Growth, profit, sustainability: How Sovereign Foods ticked all the boxes with one contract

​​Welcome to Kariega, a picturesque town nestled in the Eastern Cape, where South Africa's third largest fully integrated poultry producer, Sovereign Foods, recently found itself at a crossroads. Faced with escalating demand, the company’s value-adding facility...

Fresh from farm to table: How Cooling-as-a-Service can solve Africa’s cold chain challenges

In the developed world, the average consumer may not be aware that the domestic refrigerator is only the final link in a long continuum that begins on the farm and ends on the table. These two end points are connected by a coordinated series of actions and...

Servitisation can unlock capital and build food production resilience in ‘interesting times’

Almost 60 years ago, on 6 June 1966, a young Robert F. Kennedy told an audience at the University of Cape Town, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and...

Energy Partners invests R360 million in Clover SA energy servitisation solution

South African dairy giant, Clover S.A., has unleashed the benefits of servitisation at its Queensburgh mega-factory, by means of a R360 million investment by energy solutions company, Energy Partners (EP).   As part of this industry-leading partnership, EP...

Outsourced cooling can help market navigate challenges

Refrigeration services provider Energy Partners (EP) Refrigeration GM Dawie Kriel stresses that constraints in the local market offer the company opportunities to provide innovative refrigeration and cooling solutions to help local companies mitigate loadshedding and...

Ageing refrigeration systems a significant challenge to SA businesses in 2023

In 2023, the pressure will continue to mount for local food producers, cold storage facilities, and a myriad of other businesses that depend on cooling systems in their daily operations. . Cooling, by far dominates operational costs in terms of energy consumption, an...

How to simplify your operations with a single contract

South Africa, and countries around the world are experiencing rapid increases in technical skills shortages. In many areas, this issue has deteriorated to the point where several industries (especially those in the engineering disciplines) have started to bring...

Optimising the cold chain prevents unnecessary produce losses and saves businesses money

Maintaining the cold chain is one of the most important and challenging tasks for businesses in the perishable and fresh food production industry. On average, around 50% of the food produced in African countries becomes unfit for human consumption, due to poor...

Cold Storage Infrastructure and Refrigeration Tech are Key for Growth in SA Food Production

South Africa’s food production and export industries are experiencing encouraging growth injections from the increase in demand for high value and diversified produce such as blueberries, macadamia nuts and citrus. The export demand in the blueberry industry alone is...