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Cooling Systems

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Fresh air is very welcome, but no drafts please

Customers and employees should feel comfortable in stores and specialty shops. While the ambiance, the showcased merchandise and the lighting catch someone’s eye, climate technology happens behind the scenes. Not until something is not working right, do you notice it: it gets too hot or too cold, people complain about drafts, the lack of fresh air or irritating noises.

Retail should further optimize cooling energy

Interview with Jörg Straßburger, Managing Director, Corporate Sales and Marketing of Epta Germany

The Epta group with its headquarters in Milan, Italy, produces refrigeration units and cold storage cells all the way to cooling- and air conditioning systems. In 2010 the German daughter achieved about 80 million Euros in total revenue – and not just with retailers. Its customers also include oil companies, logistics companies and multi-unit restaurants.

“Not every solution is equally well suited for every customer“

Interview with Jan Kröger, Managing Director of Hafner-Muschler

With new construction in the food trade, too many savings opportunities are still being passed up, believes Jan Kröger, who is the Managing Director of Hafner-Muschler since January 2010. Prior to that, he worked 15 years for competitor Epta, last among other things he was in charge of business in Germany.