One of the UK's largest commercial refrigeration contractors has started an industrial refrigeration division as part of its aggressive growth plans, reports Farming.

The company's strategy is to extend its expertise in the commercial and retail sectors to the industrial refrigeration side. With commercial refrigeration systems becoming more industrialised, the company hopes to capitalize on this.

According to the aforementioned news report,

"WR will be offering specialist refrigeration technologies aimed at a wide range of industrial applications, including:
• Spiral chillers, freezers and retarders;
• Blast freezers/chillers;
• Batch and trolley blast systems;
• Fluidised beds and IQF;
• Tunnel freezers and spin chillers;
• Scraped surface HX/ votators
• Ambient coolers
• Cooling for high risk areas and clean rooms;
• Evaporative dry cooling;
• Sock cooling.
• Baudelots
• Process water cooling
• Ice rink"

Find more details here.

Caravell UK, a distributor of commercial refrigeration equipment, has completed the formalities for its acquisition by Austrian manufacturer AHT, according to a report by ACR News about a week ago. 

As a result of the acquisition, the UK distributor will now become part of the AHT group. The news report says that the Caravell management team will be responsible for products like bottle coolers, ice cream freezers, while the existing AHT team in the UK will be responsible for the supermarket business.