Runway/Aircraft De-Icing & Anti-Icing Fluids

One of the founding inventors of the TKS in-flight ice protection system is helping the general aviation sector overcome another challenging winter season.

Kilfrost – the 'K' in 'TKS' – has seen a significant increase in demand for its range of in-flight ice protection products and has recently revamped its online shop at www.kilfrost.com/online-shop/ to make it easier for aviators to stock up their supplies in convenient pack sizes, including 2.5 and 5 gallon containers, 30 and 55 gallon drums and 250 gallon totes ahead of any outbreaks of cold weather.

Patrick Strasburger, Senior Vice President of the Americas for Kilfrost, said: "This has been another very challenging winter season for aviators and we've worked hard to keep supplying fluid throughout the worst of the weather. Indeed, we've seen demand for our TKS fluids double over the past year. We are delighted to be working together with the general aviation sector across the Americas – and the rest of the world – to deliver supplies to our customers at the right place at the right time."

Kilfrost pioneered the original TKS in-flight ice protection system alongside Tecalemit and Sheepridge Stokes in 1942, and has since worked closely with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ensure its ever-expanding range of products meet – and in many cases exceed – safety and regulatory requirements.

Along with TKS 406B, the industry benchmark globally for in-flight ice protection fluids, Kilfrost also produces R328 and TKS80, which are readily biodegradable fluids that provide protection at temperatures down to -60ºC, while it has recently launched TKS^sustain, the world's first TKS fluid based on glycol from a renewable and sustainable source.

For over 75 years Kilfrost has led the global de-icing and anti-icing sector and is proud to work closely with customers in over 50 countries on five continents. With facilities in the UK, Europe, North America, China and Japan, Kilfrost is able to deliver its safety critical products to the General Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Ground De-icing, Rail and Heat Transfer Fluids sectors. Its world-renowned Research and Development facility continues to produce groundbreaking new products, and the company is continuing to invest heavily in the innovation of ever-more environmentally-friendly de-icing and anti-icing solutions.

For further information please visit www.kilfrost.com, email info@kilfrost.com / usa.sales@kilfrost.com or call +44 (0)1434 321500 or 1-877-U-KILFROST (877-854-5376) for more information.

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Felicity Wingrove or Chris Owens | Zen Communications |+44 01743 453186

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Or for the United States please contact Francesca McFeely | 1-877-U-KILFROST Francesca.McFeely@kilfrost.com