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# FRIGAIR2018
# FRIGAIR2018 official exhibitor review
By Candace Sofianos King and Ntsako Khosa With stands outside and in both Hall 5 and Hall 6, FRIGAIR 2018 boasted an impressive 150 exhibitors from across the world, showing off the latest and greatest HEVAC & R technologies industry has to offer— see for yourself!
This year the show was bigger than ever, boasting stands that would easily be at home at any international exhibition. Some of the custom stands took many days of long hours to complete and the results were truly amazing.
But irrespective of the shape and size of the stand, each and every exhibitor had something to share with visitors, ensuring the industry is up to date with the many exciting technological advances the market has to offer. We take a look at what was on offer at each stand.
HALL 5
A-Gas South Africa’ s indoor stand also promoted its new Rapid Recovery service( unit on display outside) and proudly launched its Braze-A-Gas at the show. The Rapid Recovery solution assists the market with refrigerant recovery at phenomenal speeds, coupled with a buyback programme for the recovered refrigerant. A-Gas also promoted alternative refrigerants at the show, including low global warming potential( GWP) HFCs and HFOs. Here is, from left: Michael Labacher; Bianca Boshoff; and Grant Mc Gill.
AMG Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning specialises in industrial and commercial refrigeration, and at their stand they showed visitors a wide range of refrigeration services in the field. Some of the company’ s top clients include Famous Brands, Tiger Brands, and KFC. Here, from left: Audry Npoyi( technician), Jonathan Lovett( director), and Angie Groves( sales).
ACRA showcased the various skills development, training, and education options available within the HEVAC & R industry. They offer training / skills development guidance— including trade testing, apprenticeships, learnerships, short courses, skills programmes, part qualifications, authorised refrigeration practitioner licenses, and more. At the stand, from left: Anria Pieterse, Grant Laidlaw, and Annelize Grobbelaar.
Air Filter Maintenance Services( AFMS) had various HEPA, primary, and secondary filters on display at their stand, as well as bag-in-bag-out units and a biological safety cabinet. They were proud to highlight their work in Africa. At the stand, from left: Shaun Maartens( general manager), Thiloshini Pillay( sales representative), and Gregers Chalker( managing director).
AMS Haden brought a range of their HVAC instrumentation to the show, for measuring everything from pressure and velocity, to wet and dry bulk instruments, duct leakage detection and diffuser testing. They also promoted the latest Vent PRO2, their own make of digital vein thermometer, with built-in calculations. Pictured at the stand is technical manager, Marcus Meintjies.
Acrow deals with mobile racking for industrial and consumer-based businesses. They exhibited their storage solution ranges, specifically for cold storage. Their motto‘ Made in Africa for Africa’ is true to its core. Their new product offering boasts energy-efficient savings as a plus. The Acrow team, from left: Manie Vlok; Jean-Paul De Gersigney; and Chris van Niekerk.
Air Movement Supplies( AMS) is a regular to the show and exhibited a range of HVAC instrumentation and occupational hygiene instrumentation from major original equipment manufacturers( OEMs) such as Casella, Thermo, and TSI. At the AMS stand, from left: Murray Anderson, Marko Giustinoni, Michael Vaudin, Russel Browne, and Peter Shepherd.
Automated Control Solutions( ACS) exhibited some leading international brands / products for sensing and control devices, used in building automation applications. They launched a few interesting products from manufacturers like Danfoss and Honeywell. From left: Stanley de Vries; Johan Weitsz; Anton Steyn; Damiano Patini; Edwin Modutoane; Angelique Jean-Pierre; Victoria Smith; Sean King; Terrance Hall; and Adrian Hoffman.
Afrox showcased its extensive range of refrigerant products( in refillable and disposable cylinders) and was at the show to educate the market on the full benefits of the Zugibeast. The Zugibeast extracts contaminated oil, moisture, and other non-condensables from refrigerants. The team also mentioned Afrox’ s reclaim and recovery of gas offers. Seen at the stand, from left: Sibongile Buthelezi, Thuli Vilakazi, and Bartel Botha.
Air-Box directors Kevin Fedderke( right) and Rean van Wyk showed off a wide range of air filters and products for the textile, health, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical sector. Their air handling unit and fan filter units are custom designed for each sector.
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