Keeping hardware in tip-top shape a crucial concern

PUTTING OFF replacement of refrigeration units may be a way of dealing with an owner’s cash flow challenges during pressing economic times like now. But these units are still a priority for perishable handlers and movers, representing as they do the hardware that keeps foodstuffs, medicines and other items in quality shape. “Fuel prices, devaluation of the rand and interest rates have hit everyone hard this year, and some firms are not upgrading their units,” said Frans Van Vianen, director of the Grenco Transport Division. After 45 years providing refrigeration units for freight transporters and cold storage facilities, the transport arm of Grenco (the parent company was established in 1965) is ranked as one of the four top suppliers in the business, he said. “We operate in the industrial and transport refrigeration sectors – from farmers to supermarkets and chain stores, they all use our refrigeration expertise in both sectors,” said Van Vianen. “Grenco’s twelve branches in SA provide and maintain the necessary service backup need by our national customers. This national network enables us to offer a maintenance regimen on all our products sold.” Eventually, the units need upgrading as businesses expand or through simple attrition, and the prudent perishable handler won’t neglect the mechanisms that are the foundation of their businesses.