Cool Running

South West Refrigeration as the title suggests specialises in the sale, installation and maintenance of transport refrigeration systems from its base in Castletroy, Limerick. General manager Richie Ryan told Irish Trucker business is positively booming.

This Thermo King refrigeration unit gets the South West Refrigeration treatment

South West Refrigeration, a recognised Thermo King agent has more strings to its bow than just transport refrigeration. It also has a penchant for installing GPS satellite tracking systems and temperature recorders. To complement its core activities it also focuses on fitting out static cold-rooms, installing air conditioning systems as well as tail-lift sales (Dhollandia) and repairs.

For the past seven years the company has acted for Thermo King, one of the world's leading transport refrigeration specialists. Acting for a market leader has inherent advantages. Richie elaborated: "Thermo King is known all over the world. It has an excellent and extensive product range, which is very reliable and competitively priced."

He added: "Thermo King has a network of dealerships throughout the world. You are never that far away from a recognised dealer. That is very important to international transport operators. Other companies can't offer that level of back up."

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Being part of the global Thermo King family offers the company a window of opportunity, which wouldn't necessarily be available with other brands. "The fact that we are Thermo Agents definitely helps. The brand is well known and respected in the market. The product range also represents extremely good value for money, which is also important to the customer,"

South West Refrigeration offers the complete deal on the entire Thermo King product range. Sales, installation and maintenance makes up the company's staple diet. The company, which is owned by local businessman Francis Quinn, epitomises a professionally run and efficient transport refrigeration specialist.

Nowadays transport operators require more from their transport refrigeration supplier than just refrigeration. To that end the company isn't found wanting. 'We supply and install the Thermo King range of temperature recorders, satellite tracking systems and wireless data retrieval systems.

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These systems have obvious advantages for hauliers. "They can trace their vehicle anywhere in the world, which has security benefits. They can also monitor the temperature of the load at all times. Hauliers that specialise in transporting chilled or frozen produce use this system extensively," Richie remarked.

He added: "Normally we would install the whole package on the trailer. Again we are Thermo King agents in this area and they have a very good system, which represents very good value for money."
Thermo King agents around the globe are renowned for delivering exceptionally high levels of customer service. In this respect South West Refrigeration isn't found wanting. "We offer a 24-hour service to our customers. We realise downtime is very important to the transport operator. We offer very fast turn-around times."

Technological advances have brought refrigerated transport to a whole new level. However, the team at South West Refrigeration is continually under going training to keep abreast of all the latest advances.

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"You need a laptop computer and software to work on the new Thermo King refrigeration units. Therefore you have to keep up to speed with all the changes. We are continually doing training courses with Thermo King," he noted.

The company also specialises in fitting-out static cold rooms for storing meat and chilled products. The company can call on its vast experience in transport refrigeration in servicing this developing market.

Significantly, South West Refrigeration can build cold-rooms to meet specific individual customer requirements. "We can sit down with the customer and design their cold room from scratch. We can project manage the job from start to finish," Richie commented.

The company has also developed a high level of expertise in a niche within the air conditioning market. "We can install air conditioning system in lorries, tractors, buses and cars. It is growing steadily especially in the securior van sector," Richie explained.

South West Refrigeration also acts as an agent for the popular Dhollandia range of tail lifts. The agency fits snugly into the company's product portfolio, considering the bulk of its sales and service activities are aimed at the truck market. Richie revealed. "We sell and maintain the Dhollandia range of tail lifts. it fits in neatly with our other activities in the truck market."

The company's modern 2,000 square foot premises on the Dublin Road, Castletroy is equipped will all the usual equipment associated with transport refrigeration. Its warm and friendly staff are also trained to an extremely high level.

If you are in the market for a transport refrigeration system, cold-room or air conditioning installation or you need a tail lift, South West Refrigeration is the real deal.