Cold Link Africa June 2019 | Page 30

EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN New home (and management) for Eurocool By Ilana Koegelenberg E To officially celebrate its new, amalgamated office in North Riding, team Eurocool held an informal event on 11 April to show off its new premises. There have also been various staff changes. The old Strijdom Park branch didn’t have a collection area and only offered over-the- counter sales. Thanks to the new set-up, the flow for collections is greatly improved for customers. Not only is the new site more accessible, it is also much safer. Security had previously been an issue at the other sites as the areas increasingly deteriorated over the years. The Eurocool head office in Booysens had been there since 1999. urocool has been experiencing impressive growth recently and had outgrown its head office in Booysens, as well as its Strijdom Park office. The solution? Relocating to a brand new site in the Northlands Retail Park, just off Malibongwe in the north of Johannesburg. Both branches are housed here now, offering much larger office space as well as a bigger warehouse for greater stock holding. The new Eurocool offices in North Riding, Johannesburg. Clients, suppliers and Eurocool staff enjoying the new offices. 30 Eurocool has been on a mission to change the traditional look of the wholesaler, explains managing director Rodney Taylor. There has been a drive to improve their image and the new offices fit into this goal. But it’s not just the Johannesburg branches that cleaned up www.coldlinkafrica.co.za their image. Eurocool in Cape Town was first to move and they relocated to new, improved premises at the end of January this year. During the ‘opening’ on 11 April, various customers, colleagues and other guests visited the newly amalgamated COLD LINK AFRICA • June 2019