • HAMER 125 –NEW, USED AND REBUILT

• HAMER 125 W/ STAND & CONVEYOR

• HAMER RING CLOSERS

• HAMER RING CLOSER W/CONVEYOR

• HAMER 310 W/ 125 CLOSER

• HAMER 535 (RECONDITIONED)

• PALLET DISPENSER

• SLIP SHEET DISPENSER

• SS SHAKER W/ STAND

SCREW AND BELT CONVEYORS• 10’, 20’, 30’ – 9” SS SCREW

CONVEYORS W/ MOTOR & GEARBOXES

• HYTROL BELT CONVEYORS 10’ & 16’ • PORTABLE FOLDING INCLINE

CONVEYOR• POWER 90 BELT CONVEYOR

ITC EQUIPMENT FOR SALE1-800-599-4744 • www.itcpack.com


SOUTHEAST

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): [email protected] Don’t forget to call if you have a quality piece of used equipment for sale.

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

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)

[email protected]

COMPLETE 5-TON ICE PLANT FOR SALE

Casco 5-ton, 7/8" tube, R-22, 5F60 Carlyle open

drive compressor, reconditioned in 2015.

New valves and oil separator.

Includes evaporator/condenser, 5-ton moving

floor bin, 13ft incline galvanized auger, Perfection

Ice Scoring Machine and Hamer 125.

Many parts and manuals included.

Also available, Vogt 3000, water cooled, comes

with water tower; several stainless steel augers.

Call Richard

(276) 783-2397

• Hamer 2001 Rebuilt 525 Form, Fill, & Seal Machines

• Rebuilt 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 • New Jersey Bag Closer Parts• Cat Walk Platform for P34 Vogt• Kamco 14 Ton Moving Floor Ice Bin• Orbital Bin• Ice Shaker• Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 10’• Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 11’• Leer BL-39 Ice Block Maker

• Clinebell B-56’s, 11lb Block Makers• Clinebell CB300 300lb Block Makers• Indy 7x16 Auto-Defrost Ice

Transport Unit. Includes Trailer• Matthiesen VL510 Top Load Galv.

Bagger • Matthiesen Bagger Take-Off System• Matthiesen VLS, Bottom Load Bagger• Walk In Freezers• Turbo 5 Ton Ice Makers • Vogt 118 5 Ton Ice Maker 7/8, W/.C• Vogt 118 5 Ton Ice Maker 7/8, A/C• Vogt 4000 4000lb 7/8 A/C Ice Maker• Morris 70 Ton Nugget Ice Maker• Morris 70 Ton Flake Ice Maker• Vogt P24 7/8, W/C

• Vogt P24AL’s 7/8 Ice Makers (2) with Refrigeration

• Vogt 18XT Mid Tube, 10 Ton Ice Maker

• 7lb Wicketed “mis-print” Ice Bags • 16lb Wicketed “misprint” Ice Bags• 5lb Wicketed Ice Bags • Magliner Ramp 28” x 13’ 4”• Baltimore Aircoil CXV-184• Vilter VSM-601 Single Screw

Compressor• Type B Multi-SystemControl Panel• Infra-Pak Stretch Wrappers• Turbo Ice Sizer• Large Inventory of Hard To Get Parts

Classified ads

More Southeast classifieds on the next page »


MIDWEST

SNO CAP SALES, INC.St. Louis, MO | (636) 225-6011

Carving Blocks For SaleClinebell quality, boxed and palletized. We are centrally

located and ship nationwide. The Choice is Crystal CLEAR.

Equipment For SaleS60 Block Maker

Glass Doors for Merchandisers

FOR SALE• 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

• Vertical screw (old) various block equipment

Contact Union Central Cold Storage Inc:[email protected] or (213) 489-4205

WANTEDUsed trailer to haul frozen foods– small only up to 12'

Email: [email protected]

SEEKING REFRIGERATION PERSONKnowledge of Turbo ice makers, freezers.

Ownership in company is possible. Must be able to do all types of work pertaining to an ice business.

Must have a class E license.

Clinton, MissouriPhone (660) 885-9000

FOR SALESmall ice plant business in central Illinois. Good customer base with lots of growth potential. Owner wants to retire.

Call Paul for more information.

