By Lizelle van der Berg, director – GCCA South Africa
The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) is a trade association representing the temperature-controlled supply chain, including cold storage, transportation, construction, equipment suppliers, and service providers.Read More »The cold chain community in 2021
By Benjamin Brits
The warehousing and cold store sector in South Africa is currently undergoing rapid growth and with this, the requirement of materials handling solutions to suit, from the good-old yard forklift to complete and intricate fully autonomous solutions. Read More »Materials handling: efficiency through a variety of solutions
By the International Energy Agency (IEA)
This is a narrow band but brings huge benefits, according to the IEA special report – the world’s first comprehensive energy roadmap showing government actions to rapidly boost clean energy and reduce fossil fuel use can create millions of jobs, lift economic growth, and keep net zero in reach. Read More »Pathway to critical and formidable goal of net-zero emissions by 2050
By Energy Partners Refrigeration
Marquis Macadamias (previously Global Macadamia), has built one of the largest macadamia curing and processing facilities in the world, located in the Alkmaar region of Mpumalanga.
Read More »World’s largest macadamia curing and processing facility – in SA
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) is a labelling law that requires retailers, such as full-line grocery stores, supermarkets and club warehouse stores, to notify their customers with information regarding the source of certain foods. Food products covered by the law include muscle cut and ground meats: lamb, goat, and chicken; wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish; fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables; peanuts, pecans, and macadamia nuts; and ginseng. Read More »Concerns over Country of Origin Labelling Online Act (COOL act)
Fearing an increase in illegal HFC refrigerant imports under the F-gas regulation, companies from across Europe have called on the European Commission for more rigorous enforcements. Read More »EFCTC calls for tighter F-gas enforcement
Leading associations from across Europe, the UK and Japan have expressed “strong concerns” at the content of the European Commission’s recent F-gas review study. The study presented at the DG Clima stakeholder workshop on May 6 has already come in for criticism for its assertions of the degree to which ‘natural’ refrigerants could replace HFCs in RACHP equipment. Read More »Industry groups slam F-gas study
The University of Nottingham is kick-starting a new GBP1-million project to develop dual-use energy storage technology, capable of delivering hydrogen to a fuel cell and generating direct cooling for refrigeration.Read More »Dual-use hydrogen energy storage to put food cold chain on road to net zero
Heat exchanger manufacturer Alfa Laval has produced a white paper which seeks to ‘demystify’ the process of choosing the right low-GWP refrigerant for a specific application.Read More »Demystifying low-GWP refrigerant choice
By Lizelle van der Berg, Director – GCCA South Africa
The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) is a trade association representing the temperature-controlled supply chain, including cold storage, transportation, construction, equipment suppliers, and service providers.Read More »The Global Cold Chain Alliance, a history and strategy