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INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
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REGULARS INTERNATIONAL NEWS EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
3 13 Download free resource on alternative refrigerants 27
48 Products 13 Carel appoints new group managing director substances
51 14 A-Gas named employer of the year 31
Editor’s column
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SADC countries unite to control ozone depleting
HCFC stakeholders get heated over proposed disposa ban
NEWS PROJECTS ASSOCIATIONS
4 1 Taking de-greening to the next level at Endulini Fruit 33
19 Centre Point PnP minimises environmental impact
Refrigeration in Africa: having feet on the ground is
everything
SAIRAC Dreosti Memorial Lectures scheduled for June
5 Vehicle thermal tests done at SABS – will it succeed? FEATURES
7 MRE takes it to the next level in Africa 35 An insider’s look at supermarket refrigeration in SA
11 CRS gets QCTO green light for training 45 Compliance and conformity – some misconceptions
Keeping up
I
regularly receive calls and emails from
across the world as people far and
wide desperately try and get some
information on the South African industry
and the size of the market. As always, I
have to disappoint them because exact
figures of how many compressors we
import or how much we spend on
refrigeration in US dollars, are simply not
figures that anyone has on hand.
Sweden, the Middle East, and even
China have contacted me — all
desperate to conquer the great African
continent with some product or another.
We are still seen as a great entry point
into the untamed continent that glows
like a beacon of potential on any
forecast presentation.
The good news is that the
refrigeration industry seems to be
booming in South Africa. No matter how
bad the economy gets, people need to
eat, as someone once told me. Projects
are going up across the country — and
innovative, groundbreaking ones at
that. And clearly, I’m not the only one
noticing this; the rest of the world is also
picking up on the potential. Our front
page is the exciting de-greening room
upgrade at Endulini Fruit in the Eastern
Cape, where a truly innovative design
made all the difference (page 15). Also,
check out the first PnP trans-critical CO 2
project as done at Centre Point, Cape
Town, on page 19.
It is clear that especially in the
supermarket refrigeration sphere we are
advancing so quickly. We really do not
have to stand back to any installation
in the First World. Our projects have
received international acclaim, and big-
ups to the engineers and contractors
for keeping up with technology and
ensuring that clients make informed
decisions. When I recently tried to tackle
a feature on the state of the local
supermarket refrigeration industry for
RACA Journal, I was blown away by
just how big a topic this is. The article
ended up growing so significantly that I
decided to do an extended version for
this edition. Check it out on page 35.
It’s not just the rest of the world
that is seeing the potential beyond
our borders on this vast continent.
Various local refrigeration companies
have tackled the expansion further
into Africa, bull by the horns. MRE has
grown rapidly over the years and is
opening a branch in Mauritius to better
support clients further north — read the
interview we did with MRE managing
director Dennis van der Westhuizen
on page 7. Energy Partners also has a
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long-term strategy to invest across the
border and has been making great
progress. Read more on how they have
been doing this on page 4.
But there is also great potential
within our own borders. Exciting things
are happening in terms of training and
education. CRS recently received formal
accreditation for their CO 2 training
(page 11) and SAIRAC will be hosting
an illustrious international guest speaker
for their upcoming Dreosti Memorial
Lectures taking place in June across
the country. The guest speaker will be
speaking on the very relevant topic of
using R290 in refrigeration applications
(read more on page 33).
This edition is packed cover to cover
with refrigeration news from across the
world, covering various links in the cold
chain, to ensure that you are kept up
to date with all the latest information to
excel in your career.
By the way, if you are not receiving
your own copy of the magazine or if
you know of someone else who should
be receiving it, feel free to drop me an
email. We are continuously updating
our readers list to ensure Cold Link Africa
reaches the right people.
Things are moving quickly — are you
keeping up? CLA
COLD LINK AFRICA • March/April 2019
Ilana Koegelenberg
Editor | [email protected]
www.coldlinkafrica.co.za
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