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was fo
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med to
inco
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ate t
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e inst
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umentation and cont
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olled atmosp
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e
(CA) divisions of Inte
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national Cont
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olledAtmosp
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e
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e Ltd
(ICA). T
h
is leading sto
r
age cont
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ol compan
y
is now calledSto
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age
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ol S
y
stems Ltd and includes all t
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e staff, p
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oducts and
se
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vices t
h
at p
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eviousl
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made up t
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ese divisions at t
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oup.
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r
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r
ige
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ation and elect
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ical
b
usiness
continues unde
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s
h
ip of And
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ewWills and is unaffected
by
t
h
ese c
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anges. T
h
e new compan
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is owned
by
JimSc
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of Spa
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ta, Mic
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igan, USAw
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h
e setting up of Sto
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ol S
y
stems Ltd
br
oug
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t toget
h
e
r
old f
r
iendswit
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a long
h
isto
ry
of colla
b
o
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ation, in one united
compan
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. Davidbis
h
op and JimSc
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avewo
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ked toget
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e
r
since Jimwas a
y
oungmanwo
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kingwit
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is fat
h
e
r
Ca
ry
l
Sc
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aefe
r
. Sto
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ageCont
r
ol S
y
stems Inc. is amanufactu
r
e
r
and
supplie
r
of atmosp
h
e
r
e-modif
y
ing andmonito
r
ing equipment.
Esta
b
lis
h
ed in 1982, t
h
e compan
y
h
as
b
ecome a leade
r
in t
h
e
easte
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nUSA in t
h
e suppl
y
of nit
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ogen gene
r
ato
r
s, gas anal
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ze
r
s
and cont
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olle
r
s, andCO2 sc
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u
bb
e
r
s.
Jim’s sto
ry b
eganwit
h
h
is g
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eat g
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andfat
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ry
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s to f
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uit t
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en g
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nold usingmo
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emode
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n equipment suc
h
as lances, sp
r
a
y
ing
f
r
om amoving t
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acto
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and t
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aile
r
. Jim’s fat
h
e
r
Ca
ry
l int
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oduced
sp
r
a
y
ingwit
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ai
r
c
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aft in t
h
e 1960s.
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l
y
f
r
uit sto
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eswe
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e dou
b
le-walled
br
ick
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ooms using
sawdust fo
r
insulation and ice fo
r
cooling, and late
r
t
h
e sto
r
es
we
r
e linedwit
h
tin andmec
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anical
r
ef
r
ige
r
ation added. Some of
t
h
e fi
r
st CA sto
r
eswe
r
e
b
uilt
by
t
h
eSc
h
aefe
r
famil
y
in t
h
e 1950s.
A.J. Sc
h
aefe
r
we
r
e among t
h
e fi
r
st topack apples in p
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ivate
packing
r
ooms. In t
h
e 1960sCa
ry
l Sc
h
aefe
r
h
ad a vision fo
r
imp
r
oved apple sto
r
agew
h
ic
h
led to t
h
e advancement of post-
h
a
r
vest cont
r
ol s
y
stems t
h
at, in tu
r
n, led to t
h
e fi
r
st CO2
sc
r
u
bb
e
r
s
b
eing int
r
oduced
by
Ca
ry
l Sc
h
aefe
r
in 1982 and t
h
e
c
r
eation of Sto
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ageCont
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ol S
y
stems t
h
at same
y
ea
r
.
T
h
e
r
apid
r
eduction of ox
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genwas ac
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ieved
by
nit
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ogen
flus
h
ing, leading to nit
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ogen gene
r
ato
r
s t
h
at, wit
h
ot
h
e
r
advancements suc
h
as expanded foam insulation, ammonia
r
ef
r
ige
r
ation and compute
r
-cont
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ols,
r
emained t
h
e standa
r
d fo
r
decades. JimSc
h
aefe
r
r
emem
b
e
r
s t
h
at t
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e development p
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ocess
led eventuall
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to ai
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tig
h
t panel sto
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age
r
ooms, allowing fu
r
t
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e
r
r
eductions in ox
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gen levels and, mo
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e
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ecentl
y
, t
h
e development of
d
y
namicCA s
y
stems. Sto
r
ageCont
r
ol S
y
stems (SCS) is now a
‘one stop s
h
op’ fo
r
all aspects of t
h
e sto
r
e design p
r
ocess,
wo
r
kingwit
h
custome
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s f
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omda
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one todelive
r
a dedicated
s
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stem fo
r
t
h
e g
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owe
r
’s sto
r
age needs. T
h
e long
h
isto
ry
of
g
r
owing, packing and sto
r
ing apples gives SCS a unique platfo
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m
onw
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ic
h
to expand t
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ei
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usiness glo
b
all
y
, wit
h
dist
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i
b
uto
r
s in
Mexico and India, and custome
r
s inCanada, Taiwan andNew
Zealand.
StorageControl SystemsLtd
Davidbis
h
op said t
h
at t
h
e da
y
toda
y b
usiness of designing,
suppl
y
ing and installing sto
r
age cont
r
ol s
y
stemswill continue as
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