By Albert van Rensburg, engineer
A state-of-the-art cold storage facility in Port Elizabeth enhances agricultural efficiency, supports exports, and utilises sustainable CO2 refrigeration.
Read More »The role of CO2 in Port Elizabeth’s new cold storage facility
By Eamonn Ryan with technical input from Jan Eagar (JAE Cooling Solutions) and Shawn Gray (Acrow)
The Lusaka Commercial Cold Store project is a significant greenfield initiative undertaken with the goal of improving the cold chain infrastructure in Africa.
Read More »Zambia’s first mobile racking state-of-the-art cold store
Compiled by Eamonn Ryan with technical input from Nigel Pengelly, managing member of VMG Consultants, and Frikkie Kleyns, technical manager at Elmec Airconditioning
With the objective of using less energy and reducing unnecessary waste, VMG Consultants is assisting Pick n Pay to refurbish its air conditioning systems across multiple stores with energy-efficient technology while keeping over 15 tonnes of waste from landfill.
Read More »Pick n Pay upcycles air-conditioning systems, saving energy and reducing waste
Supplied by Energy Partners
Building on the successful partnership at its Kariega, Eastern Cape, Further Processing Facility, Sovereign has again entered into a Cooling-as-a-Service (CaaS) agreement with Energy Partners (EP) to meet growing production demands as efficiently and reliably as possible at its Hartbeespoort facility.
Read More »Sovereign reaffirms commitment to Cooling-as-a-Service with Energy Partners
By InspiraFarms Cooling, edited by Eamonn Ryan
Avocado export is flourishing in Kenya. The country is currently ranked eighth globally in avocado production, having exported 26 481 tonnes of the fruit between January and March 2021, to 15 101 tonnes in 2022.
Read More »InspiraFarms Cooling technology drives Kakuzi’s sustainability vision
Compiled by Eamonn Ryan with technical input from Babylonstoren operations manager: Johannesburg, Koos Redelinghuys; and Graham Bloom, owner of contractor Cool Reaction (Pty) Ltd.
Babylonstoren, renowned for its premium Cape fresh produce, has significantly bolstered its operations with the opening of a new cold store warehouse in Midrand, Gauteng, for regional distribution of its rapidly growing online store.Read More »Cape’s Babylonstoren opens new cold store warehouse in Midrand
By Christine Storey, IWC
Everyone and everything has a story. This one begins in 1999, when Pieter van Helden fell in love with the distillation process and started the production of hobby level fruit brandies.
By Eamonn Ryan with technical input from Stephen Frewen, refrigeration design engineer: AMC Engineers, Gert van Rooyen, lead applications engineer: HC Group, Robert Kershaw of Barpro, and Eskort.
Eskort, South Africa’s leading pork manufacturer, has expanded its Gauteng production capacity by 50% with a factory extension incorporating a high-tech refrigeration system officially launched in mid-February.
Read More »Eskort’s pig meat processing plant upgrade drives efficiencies
By Jason Meredith, SCM Ref Africa mechanical engineer
This was an all-new light industrial project which began February 2022 and ended October 2022. What made the project special is that this was the first industrial type CO2 unit manufactured locally by SCM Ref Africa.
Read More »The first of many CO2 projects for SCM Ref Africa
By Sharon Cheboi of InspiraFarms Cooling
The fresh produce export industry in Kenya is a million-dollar industry, with vegetables, fruit and nuts accounting for over USD266.3-million worth of export revenue in 2020.
Read More »Kenya’s Instaveg benefits from modular cold storage, pre-cooling and processing facility