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ISSN 2412-7779 REGULARS CONTENTS VOL. 04 - NO. 01 | OCTOBER 2018 INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN Continued on page 12 22 28 REGULARS INTERNATIONAL NEWS PROJECTS 3 Editor’s column 36 Products 39 Word search 9 11 22 GoChill: pushing the boundaries beyond ‘just a cold store’ 28 CO 2 trans-critical installation – a processing plant first NEWS ASSOCIATIONS 4 5 5 6 7 12 Sassda boosts stainless steel trade with Kenya and Tanzania Beijer Ref and Bitzer renew partnership New project to reduce wasted harvest in SA Carel celebrates women in HVAC&R 23.4 million m 2 of retail space for SA Global cruise industry embraces trans-critical CO 2 tech One step closer to increasing the hydrocarbon charge limit ASHRAE launches South African chapter EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 15 All set for “The biggest Chillventa of all times” 17 OTTC stammtisch brings artisans together 19 A decade of Cool Logistics 21 Upcoming TOC to discuss modernising supply chains Time flies A EDITOR’S COLUMN s I sit here completing yet by now, I’ve met so many people in Daniela Heinkel, Chillventa exhibition another Schengen visa our industry (locally and abroad), that director at NürnbergMesse, on page 15 application form for the it’s more a case of looking forward to to see just what you can expect from catching up with ‘old friends’. Chillventa 2018. upcoming Chillventa show in Nuremberg, I cannot believe how time The people are what makes Chillventa But it’s not just overseas that exciting has flown. It feels impossible to imagine the incredible experience it is. Sure, the things are happening. My inbox is that two years have passed by so quickly products and the exhibition are beyond overflowing with amazing refrigeration since jetting off to the 2016 edition of the impressive (to the point of short-circuiting projects and, despite a tough economic show. (Visa applications are still a painful your brain with all the technological climate, the industry’s resilience is process, though.) advances), but it is the gathering of the shining through. Check out the article global HVAC&R family that really makes on GoChill’s new cold store facility in the trip so memorable. KwaZulu-Natal, which offers a ‘one-stop This will be my third visit to this massive industry exhibition and I’m no less excited than that first time I got on a plane to It’s amazing to see what is happening shop’ for fresh fruit exporters through Germany. Though I think I’m much less in the rest of the world and to realise ambient-, chilled-, and cold sterilisation stressed out and anxious than in 2014 that we’re not actually that far behind. I solutions (page 22). John Ackermann also when I got on that plane for the first cannot wait for another Chillventa and international trip of my life. I got lost so compiled an interesting piece on the CO 2 everything that comes with it. Watch refrigeration installation for the new BM many times then as I tried to decipher the this space; I’ll have a lot to say about it Food Manufacturers plant in Montague German street names on the worn map I in future editions. If you’re going as well, Gardens. Read more on page 28. carried around with me everywhere. drop me an email and we can catch up Speaking of big news, ASHRAE has that side. Particularly if you know of any finally launched a South African chapter, step one, to get a German SIM card other events that could be of interest. opening up a whole new world in terms and just let Google Maps do all the work My Chillventa calendar is filling up fast of the global industry network and for me. Yet, one can never completely and it’s gearing up to be an epic show. access to knowledge (page 12). shake the feeling of being lost when It seems to be the general forecast for you are alone in a foreign country. But this year. Check out the interview with I’ve learnt a lot since then. Mainly, That’s what is happening in my world; what’s happening in yours? CLA COLD LINK AFRICA • October 2018 Ilana Koegelenberg Editor | [email protected] www.coldlinkafrica.co.za 3