FreshPlaza profiles ZGROUP, the Peruvian cold chain company bringing modular refrigeration built from reefer containers to the US market.
In this FreshPlaza profile, ZGROUP CEO Florent Philippot explains why the company, founded in Peru and now based in Miami, sees room for modular refrigeration in the US: cold storage there is often expensive, or available but not suited to the need.
ZGROUP repurposes reefer containers into cold chain equipment: pre- and post-harvest cooling on farms, freezing, ripening, and complete modular facilities such as a distribution center or a mobile packing house. Because the units are containers, they are easy to move and install, and they can run frozen or fresh at whatever target temperature the customer needs.
The article also covers ZGROUP's work with berry growers in Latin America, its first projects in the US, its service network through Thermo King dealers, and the remote monitoring device the company designed to track units and anticipate problems.