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

ICE FOR SALE A Family Owned Ice Company

Tube Ice7, 10, 20, 22 lb Bags

Over a million bags in stockShipped or Picked upPIQCS Plus Accredited

Arctic Ice Inc Call Steve Camenzind (314) 989-9090

Classified ads

• 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

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

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

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

"NEW" KAMCO PARTSIce Systems & SuppliesRock Hill, SCToll free (800) 662-1273or (803) 324-8791

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

SOUTHEAST (continued)


NORTHEAST

Plastic liners for clear block makers $1.18/ea

Reusable drip pans – from $6.50/ea

Over 500 items in stock for Ice Carvers

VOGT ICE FOR SALE5, 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

• 140 ft. York herring bone• 4 ton bridge crane• Two Tuffy upenders

• Perfection block scorers• Tip tables

• 14 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 CompanyPhone (717) 733-7968 or fax (717) 733-1981 PA

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

ICE FOR SALE

ICE CARVING TOOLS

WANTEDLeer all-in-one racks.

Contact Anderson Ice Co. at 570-752-3291

Classified ads

• Morris 10 ton mini cuber• M9000 R22 1 inch tube• 4 one ton galv gravity bins• SS auger 12"x12' no g/b or motor• SS auger screw only 12"x12'• 10'x9" galv auger complete w/ g/b • 9'x9" galv auger complete w/ g/b• 16'x9" galv vertical auger tunnel

and screw only

• Misc augers and hoppers galv• 5 Hoshizakl 2000 lb 3 ph w/c cubers• Mycom 4 cyl ammonia compressor

and oil separator to match• Bohn air cooled condenser• 4 Star block makers 10-12 lb

blocks with cans.• Hamer 310

Merchandiser Parts for all brands at competitive prices.

(877) 984-5945

FOR SALE

Call Gary at (203) 376-8567

More Northeast classifieds on the next page »

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

Packaging• Matthiesen Heat Seal Bagger• Matthiesen Baler (3 Available)• Hamer Form, Fill, and Seal

Machine - 310

Handling• Matthiesen Shaker Belt with Stand • Shaker• 12” Stainless Steel Auger

(Several Lengths)• 12” Stainless Steel Shroud

Trough Cover

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE1-800-543-1581

www.modernice.com

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

EQUIPMENT FOR SALESuction Accumulator - Chil-Con, Model # AA24084, 24” x 7’ high,

with boil out coil – Like new condition $6,000.00

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


USED MERCHANDISERS WANTEDContact: Ice King, Ryan Maasen

at (480) 423-5464

WANTEDVogt 6000 and Vogt 9000

Call Charlie Bolton, Houston, TX

(713) 643-0573

FOR SALE2005 12 Ton Kamco Bin in good condition, $5000.

Contact Greg LeBlanc at Orange County Ice, Bridge City, TX

(409) 920-0037

FOR SALE(1) Vogt P118 Reconditioned. Runs on R404 Freon.

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

(1) Rebuilt CB P118

Call Charlie Bolton (Houston, TX) (713) 643-0573

EQUIPMENT WANTEDVOGT´S P24s and P34s used in any conditions

only MID or LARGE ice.

Ice RAKE 30 tons or less used

CONTACT US BEFORE YOU SELL! [email protected]

(809) 350-8297

SOUTHWEST

ICE EQUIPMENT

Classified ads

PACIFICICE MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY

BUSINESS FOR SALE HAWAII

• Strong 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

Call (808) 384-7033 for more information. $80K

ICE BUSINESS FOR SALESuccessful ice manufacturing and

distribution business for sale. Established in 1983, located in Eastern Wash.

Owner is retiring.

Enjoy life and semi-retirement in this profitable business. Sale includes buildings, land, equipment, vehicles, and

rental property.

Miscellaneous ice merchandisers for sale - Glass and solid door.

Contact [email protected] for more information

NORTHEAST (continued)

FOR SALEArctic Temp 8000 SM 4-Ton ice machine.

Very low hours, barely used. Looking for $18,000.

Manny Raza (732) 684-4464

WANT TO BUYHamer 535 or 540 FFS Bagger; with or without

all of the bells and whistlesCall Gregg at (614) 272-8404