Artic Driers is celebrating its 25th anniversary in South Africa, driven by Cockfield family members Barbara, Shelly, Paul, and of course Allen. The company has grown to be the leader in compressed air treatment, air dryer hire, compressed air auditing and after sales care and maintenance.
From l: Allen Cockfield and Paul Cockfield with the Kellair compressed air dryer launched in 1976 and sold to the Timken Bearings Company in Benoni by Allen.
Since its inception, Artic has sold thousands of air dryers. The Jemaco SPX range of dryers was launched in 1999 and is still represented by Artic today. The company continues to service industry from its family-owned operational base in Benoni, supplying quality compressed air treatment products sourced from 10 different countries around the globe.
Paul Cockfield heads up the after sales department, internal workshops and hire plant, while still finding the time to market dryers to end-users. Allen handles resellers, marketing and product sourcing and also sells directly to clients. Daughter Shelly handles marketing campaigns and wife Barbara is the back office boss, handling HR matters.
Artic Driers International has a record of providing well engineered products at reasonable prices. The staff is fanatical about selling the correct product for each application. Artic Driers is the factory representative for SPX Jemaco air dryers, CS-iTEC air measurement instruments, BryAir dehumidification equipment and Sepura oily water separators, along with the Artic branded coalescing air filters and drains. Talk to Artic for real long-term solutions for your compressed air treatment problems.
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