Innovative Cooling Upgrades for the UK’s Leading Seafood Facility

Maintaining the cold chain in modern food production requires a careful balance between high operational efficiency, strict environmental compliance, and minimal disruption to active processing lines.

When a major UK seafood producer needed to overhaul an aging refrigeration setup in a critical production zone, RSL GROUP partnered with Reflotec Solutions to deliver a bespoke, ultra-low GWP (Global Warming Potential) cooling overhaul, all completed without a single hour of operational downtime.

The Challenge: Managing Corrosive Environments & Strict Deadlines

Food processing facilities present some of the most aggressive working environments for cooling equipment. In this facility, high-frequency, intensive washdown routines had caused severe chemical degradation to the previous evaporator units over time.

To overcome these challenges, the replacement project required an approach engineered around three strict parameters:

• The new equipment had to withstand harsh chemical sanitation regimes without degradation.

• Full alignment with modern F-Gas regulations, refrigerant safety standards, and strict environmental audits.

• To protect production output, the final swap and commissioning had to happen entirely outside normal operational hours over a single weekend.

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