“Fresh Only” Refrigerated Transport Solution for India
BANGALORE, India, Aug. 26, 2014 – Carrier Transicold India’s new Citifresh™
range of fresh-only truck refrigeration units is designed to meet
India’s growing demand for transportation
of fruits, vegetables, dairy and confectionary products using longer
refrigerated trucks. Carrier Transicold, a division of Carrier
Airconditioning & Refrigeration Limited, helps improve global
transport and shipping temperature control with a complete line
of equipment for refrigerated trucks, trailers and containers, and is a
part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
The Citifresh range, debuting at the National Center for Cold Chain
Development’s “Farm to Fork” event in Bangalore, is ideal for
transporting chilled products on medium- to large- commercial vehicles
with a loading capacity of 16 to 55 cubic meters. The Citifresh
range can handle a broad chilled temperature range of 4 degrees Celsius
to 22 degrees Celsius. The range operates in tandem with the truck
engine and provides a high airflow of 2,200m3/hr, crucial for proper air circulation.
As the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world,
there is significant opportunity to deliver fresh, healthy food
throughout India. Yet some $7 billion (INR 133 billion) worth of fruits
and vegetables are wasted every year, primarily due
to the lack of an integrated cold chain.
“Backed by Carrier Transicold, a brand that is synonymous with quality
and reliability, the Citifresh range provides shippers and growers with
an easy-to-use means of delivering fresh, high quality, safe fruits and
vegetables to retailers throughout India,
which will help to make a difference in reducing food waste,” said
David Appel, president, Carrier Transicold & Refrigeration Systems.
The Citifresh range’s robust design and stainless steel evaporator are
easy to install and maintain, as well as ideally suited for demanding
applications including high ambient conditions up to 50 degrees Celsius.
The range delivers exceptional value by virtue
of its low initial cost and lower maintenance and operational costs,
while a dashboard-mounted DIN controller offers ease of use.
The Citifresh 500, the first unit to be introduced within the Citifresh
range, uses non-ozone-depleting refrigerant R134a. The unit’s
high-efficiency compressor delivers refrigeration capacity up to 4,500
Watts in high ambient temperatures.
As with all Carrier Transicold products, the Citifresh range comes with
the security and peace-of-mind of an extensive aftermarket service
network.
A highly-skilled team of certified technicians, regularly trained
in the installation, maintenance and repair of Carrier Transicold
refrigeration products, are ready to support customer fleets across a
pan-India network of more than 35 service centres.
“The combination of Carrier Transicold India’s responsive customer
service and the intrinsic quality of Carrier Transicold’s refrigeration
solutions helps to provide optimum uptime for end users,” said Ashok
Mirchandani, managing director, Carrier Transicold
India.
The Citifresh introduction comes on the heels of last year’s launch of the Citimax™
range of light commercial vehicle (LCV) and truck refrigeration units,
which are ideal for LCVs and trucks carrying loads up to 30 cubic
meters.
About Carrier Transicold
Carrier Transicold India, a division of Carrier
Airconditioning & Refrigeration Limited, is a part of Carrier
Transicold, which helps improve transport and shipping of
temperature-controlled cargoes with a complete line of equipment and
services for refrigerated transport and cold chain visibility. For more
than 40 years, Carrier Transicold has been an industry leader,
providing customers around the world with the most advanced,
energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable container refrigeration
systems and generator sets, direct-drive and diesel truck units, and
trailer refrigeration systems. Carrier Transicold is a part of UTC
Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., a
leading provider to the aerospace and building systems
industries worldwide. For more information, visit
www.transicold.carrier.com or follow Carrier on Twitter:
@CarrierGreen.
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