Cold Link Africa Jul/Aug 2016 Vol 1 No 6 | Page 33

FEATURE
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN

Although only recently launched in the
South African market, ClimaCheck was
patented in 1986 and the company
formed in 2003 by Klas Berglöf and his
partner, an industrial programmer.
Berglöf has been interested in
thermodynamics from a young age,
and completed his Master of Science
degree in thermodynamics in 1984 at
the Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm. He has done assignments for
the United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation on the phasing out of
ozone depleting substances (ODS) in
the Philippines and the Balkans. Berglöf
also served on the American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers committee on fault finding and
energy assessment.
ClimaCheck has an international
distribution network in countries such as
the US, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and Sweden,
and included South Africa in May 2016.
During his visit to South Africa to
conclude the distribution agreement
with CoolCheck and to provide product
training, Berglöf addressed the technical
meetings of the South African Institute
of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
(SAIRAC) in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth
and Johannesburg. The response from
contractors at the SAIRAC meetings
bode well for the future of ClimaCheck
in South Africa.

Klas Berglöf started his career in
thermodynamics at a young age.

Basil Mugwagwa (right), centre chairman of SAIRAC Port Elizabeth with Kevin Schlemmer,
who presented the ClimaCheck system at a monthly technical meeting of the centre.

“The cost of electricity in South Africa is

conditioning. In a short time since launching,

experienced people in refrigeration and

spiralling, and ClimaCheck will offer some

the response has been very encouraging.”

air conditioning. Similar to other countries,

relief to plant operators in knowing that

the training of contractors and skilled

their plant is consuming the least electricity

Views on SA

people requires more emphasis on COP

for maximum performance. They will also

Cold Link Africa asked Berglöf about his

and energy efficiency. We feel very

have forewarning of pending plant failures,”

first visit to South Africa.

upbeat about our involvement with the

says Kevin Schlemmer of CoolCheck. “We

“The installations that I saw compared

South African market and our distributor

are ecstatic at having ClimaCheck added

favourably with those that I have seen

agreement with CoolCheck. I certainly

to our basket of products and consulting

in Europe, the US and elsewhere, and

look forward to my next visit to the

services that we offer in refrigeration and air

South Africa certainly has some very

country.”

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