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Convenience Retailer Show Daily 2 5 Monday, October 8, 2018 Hatch Green Chile: Fruit or Vegetable? By John Owen, Chief Executive Officer, Green Chile Food Company Is there any other fruit or vegetable, besides the Hatch green chile, that takes over thousands of grocery store parking lots during the month of August every year? No, and there is a very good rea- son. There is not a fruit or vegetable more trendy or cool than the Hatch green chile. Nothing rivals the aroma of Hatch green chiles roasting in large metal drums out- side of your local grocery store. If you have never experienced this, you are missing out. Here's the big question: is a green chile a fruit or a vegetable? What is the definition of a fruit or a vegetable? I bet a lot of you reading this article right now would fail the pop quiz on whether a tomato, okra, eggplant or zucchini are fruits or vegetables. Most of you assumed they were all vegetables, didn't you? For those of you who correctly answered that they were all fruits, you should consider yourselves smarter than most! A green chile is a fruit, because the requirement of being a fruit is that it must contain edible internal seeds. Additionally, the green chile is incredibly healthy. It has more vitamin C than an orange, more vitamin A than a tomato and is loaded with iron, magnesium and thi- amine. Many would argue that green chiles are the trendiest fruit in the country and we at The Green Chile Food Company agree. The green chile is as important to Southwest cuisine as the truffle is to French cuisine. Finally, what is the big deal about "Hatch"? Isn't it just an Anaheim chile? The Anaheim chile was brought to New Mexico by a farmer named Emilo Ortega. He transplanted them in the Mesilla Valley, where the town of Hatch is located and where there is a unique bal- ance of soil, hot daytime temperatures and cool nights. This resulted in a distinct and special chile and put the town of Hatch on the map. And remember: chile is a fruit, chili is a recipe. Visit Green Chile Food Company at booth #2929. Safe, Easy Defueling for Natural Gas with WEH Defueling Nozzles Defueling or emptying CNG cylinders bundles (e.g. for trailers) is a frequent challenge for service technicians. Service staff must be sufficiently trained to ensure that the procedure is performed properly and safely. When it comes to emptying CNG tanks, a distinction is made between emergency defueling and defueling for maintenance purposes, such as for repairs to the natural gas tank. The defueling nozzle TK23 CNG by WEH ® was designed for this particular purpose and it is ideal for emptying cylinder bundles, that means for dis- charging CNG from cylinder bundles. The nozzles are equipped with push- pull actuation and the unique WEH Jaw locking mechanism for extra-easy opera- tion. Simply attach the nozzle to the receptacle and push the sliding sleeve to the front to create a pressure-tight con- nection. Now open the shutoff device behind the receptacle and defueling can begin. The plastic thermal covering pro- tects service technicians' hands against frostbite. The defueling nozzles TK6 CNG for passenger cars and TK21 CNG for buses and trucks are available for defueling CNG tanks within vehicles. The defueling nozzles are used for maintenance and inspection of natural gas vehicles. All pressure and fuel tanks must be emptied for any maintenance measures. Defueling nozzles by WEH have proven to be the ideal tool for this purpose. D e f u e l i n g takes place via the vehicle's fueling c o n n e c t i o n . Simply attach the defueling nozzle to the receptacle, turn the opening spindle until it stops and the receptacle is pushed open. Now the fuel tanks can be emptied via the medium outlet at the side. Of course, WEH also provides a comprehensive product portfolio for nat- ural gas refueling, ranging from fueling nozzles, breakaways and filters for fuel- ing stations through to receptacles and check valves for vehicles. WEH was early to recognise the future of alternative fuels, and has since become a global market leader for alternative fueling components. As early as 1986, WEH began extending its product range to include alternative refu- eling components for natural gas and hydro- gen and founded its WEH GmbH Gas Technology affiliate. The NGV1 CNG fueling system devel- oped by WEH has become a standard applied worldwide. WEH is certified in accordance with ISO 9001 and the European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED). The compa- ny employs more than 160 staff and con- ducts business in more than 40 countries worldwide. The company established its U.S. office in the Houston area in 2008. From