Colder Products Company is the leading provider of quick disconnect couplings for industrial, life sciences, chemical and packaging markets. Used in a broad range of applications, innovative coupling and connection technologies from Colder allow flexible tubing to be quickly and safely connected and disconnected.

Founded in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1978, Colder Products is now the largest supplier of plastic quick disconnect couplings in the world with direct sales and distributor representation in North America, Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia. Colder is a Dover company.

Applications
Colder‘s engineered, custom solutions improve the overall functionality and design of the equipment and processes in which they are used. Special product features include built-in shutoff valves to pre vent product spills and an easy-to-use, pushbutton thumb latch for quick connecting and dis connecting. In addition, IdentiQuik™ Smart Couplings integrate RFID (Radio Frequency Identi fi cation) to automatically exchange product data at the exact time and location of connection. For users of Colder‘s advanced coupling technologies the result is cleaner, faster, safer and smarter fluid handling. Specific applications for Colder couplings include:

Chemical Management
• Colder‘s wide range of chemically resistant quick disconnect couplings and chemical dispensing systems provide non-spill operation and improve the safety of chemical management environments. Applications include semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing as well as pump, filter, and de-ionized water connections.

Packaging
• Colder offers couplings and fitments used to dispense a variety of products including sauces, condiments, beverage syrups and dairy foods.
• Colder‘s couplings and fitments used in packaging applications help improve maintenance, portion control and cleanliness in hot and cold beverage machines, water filters and bag-in-box dispensing systems.

Industrial
• Colder’s broad offering of coupling options is found in many diverse industries, such as analytical instrumentation, printing, biohazard detection equipment and electronic cooling.
• Colder offers fitments, closures, and couplings for bag-in-box and rigid containers that are found in many industrial applications such as cleaning, soap and detergent dispensing and bulk ink management.

Life Sciences
• Colder technologies satisfy the most stringent acceptance requirements and are compatible with popular sterilization techniques.
• Colder offers single-use connections for media transfer in feeding, harvesting and sampling applications.

Engineered Solutions Worldwide
Colder‘s success is grounded in its expertise in research and development and application engineering. Many of Colder‘s standard couplings and fittings began as custom engineered solutions that found broader use in applicable markets. To date, Colder has produced thousands of custom and standard products to meet the fluid handling challenges of various industries worldwide. Indicative of the company‘s commitment to quality, Colder also is certified to ISO 9001:2000 requirements.

Headquarters:
Colder Products Company,
1001 Westgate Drive, St. Paul, MN 55114, U.S.A.
Tel: +1-651-645-0091 Fax: +1-651-645-5404
Email: info@colder.com Website: www.colder.com