Ethylene and Ripening Safety

When it comes to your livelihood, you don’t have time for costly mistakes. That’s why safety and consistency matter, and it’s why we’ve made them the hallmarks of our business. We manufacture high-quality ethylene generators and ethylene concentrate that are the safest and most efficient form of ethylene application available. Ethylene…it’s all we do, so safety matters most.

  • Ein Ethylen-Generator mit der Aufschrift „EASY-RIPE“ wird mit Flüssigkeit befüllt. Der Generator steht auf einem Boden aus Beton, neben einer Metallstütze. Im Hintergrund sind Kartons von Bananenpaletten aufgestapelt. Ein Mann füllt Flüssigkeit aus einer Plastikflasche in den Gerätetrichter.

    Proper Safety...Our Standard

    Ethylene application used to be unpredictable and dangerous, not to mention cumbersome. But 50 years ago, we created a way to do it better. We let you make ethylene, as needed, in your ripening room, versus storing large amounts of it in pressurized and bulky cylinders.

    Some products have the potential to release enough ethylene to reach the lower explosive limit (LEL) in most ripening rooms. With our system there is absolutely no chance of ethylene explosion in rooms that are 45 cubic meters or larger.

  • Zwei Hände halten eine grüne Weltkugel und ein Blatt, symbolisch für Umweltschutz und Naturerhaltung.

    Proper Registrations

    Only though diligent and strenuous testing of the ingredients and emissions of our products, Ethy-Gen® II is registered as a ripening agent by many authorities including the Germany’s Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), and others.

  • Nahaufnahme von Sicherheitsetiketten auf einem Produkt, einschließlich TÜV SÜD, NRTL und CE-Zeichen, zusammen mit englischem Text zu Betriebsanweisungen.

    Proper Certifications

    Our generators are listed by two accredited Testing Laboratories: Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL®) and TÜV SÜD. This means that they have found our equipment to be safe from any foreseeable risk of fire, electrical shock, and related hazards, when used as directed. Catalytic Generators is the only ethylene generator company with products certified by both UL and TÜV.

    Also, our ethylene generators’ listing evaluation includes documentation that the concentration of ethylene gas does not exceed 25 percent of the lower explosive limit (LEL); this means that our products are exempt from users having to make special electrical adaptions in their ripening rooms. See our blog post on this.