Colchester, UK: CambridgeHOK Refrigeration has a £1.5m deal with Stourgarden – a major UK onion packer and processor.
Stourgarden packs and processes 75,000 tonnes of Red, Brown and Pink onions a year, mainly to supply a high-profile retailers, restaurants chains and food manufacturers.
Already one of the biggest onion packers and processors in England, it hopes the installation of a secondary Glycol refrigeration system at its new processing and storage site will boost productivity.
CambridgeHOK Refrigeration general manager, Hayley Jackson said: “We are immensely pleased to have secured such a prestigious contract with a family-run business which has been processing onions for many generations because it underscores our reputation for designing and executing highly sophisticated bespoke refrigeration systems.
“We are thrilled to collaborate on such an innovative venture and are confident we will deliver a system to meet their exacting standards and help achieve their long-term business growth aspirations.”
The new project has been designed in an environmentally friendly way using low GWP refrigerant and will provide Stourgarden with washdown and general use hot water through heat recovered from the refrigeration system.
The design phase is underway, with onsite works expected to commence in the Autumn.
CambridgeHOK Refrigeration set up last year led by general manager Hayley Jackson, head of technical and projects Tom Marshall, and head of service and maintenance Tony Grayson, who all have a shareholding in the new business.
“We are a team of vastly-experienced engineers with decades of knowledge spanning every area of industrial refrigeration for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries,” Jackson said.
