Tactical Hire Completes The Solution

The Client –

Food Processor


The Challenge –

Bottling Process & Seasonal Cooling


The Solution –

Capital Chiller Sale & Hire Solution

With sales, hire and service divisions, Aqua Group is a total solution provider, offering an array of products and services, depending on a customer’s specific temperature control requirements.

For a food industry client, their relationship with Aqua has spanned a decade, with the supply of both permanent and temporary solutions, along with maintenance support.

The client specialises in processing and packaging oils for the food sector, including market leading brands of olive oil, seed oils and baking fats. Aqua were initially commissioned to supply a chiller—based cooling solution for their Sidel liquid packaging system. This was designed, supplied and installed onto their blow moulding line.

For most of the year, the raw oil product can be taken straight from holding tanks into the bottling plant and packaged as appropriate. However, in the warmer summer months, the oil must be cooled prior to bottling. It’s vital to ensure the oil is processed in the correct way, otherwise the overall quality of the oil and its integrity can be compromised which can also affect its shelf life.

Over time our client became concerned that, should temperatures rise significantly during the summer, their production could be disrupted. So Aqua subsequently designed a tactical chiller hire strategy to ensure production could continue, regardless of the ambient temperature. The strategy involved supplying two 50kW rental chiller units, which are situated close to the holding tanks, and can be called on as and when required. The chillers cool the oil within the tanks until it’s achieved the optimum temperature for transferring to the bottling plant. Once temperatures drop again, the units are simply taken off hire and the bottling process carries on as before.

“For me this is a fantastic example of how Aqua builds long term strategic relationships with clients” explains Shaun Lancaster, Aqua Sales Manager. “For Aqua It’s not just about the one-off initial sale, but it’s supporting and working in partnership with our customers over the years as their business develops and changes. As a total solution provider, we can support our customers in so many ways, whether they need a system upgrade, a temporary fix or ongoing maintenance and service support.”