As of January 1, 2012 Marco Pellegrino has become the new Managing Director of ASCO Carbon Dioxide Ltd, according to a press release. ASCO’s previous Managing Director, Wolfgang Pöschl, who managed ASCO since 2007 in addition to Messer Schweiz (Switzerland) AG, will accept a new position and challenge to become Managing Director of Messer Austria. He passes on the ASCO baton to Marco Pellegrino, who also has become a member of the board of ASCO.

Marco Pellegrino, 42, has been with ASCO for 18 years, over which he set up and directed the ASCOJET dry ice blasting technology to the point where it is now a leader in this industry market worldwide. Since 2010 he has been ASCO’s Director of Sales & Marketing focusing his attention over the complete product range of ASCO including CO₂ production plants and CO₂ recovery plants. “I am joined with ASCO, its CO₂ products and applications for many years now and have already put lots of passion into this company”, describes Marco Pellegrino of his years with ASCO. “I really look forward to accept this new challenge together with the complete ASCO crew.”

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