23 July 2024
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Hayley Jackson of CambridgeHOK Refrigeration
CambridgeHOK Refrigeration has secured a £1.5m contract to install a glycol refrigeration system for leading UK onion processor Stourgarden.
Based near Colchester, Stourgarden currently packs and processes 75,000 tonnes of red, brown and pink onions per year, mainly to supply a high-profile retailer, global restaurant 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 facility will provide a further boost to 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 will provide Stourgarden with washdown and general use hot water through heat that is recovered from the refrigeration system. The design phase is already underway, with onsite works expected to commence in the autumn.
