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REGULARS
CONTENTS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
VOL. 02 - NO.06 | JULY / AUGUST 2017
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REGULARS ASSOCIATIONS FEATURES
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Editor’s column
Etlin International – all about service
Letter to the editor – R723 info misleading EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Buyer’s guide 18 Industry celebrates OTTC’s 25th anniversary
23 Danfoss has big plans!
Products
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NEWS PROJECTS
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10 27 Southern Cold Storage – smart efficiency
Afrox upgrades special gases propellant plant
Innovation to reduce operating costs
How refrigeration has changed our world
Consumer aspirations affect retail
Proper training and trade test for ammonia artisans
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End of a chapter for Minus 40
Big changes for Emerson Climate Technologies
Thermal test chamber – a step towards food safety
EDITOR’S COLUMN
Not all doom and gloom
T
he past few weeks have brought caused devastation in the form of fallen extreme challenges to our trees, flooding, and mountainous waves the OTTC college, a new distribution
the-art CO 2 training plant unveiled at
economy and sadly also resulted along the coastline. Yet, the drought centre for Shoprite in Cape Town,
in loss of life. Climate change is often and the Level 4 water restrictions are far and the thermal test chamber for
reported on as it affects the wellbeing from being relaxed. refrigerated vehicles officially opened
of all and the HVAC&R industry can
In the same week, President Donald
certainly play a role in reducing Trump announced that the US is to
global warming. withdraw support from the 2015 Paris
The usual lush vegetation in the
at the South African Bureau of
Standards in Pretoria.
Some of the industry sectors have
accord to reduce global warming. reported business as being sluggish, but
picturesque Garden Route has been Rightly so, Europe and China had a greater number have enjoyed higher
virtually destroyed by devastating reaffirmed their strong support of the volumes of trade than before.
fires fanned by gale force winds. Over Paris Agreement.
400 homes have been destroyed
As if not all the weather extremes
My sincere thanks to those readers
who send valued comments about
and thousands of people displaced. in one week were enough, there was features in Cold Link Africa. These After long dry periods, the dense also the announcement that South comments are well received and often undergrowth and vegetation had Africa is in a recession. I hope the start constructive debate. Please keep become tinder, waiting for the smallest announcement will encourage the them coming. spark or even the sun shining on a politicians to stop fighting costly political piece of glass to start a roaring inferno. battles at the expense of taxpayers and prepares to represent the South African John Ackermann
Another change in climate, the unusual direct their attention to creating jobs refrigeration trade at WorldSkills in Abu Editor | [email protected]
consistent gale force winds fanned and consumer confidence. Dhabi in October 2017.
the devastation.
In the same week, a storm battered
the drought-stricken Cape Town and
There is some good news, though,
We wish Tyrone Bunce well as he
There are some new items in this
and it proudly originates in the issue, which will become regular
refrigeration industry. A new state-of- features. Happy reading.
CLA
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