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Greater
recognition
for fridgies
THE SEARCH IS continuing for the best fridgie in the business.
Sponsored by Totaline, CCN's Fridgie of the Year Award promotes an important trade deserving of greater recognition.
As Totaline's national technical manager for refrigeration and product solutions, Gaj Bhalerao, points out - it is rare to hear any- body acknowledge the value of their work – even in this industry.
"This award is a first step toward rec- ognising their hard work and appreciat- ing their efforts,” he said.
"Engineers get recognised, so do project managers and facility managers, so why not the humble fridgie? "It isn't often we hear about how a fridgie on site saved hundreds of tonnes of food, or how a fridgie saved a busi- ness from going bust.
“Totaline is hoping that by sponsoring a Fridgie of the Year Award it
will give the job greater recognition."
CCN wholeheartedly agrees and looks forward to announcing Australia's very first Fridgie of the Year Award winner on Octo- ber 11, 2018. Meet the guest judge for this
year's awards, turn to page 20.
Annual dealer awards celebrate record sales
MORE THAN 300 Mitsubishi Electric special- ists dealers and VIP guests from Japan attended the annual Dealer Awards which was held at the Sofitel Hotel in Brisbane.
The gala dinner was hosted by MC Andrew O’Keefe and guests were entertained during the prestigious event by award winning perfor- mances from salsa dancers and the supergroup, featuring, Richard Clapton, Joe Camilleri and Jon Stevens.
Mitsubishi Electric Australia managing di- rector, Jeremy Needham, said it was an oppor- tunity to celebrate the high number of record sales months the company had during the last financial year.
“The business is growing and the company is ex- pecting to reach $400 million in sales in the next few years," Needham said.
"We are working with our factories in Japan to fill in the gaps in our product ranges. We saw a successful introduction of chillers into the busi- ness since Mitsubishi Electric took on the Clima- veneta brand.
"The number of dealers working with us has in- creased which is a testament to the great products on offer, and the strong after-sales support that we provide to all our customers."
Needham said the Dealer Awards night was a great success.
"Mitsubishi Electric Australia recognises the hard work of our dealer network through- out the last 12 months. It’s time to reflect and celebrate the past achievements and talk about where the company is going in the fu- ture.” Award winners are:
Room Air Conditioners
• Elite Heating & Cooling (ACT), accepted by Fa-
bian Muscat
• Mr Slim Light Commercial / Commercial Pack-
age Air Conditioners
• Rite Price Heating & Cooling (SA), accepted by
Andrew Knowles
• City Multi VRF Commercial Air Conditioning
• Paramount Airconditioning (VIC), accepted by
Dominik Ashe
FRIDGIES GET FREE TOOL
Trainee licence holders undertaking the first year of a refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) apprenticeship will be supplied with a digital temperature sensor that will be available free, courtesy of the Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC).
The initiative is just one way the ARC can support the training and development of future RAC technicians, according to the chair of the ARC RAC Industry Board, Kevin O’Shea.
He said the idea was to give first year apprentices a tool that was not only practical in their day-to-day work, but also acted as a reminder about the importance of climate control and the environment.
The ARC digital temperature sensors will be available on request throughout July/ August 2018.
Email enquire@arctick.org
COLD LOGIC WILL DELIVER UPGRADES TO THE NAVY’S COOLING EQUIPMENT.
Industrial refrigeration specialists Cold Logic has been awarded a major contract with Australian submarine maintainer ASC after launching its dedicated defence division.
Cold Logic is delivering state-of-the-art upgrades to cooling equipment for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class submarines .
The project comes as Cold Logic officially launches a dedicated defence division as part of its expansion plans.
Dr Michael Riese heads up the new division as business development manager for Defence and Research with the aim to grow partnerships in the defence industry.
Cold Logic specialises in the manufacture and supply of industrial refrigeration solutions and employs 65 staff nationally with its headquarters based in Adelaide.
Cold Logic will deliver upgrades to the Navy’s cooling equipment.
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