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Fastest growing Dutch supermarket chain Vomar expands DC further with Geerlofs Refrigeration

Vomar celebrated in 2018 its 50th birthday with promotions and attractive product offerings. With success: it has grown as never before. With 66 supermarket locations Vomar is a visible player on the Dutch food market. When the opportunity arose to expand right next to the existing distribution center, it was easy to decide to take…

Grant opening of the Schoneveld Breeding PlantXperience

Recently the spectacular new facility of Schoneveld Breeding has officially been opened. Schoneveld Breeding was established in 1930 and specializes in breeding cold-loving pot plants such as Cyclamen, Primula, Ranunculus and Campanula. The company has grown into a major player. To facilitate further growth a brand new building has been built. With its 200 employees…

Chirina, Georgia, builds ultra-modern sausage factory

Chirina is one of the largest agricultural companies in Georgia. With its main office in Tbilisi, several divisions are managed. All active in food processing in the Caucasus. In the past Geerlofs has designed and built a fruit storage and processing facility with ULO cold stores. Also Geerlofs has delivered refrigeration systems for Chirina’s poultry…

Geerlofs to deliver propane refrigeration system to Dutch tulip grower

Hanenburg-Hettinga is a leading agricultural company with main focus on tulip growing. As expansion of the site was needed, the family owned business reviewed how to do this in the most environmentally friendly way. Geerlofs has had the honor to serve Hanenburg-Hettinga for the past 20 years and in cooperation with Agrofocus consultancy proposed to…

Geerlofs Refrigeration 85 years

This year Geerlofs Refrigeration celebrates its 85th birthday. Something to notice as there are not many companies in industrial refrigeration of such an age. And where people are considered to be ‘aged’, we are getting younger all the time. In 1933 Mr. R. Geerlofs founded the company and it remained in the family for three…

NH3 pump refrigeration system for slaughterhouse T. Boer & Zn

With an experience of almost a century and a half, T. Boer & zn operates a slaughtery of about 400.000 units per year. Traditional craftmanship of 400 employees is essential every day again. Royal Warrant Holder T. Boer & zn is an integral member of the VanDrie Group: the world’s largest integrated calf group with…

Agrico invests yet another time with Geerlofs as refrigeration partner

Not even a half year after commissioning the new laboratory for Agrico Research in the city of Bant, Geerlofs was asked to execute a new project for this leading potato company. “From the seedling to the supermarket shelf”, that is Agrico. A powerful cooperation that has evolved into an organization that markets potatoes all over the…

ZOS / HZPC: new potato storage with Geerlofs ammonia pump refrigeration system

ZOS is a potato storage and transhipment company. With a total storage capacity of 30.000 tons it is a leading company in potato sorting, storage, packaging and transportation. ZOS is part of the HZPC group of companies, the famous player in potato breeding. After Geerlofs had thoroughly renovated the storages at the other two locations…

Again extending Avoird Flower Bulbs in Lemmer, The Netherlands

Almost 30 years ago Geerlofs built the first cold store for lily’s for the company Van der Avoird. In 1993 when the company burnt down during a big fire, the obvious chose was to allow Geerlofs to rebuild the storage facilities. Van der Avoird, with 70 Ha lily bulbs and as well 70 Ha of…