Houston, Texas, the time zone is central to service all the U.S. customers from East to West. For more information, go to www.weh.us. Lucid Audio Launches HearMuffs TRIO for Children Lucid Audio™ is a consumer electronics company with headquarters in Ft. Worth, Texas. A passion for helping people hear better is the real foundation of the compa- ny. It even has a registered trademark for the words Hear Better ® , and its mission statement says it all: "We Help People Hear Better." It is also a sister company to Lucid Hearing, the fastest growing and most technologically advanced hearing aid manufacturer today. Lucid Audio builds audio products designed for infants to the elderly, offer- ing personal sound amplifiers (PSAPs) for adults and HearMuffs™, bringing infant and child hearing protection to the market. The company's Etymotic Research brand is the clearest and most professionally tuned earphone product on the market today. The company has come to the show to educate and help identify solutions for the retail market organizations so they, in turn, will be able to offer improved hear- ing health to their customers. Lucid Audio takes great pride in the fact that as a whole, the company has helped more than 100,000 people hear better. What makes Lucid Audio so special is its commitment to giving customers something unique and valuable with every product made. It's called the genius of "and" because the product does what other products in their category do, and then even more. For example, with HearMuffs, children's ears are protected and adults can comfort children or play soothing music with the touch of a but- ton. This is the way Lucid Audio exceeds in its market. The company focus reaches customers of all ages and all lifestyles. Its product assort- ment offers hearing protec- tion and hearing amplifica- tion, in some form, for all ages, from infants to the eld- erly. HearMuffs TRIO, an active hearing protection headphone for children ages five and up is being launched this year. The TRIO features active noise compres- sion that allows comfortable sound levels in so children can hear adults speaking, while keeping harmful sounds out of their hearing. With its intuitive design, the TRIO can be used as a headphone at any time and in any mode. Also being launched this year are the new Enrich PRO and Enrich PRO ITC Personal Sound Amplifiers. Both have the company's latest Lucid Technology. The Enrich PRO and Enrich PRO ITC are engineered for OTC customers who have experienced mild to moderate hearing loss but aren't yet ready to make the leap to prescription hearing aids. The OTC prod- ucts offer two listening envi- ronments: Conversations and Crowds. By using Lucid Technology adaptive dynamic range optimization, the Enrich PRO and Enrich PRO ITC allow consumers to hear speech over ambient and background noises. "At our core, we are a hearing aid manufacturer with a proprietary technol- ogy exclusive to the products that Lucid Audio manufactures. It is the hearing aid technology in our products that solidifies our mission statement: 'Helping People Hear Better.'" For more information, go to www.lucid audio.com or call 214.478.7750. OraTech: Your Private Label Solution By Meggin Lamb, Marketing Manager, OraTech OraTech is a private label contract manu- facturer of oral health products. Our turnkey contract manufacturing services provide everything you need to get your idea to market – fast. With more than 30 years of industry-leading experience in research and manufacturing, we remain a leader in ready-made and custom dental formulas for private label. In today's business environment, the challenges of bringing professional and consumer oral healthcare products success- fully and profitably to market have never been greater. These challenges are magni- fied when facing increasing costs and the complications of using multiple vendors for formulation, filling and packaging. Get smarter. OraTech's turnkey pro- grams and end-to-end capabilities simpli- fy production, significantly reduce time to market and improve profitability. With our vertically integrated capabilities, we can take your project from start to finish with greater control and flexibility. We specialize in large volume manu- facturing and offer toothpaste, mouth rinse and whitening in a variety of con- centrations and packaging configurations. Whether you have an existing product and are looking for a new supplier, or you want to add a new oral healthcare product to your line-up, give us a call today. All products are made in our South Jordan, Utah facility. We are ISO 13485, FDA and cGMP certified. For more information, go to www .oratech.com, email info@oratech.com or call 801.619.0282.