EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Less than two years to FRIGAIR
– book your spot!
By Ilana Koegelenberg
As the dust from the incredibly successful 2018 FRIGAIR Expo settles, organisers and exhibitors are
already preparing for the 2021 show – don’t be left behind.
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RIGAIR Expo takes place every three
years and is organised in partnership
with the South African Institute of
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (SAIRAC).
Organised by Interact Media Defined
and Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery,
the show offers a world-class exhibition,
unmatched in the local industry.
FRIGAIR is a great place to get up to
date with the latest and greatest product
innovations industry has to offer, as well as
to network with connections old and new.
Don’t forget about the various co-located
conferences and events.
It is also well-supported by the local
industry trade
bodies and aims
to showcase
the crucial role
played by the
HEVAC&R
industry and the
rapidly developing technology in
environmentally-friendly efficiency.
Macnamara, FRIGAIR sales director. “They
have been delighted by the number and
quality of visitors and the number of sales
leads gained.”
After last year’s show, an impressive
90% of the exhibitors said that they would
consider exhibiting at the next show again.
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WHO SHOULD EXHIBIT?
The sold-out 2018 FRIGAIR Expo
boasted 151 exhibitors, representing
not only the local HEVAC&R market,
but also leading international players.
The expo was hugely successful and
FRIGAIR exhibitors were given plenty of
opportunity to engage with thousands
of high profile visitors.
“We have had very positive
feedback from our exhibitors,” said Dale
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“This year’s show not only had good
quality visitors, but also a lot of visitors,”
said Mike Constable, MD of Insulated
Structures. “We have attended the
show for many years and will continue
to support it next time. We picked up
a substantial number of leads and
after the show we’ll look to converting
these into business.”
“This is a very successful show for
us and we have generated many
leads,” said Bassy Ramjakadh of GEA
Africa.
“The show has been a good success
and, for us, the best one to date,”
said Michael Labacher, sales
manager at A-Gas South Africa. “The
show has been far busier than before,
and we have had great interest in the
service rapid recovery product we
launched here.”
“Visitors to the show have been
booming,” said Terence Cloete of
Stab-A-Load. “The show has been
good and positive for us and apart
from lots of interaction with old and
new customers, we feel the show has
generated great exposure for us. We
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have also received good sales leads
which I am very positive that we will
convert after the show.”
Exhibitors generally come from all over
the heating, energy, ventilation, air
conditioning and refrigeration (HEVAC&R)
industry. They include (but are not
limited to) areas such as split units, heat
pumps, VRF, compressors, pumps, heat
exchangers, recovery banks, solar, energy
conservation, fans, extraction, controls
and instrumentation, training, ducting,
evaporative cooling, thermal energy
storage, ice slurries and ice making,
refrigerants, diffusion, portable cooling and
heating, supermarket refrigeration, display
cabinets, freezers, cold rooms, racking,
dock loading systems, sheet metal working,
sealing, chillers, refrigerated transport,
turbines, purification, and software.
For the 2021 show, organisers expect
a great mix of exhibitors as well, many of
whom have already secured their spots.
WHO SHOULD VISIT?
FRIGAIR Expo is free to attend for all
industry HEVAC&R professionals. And as
the show only comes around once every
three years, you really don’t want to miss
out on this great opportunity.
In the past the show has drawn visitors
from all over the continent, as well as
many international visitors. The 2018 show
boasted nearly 4 400 visitors from 29
different countries.
COLD LINK AFRICA • July/August 2019