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“ Our new medical refrigeration portfolio can reduce 30 % of global vaccine wastage”
Godrej Appliances had entered into a technology license agreement with The Sure Chill Company UK and had forayed in global immunization segment last year. The medical refrigerators were designed especially to provide precise cooling solutions in frequent outage situations. In an exclusive one on one interaction, Mr Kamal Nandi, Business Head and Executive Vice President, Godrej Appliances gave details about the launch of latest product range to strengthen the company’ s position in the segment. Read the excerpts
BY RAHUL KOUL
Please tell us about the Godrej’ s foray into the new field of medical refrigeration in detail? Which are your target countries in Asia Pacific?
We have always believed that innovation can help address the challenges such as cold chain infrastructure which is critical for vaccine industry and other stakeholders. In partnership with The Sure Chill Company, we launched a breakthrough technology in medical refrigeration last year. Going forward, the new product range includes three models in the Lite Series- GVR 51 Lite, GVR Lite and GVR 99 Lite with vaccine storage of 51.5 liters, 75.5 liters and 99.5 liters respectively. Our products have been well received in the market and exported to 10 countries so far. In Asia Pacific region, we have installed in Afghanistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bali, Fiji, Saudi Arabia etc.
Why did you launch the new lite series of products despite having the one set of product already in the market?
We received a good feedback n last one year. The insights we gained over last year have helped
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