Chilled berries

Rapid cold store saves £1M of stock

Rapid temporary cold store saves more than £1,000,000 of stock

  • The Challenge

    Prevent spoilage and save stock when refrigeration failed

  • The Solution

    Quick and cost effective cooling

  • The Impact

    Constant temperature maintained customer commitments

Client:Major food distributor

Location:Manchester, England

The challenge

Prevent spoilage and save stock when refrigeration failed

Aggreko was asked to find a rapid solution to prevent spoilage of the customers’ stored food stock when temperatures at their distribution centre’s cold store began to rise.

We worked with the customer’s refrigeration and facilities management company and discovered that the fan coil units inside the cold store were freezing up due to under performing evaporators and moisture/warm air ingress.

This resulted in reduced cooling capacity and caused the temperature in the cold store to rise.

-30 CConsistent temperature
3x 50 kWLow temperature chillers
£1 millionWorth of stock saved from perishing

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The impact

Constant temperature maintained customer commitments

Aggreko’s low temperature cooling package allowed the contractor to individually shut down elements of the refrigeration plant for repair and maintenance, while their customer were safe in the knowledge that the cold storage unit would remain at a constant temperature.

As a result, the distribution centre experienced minimal disruption and maintained its service level agreements with customers.

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