INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
# FRIGAIR2018
From left : José Marques ( Bitzer ); José Simoes ( Compact Cool ); Pablo Simoes ( Compact Cool ); Saquil Amir ( Sotrec / Beira ); and Carlos Amir ( Sotrec / Beira ).
Some Cape Town visitors in town , from left : Evert Potgieter ( Everflo ); Dawie Kriel ( Energy Partners ); Anthony Hughes ( Everflo ); and Trevor Dyer ( AC & R Components ).
The evening was celebrated alongside international guests and customers . make safe investments and gain long-term control about their operation costs ; to be in line with current and future legislations ; and to secure their businesses . Remember , for the life cycle costs , the refrigeration installation , together with energy- and maintenance costs , is the largest investment for a food retail store .”
Bucher also spoke about the company ’ s global growth , mentioning Bitzer ’ s recent acquisition of Alfa Laval ’ s shell and tube heat exchanger business . He also spoke about the KIMO acquisition , explaining how these ventures benefit the customer . “ With these measurements , we want to make your life and the handling of our products easier for you , to enable you to concentrate , and be successful in your core competencies and businesses ,” Bucher added .
“ Our passion is to be a good partner for you , to be present with our local offices in the local market , and to be able to understand and support you ,” said Bucher . “ We are a global company , but we have a high respect for each single region we do business in , and we want to understand and work together with you , for our mutual benefit , and to improve our quality of life . This is one of the key targets in our corporate company values .”
After the short speeches , the celebrations continued amid the festive decor matched to Bitzer ’ s well-known green and black colour palette . It wasn ’ t just the balloons that were green and black — even the cake featured these unusual confectionary colours !
Happy birthday , Bitzer SA ! CLA
Coming next edition : complete FRIGAIR 2018 review
By Ilana Koegelenberg
The long-awaited HVAC & R industry calendar highlight — FRIGAIR 2018 — took place from 6 to 8 June , featuring not only an exhibition but various other events and conference programmes .
2018
AFRICA ’ S ONLY DEDICATED HEATING , VENTILATION , AIR CONDITIONING , REFRIGERATION & ENERGY EVENT
Keep an eye out for the September edition of Cold Link Africa to see what happened at the show . You can look forward to :
• Exhibitor review — what each exhibitor had on show .
• Events , launches , and demos .
• SAIRAC free-to-attend seminar programme review .
• ASHRAE speaker short courses feedback .
• Much , much more …
So , watch this space !
CLA
COLD LINK AFRICA • July / August 2018 www . coldlinkafrica . co . za
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