Grain cooling specialists, Frigortec, double production area with new production hall

After six months building time, FrigorTec has now moved into an additional production hall at the Amtzell headquarters. The Granifrigor grain cooling units will be manufactured in the new hall, which sees a doubling of the production area at FrigorTec.

This will ease the cramped situation that occurred over the last few years. For more than 15 years, FrigorTec has been growing constantly. It is this permanent development that has made an additional production hall absolutely necessary.

 

The new FrigorTec production hall in Amtzell
Image credit: Frigortec

Since 1963, FrigorTec have built grain cooling units. They protect approximately 80 million tons of grain from mould, carcinogenic mycotoxins, and insects, in 74 countries around the world.

This investment should also lead to significant savings. In particular, the internal material routes are now shorter and the logistics have a clearer structure.

Ultimately of course, all products will benefit from the more relaxed space situation.

A project like this is a major financial investment. Because of their permanent development, FrigorTec has taken this risk with confidence.

The new two-bay hall boasts an area of 1,300 m2 and a height of around 12 m. Two highly modern gantry cranes from Konecranes/ Finland, which can move weights of up to 10 tons, have been installed under the roof. Konecranes, is an important customer of FrigorTec. The company deploys crane air conditioning units from FrigorTec for the air conditioning of converters in crane systems, and in crane cabins in large cranes and port cranes. In the old hall, there is now more room for the crane air conditioning units. This means that the operational procedures can be optimised.

Particularly noteworthy are the 15 metre wide outside gates that allow lorries to be loaded sideways without having to move.

A lot was done in the new hall to help save on energy too. The thermal insulation was implemented thicker than usual, and in particular, the large gates have been equipped with vacuum elements.

Only in this way was it possible to achieve the classification KfW-EG 70 for energy consumption. The floor heating (concrete core activation) in the entire hall also saves further energy. Large windows and skylight strips allow lots of daylight into the hall, and when it is dark, modern LED lighting ensures optimal conditions at the workplace.

With all of these factors combined a modern production hall has been created with the goal of helping Frigortec to offer competitive prices on the market well into the future.

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