- Major contract for PU equipment from China
- Scope of supply: 30 high-pressure dosing machines / 64 mixing heads
- Application: reefers (containers)
Cannon received a major contract for the supply of polyurethane metering and mixing equipment for the production of reefers, the large thermally-insulated containers used to transport perishable goods under controlled temperatures. The World Bank, operating as major contractor for three different Chinese reefer producers, passed a cumulative order for thirty high-pressure dosing machines of various sizes and sixty four self-cleaning mixing heads. The total order value exceeds USD 7.5 million. The equipment will be delivered during 2014 to three manufacturing locations of CIMC Containers in China.
The supply includes thirty large and medium high-pressure dosing units (18 units able to dispense 350 kg per minute of rigid foam , 4 units by 100 kg/min, 8 units by 40 kg/min) plus a total of 64 self-cleaning mixing heads. The job provides for the complete substitution of existing obsolete machines and the change from HCFC 141b blowing agent to Cyclopentane.
The reefer industry is currently being characterised by an intense competition at a worldwide level. The demand of different types of fresh food (mostly vegetables, meat and fish) delivered all year round from very remote locations is on the rise. Few manufacturers are currently able to supply insulated reefers at the pace demanded by the market, and most of them are located in China.
