Patrick Cronin | Owner/Director
Patrick has been a prominent figure in the dry ice industry since 2008, establishing extensive connections across Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific regions. As an early investor in Ecoslice, Patrick seized the opportunity to acquire the company in 2021. Leveraging his global connections, he is well-positioned to drive Ecoslice’s future growth.
Ben Rogers | Inventor/Creator
Ben is the inventor of Ecoslice. Ben’s role is Research and Development. He is responsible for overseeing production areas within the company. Ben has operated businesses previously and more recently had a contract to supply dry ice services to Aurizon – A Top 100 ASX listed company. Through Ben’s naturally scientific mind, his inquisitive nature and perseverance he developed a reusable cooling solution that is far superior to dry ice.
Gate Gourmet Green Dry Ice Project
Australia the company prepares more than 15,000 meals a day at its main catering
facility in Mascot. In an innovative move to increase the duration and quality of cooling
and reduce greenhouse emissions from freezing, transport and evaporation of dry ice,
Gate Gourmet Australia partnered with a local research and design company to trial a
new synthetic cooling product called Ecoslice as a replacement.
The trials, thought to be the first of their kind in the global on-board catering market,
have been highly successful. The product is cost-effective, greenhouse-friendly and
safer to use in the confined space of a catering cooler. Gate Gourmet is hoping to
roll out the product throughout Australia later in 2018.