About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere America 2014
published on 19 June 2014
16 pages
1 MB

James Taeckens, presents the company’s CO₂ container transport refrigeration system and points out the advantages of CO₂ in terms of performance, safety, availability and cost.

About the speaker(s)

James Taeckens

 

James Taeckens is a senior product manager for Carrier Transicold Container Products Group, an industry leader providing customers around the world with the most advanced, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable container refrigeration systems and generator sets. Carrier Transicold is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., a leading provider to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide. (NYSE:UTX).

Based in Syracuse, N.Y. since 2005, Mr. Taeckens is involved in product development, including the introduction of the NaturaLINE™ unit, the world’s first and only container refrigeration system to use the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (CO₂) with a global warming potential (GWP) of one. Mr. Taeckens is also responsible for the advancement of the new XtendFRESH™ container atmosphere control system, which uses innovative technologies to remove ethylene while actively controlling oxygen (O₂) and CO₂ levels, distinguishing it from other container atmosphere control products on the market today.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Taeckens was responsible for identifying and launching new products for the Aftermarket division at Visteon Corporation of Dearborn, Mich. In addition, he spent several years at Ford Motor Company and AT&T Istel LTD. He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.