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"

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The benefits of a VoIP phone system are now well accepted, as can be seen with the increasing adoption of such phone systems. Yet, for those who are not certain if a VoIP phone system is for them should consider reading a recent whitepaper from VendorGuru that not only explains the benefits but also shows several case studies.

Stefania Viscusi has excerpted the whitepaper in a recent article. The key benefits that she points out, based on the whitepaper, are:

a) Cost savings in terms of phone sytem hardware

b) Improved productivit, as workers may be able to put in greater work hours

c) Reduced  overhead costs- thee is no cost of physical office location as well

A VOIP phone system can also contribute to streamlining of operations. As she writes in her article, "Also, with a VoIP phone system, businesses benefit from an improved system that is more efficient and can streamline operations. With a single, unified communications system, the business is able to lower hardware costs or eliminate them completely with a hosted solution. Also, maintenance costs and responsibilities are reduced as IT can make changes across the board from a central dashboard or leave it in the hands of the hosted provider to handle.

 User productivity can also be increased with a VoIP phone system as users located remotely can access and share information with coworkers instantly, regardless of where they're accessing the system. And with IP, workers can utilize different communications methods, such as IM, voice or video and Web conferencing, as needed."

 

Find the full article here.