History

A great deal has changed since the early days of refrigeration and freezer plants. Many of the people currently working in the industry still remember how their fathers built their first cold storage units. How they made drawings and calculations on the back of cigar boxes. And how they paid for everything in cash within their trade. The introduction of mechanised cooling and the advent of the forklift truck are still relatively fresh in our memories.

The way stocks were managed then can in no way be compared with modern-day registration systems. Not to mention temperature control, notification of breakdowns and computer programs that respond to alarm calls and restore operations to working order.

Food safety, quality, working conditions, business assistance, external safety and the environment are all areas that have developed and expanded explosively in the past 10 years – and hence have found their way into our companies and the industry as a whole.