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Airmaster acquires more fire services
AIRMASTER HAS ENTERED into an agreement to acquire fire protection services company Celsius Fire and its Queensland operations, Fire2U.
This further strengthens Airmas- ter's fire services capability, having re- cently acquired Melbourne-based Spe- cialised Fire Protection.
Through this acquisition, Airmas- ter continues to grow its suite of in- house knowledge and expertise in fire services.
Airmaster said with its 13 branch- es throughout Australia and New Zealand, it can offer professional growth opportunities for Celsius Fire and Fire2U employees.
With over 20 years of experience, Celsius Fire and Fire2U have a cus- tomer portfolio that includes both small and large facilities, including multi-state portfolios with govern- ment departments, hospitals and commercial office buildings.
Between them, Celsius Fire and Fire2U have four offices across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
By leveraging 33 years in building services and HVACR management along with Celsius Fire and Fire2U's extensive experience, Airmaster adds a further number of fully- trained and qualified fire specialists
and technicians to deliver an indus- try-leading fire and essential services solutions offering.
Airmaster CEO, Noel Courtney, wel- comed Celsius Fire and Fire2U to the Airmaster family and said he is look- ing forward to realising further suc- cess for all companies.
Airmaster Fire managing director, Simon Rickard, said he is enthusias- tic about what Celsius Fire and Fire2U employees bring to Airmaster by way of their skills, knowledge and positive attitudes.
Celsius Fire and Fire2U managing director, Karen Hunt, said she is excit- ed by the growth opportunities for their existing customers, as well as po- tential new customers.
“By teaming up with Airmaster, we will be able to offer our customers an expanded service and product offering and allows us to become an even more valuable partner to them,” she said.
“Our highly-skilled workforce, added to Airmaster’s experience and resources in technical and building services, makes this an ex- citing time for us.”
Airmaster, a member of the Daikin Group of Companies, is an award-win- ning building services company founded in 1988.
Unlocking the cold chain
UNLOCKING THE COLD chain is the theme for this year’s CCN Live conference to be held in Melbourne on Friday, 5 No- vember, 2021.
Speakers include the logistics, quality & environment leader for the dairy & drinks division at Bega, Adam Wade, who will present a case study on reducing waste in the cold chain.
He will use research and science to deliver fact-based in- sights and explain how the company has been working collabo- ratively with customers and stakeholders to address problems.
In 2016, Bega Dairy & Drinks faced a number of product quality and service-related challenges that resulted in signifi- cant amounts of food waste.
This led to a research project to improve the Bega Dairy & Drinks refrigerated supply chain.
Wade will present the project and talk about how he is achieving the company’s vision of delivering refrigerated prod- uct in the best cold chain network in Australia.
The keynote presentation will be delivered by Mark Barthel, the special advisor for food waste at the Fight Food Waste CRC. The CRC was established for government and industry to work together to address cold chain problems in food produc-
tion and distribution systems.
In his CRC role, Barthel leads the development of innovative
food waste reduction and transformation projects.
Earlier this year, Barthel was appointed COO at Stop Food Waste Australia, a new organisation set up for federal, state and local governments as well as peak industry bodies repre- senting the farm to fork food supply chain to work together to reach Australia’s National Food Waste Strategy target to halve
food waste by 2030.
A presentation by Australian Food Cold Chain Council chair,
Mark Mitchell, will examine the specific challenges faced by Australian industry.
It will provide a technical overview of cold chain data, stand- ards and technologies needed to address global challenges in the food system.
He will present a situational snapshot of food waste in Aus- tralia and talk about the tyranny of distance and why cold chain integrity matters.
Mitchell is also the chair of The SuperCool Group of Companies.
FROM L-R: Fight Food Waste advisor, Mark Barthel. Bega’s Adam Wade. AFCCC chair, Mark Mitchell
Airmaster continues to grow its expertise in fire protection.
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