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1968-2008 40 years leading “the way of cold”

 

40 years of continuous activity in the field of refrigerated and isothermal bodies is a record in duration; in these last years a special effort in ideas and technology have been offered to the customer who has helped Cold Car to grow until today.

 

Cold Car has reached the whole World becoming in a short time the leader company in the production of refrigerated bodies. Cold Car has run on the road of innovation, technology, solidity and efficiency.

 

Cold Car represents the best guide for what concerns mobile refrigeration, the referring point to follow in the solutions for bodies meant for the distribution of foodstuff.

Such an experience has given in time long lasting bodies with a higher efficiency. The latest restyling has given to the project a new dynamic image that has allowed to become a worldwide leader in the production.

 

Production of about 1.800 bodies per year for a total surface of 55.000 m2 of panels

Total used surface 73.000 m2 of which 31.700 covered

Total employed personnel 240

N° of bodies produced since the start of the activity : approx. 35.000

More than 75% of the production exported in the EEC countries and in the rest of the world

Agencies in over 20 Countries World Wide

 

 

 

Production activities:

 

COLD CAR - Occimiano (AL)

Plastic Production Plant : 24.000 m² (10.000 covered)

Production of fibreglass sandwich panels

Surface area 5.000 m² (2.500 covered)

Main Production & Assembly Plant  27.000 m² (10.000 covered)

 

COLD TRADING - Casale Monferrato (AL)

Trading of Group, seat of commercial department and Production of refrigerating units and mechanical Components 10.000 m² (5.000 covered)

 

SICAR - Casale Monferrato (AL)

Bodies assembling

5.000 m² (3.000 covered)

Painting of the bodies by means of robotics device

2.000 m² (1.200 covered)

 

Worldwide activities:

 

COLD CAR USA Inc. – BOERNE (TEXAS)

Commercial Office and aftersales support for USA

 

EURO COLD – IZMIR (TURKEY)

Assembling of Cold Car bodies for Turkish market

 

FIBRASIL IND. E COM. DE CARROCERIA LDTA – SAO PAULO (BRAZIL)

Production of refrigerated bodies with side doors and eutectic refrigeration for Brazilian Market

 

COLD IDER LTD. – GUADALAJARA (MEXICO)

Assembling Cold Car refrigerated bodies for Mexican market

 

COLD ANDINA – SANTIAGO (CHILE)

Assembling Cold Car refrigerated bodies for Chile market

 

 

Our History in brief:

 

1968:

COLD CAR is founded in Occimiano as a small artisan bodybuilder

1976:

New plant in Strada Paniate n. 1

1980:

Enlargement of the factory to fit the first gigantic press (45 mt. long) for the production of panels of polyurethane and VTR

1985:

New separated production unit in Casale Monferrato for the production of sub-frames

1992:

New separated production unit in Casale Monferrato for the production of refrigerating units

1996:

Completed the last factory in Occimiano for the production, with new technologies of sandwich panels in polyurethane sheets and VTR

1997:

Start of the study of refrigerated body with separated unit and connection with fast coupling system

1998:

Introduction of the CAD/CAM system in the production process

1999:

New layout of the project and production phases for the preparation to UNI EN ISO 9001 quality certification

2000:

Quality certification according to the UNI EN ISO 9001 - Start of the study of light weight body

2001:

Production of first “light weight body” with remote unit

2002:

Study and production of refrigerated bodies with Cold Car Controller “RECORD BOX”

2003:

Application of CO2 as refrigerating gas on ECO2 Refrigerated Body

2004:

New High Efficiency eutectic evaporators

2005:

Improved Radiant eutectic beams

2006:

New concept of bolted sub-frames

2007:

3C.A.R.S. New electronic device that allows to control all the thermodynamics data of the body

2008:

Development of environmental friendly refrigerated body

2008:

New production unit in Strada Pretti - Occimiano

2010:

New plants of metals working

   
   

COLD CAR S.p.A.

 

Strada Paniate n°1

15040 Occimiano (AL)

ITALY

Tel.: +39 (0)142 400611

Fax.: +39 (0)142 462001

E-mail: info@coldcar.it

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