SkillFRIDGE sponsors & supporters
To find out more about the sponsorship opportunities available and find out how to get involved, please visit our sponsorship section.
SkillFRIDGE sponsors:
Sponsor: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry Board (ACRIB) provides a central forum for all sectors and interests which fall within or are served by the air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Its member organisations represent manufacturers, distributors, contractors, consulting engineers, specifiers, end users, training providers, researchers and others with a direct interest in the environmentally friendly and cost effective provision and use of refrigeration, air conditioning and mechanical ventilation equipment.
Sponsor: The British Refrigeration Association is the trade association representing manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, distributors, contractors, specifiers and end-users of refrigeration plant, equipment and components. It also includes producers of refrigerants and lubricants, colleges and training establishments.
Sponsor: The Institute of Refrigeration is an independent organisation, run for, and by, refrigeration and air conditioning professionals, to enable people worldwide to promote, improve and learn more about the refrigeration and air conditioning industries.
Aspen Pumps manufacture air conditioning ancillary products such as condensate pumps and pipe supports, supplying major wholesales in the UK and exporting products to 40 countries worldwide.
The company has developed a range of other air conditioning ancillary products under the name BBJ Accessories. These include pipe supports, outdoor unit brackets, pipe work trunking, protective cages for air conditioning units and support systems such as the ‘Big Foot’ system.
Sponsor: IDS is a UK distributor of direct replacement and ‘traditional refrigerants’ with a proven reputation for customer service. The company also supplies ammonia, oils, glycol and Frionett cleaning products, as well as providing refrigerant reclamation and destruction services. IDS serves contractors and distributors across the commercial and industrial refrigeration and air conditioning sectors via a nationwide network across the UK.
Sponsor: BOC supplies gases, equipment, consumables and services for the manufacturing, healthcare, advanced technology and research industries. The company’s diverse customer base includes steelmakers, hospitals, research scientists, publicans and members of the public. BOC is a member of the Linde Group and operates in more than 30 countries.
Sponsor: Climate Center is a UK distributor of refrigeration and air conditioning products, supplying an extensive range of equipment, components, spares accessories and tools to professional contractors via a nationwide network of branches. The company is part of the Wolseley Group.
Sponsor: HRP has been a wholesaler supplier to the refrigeration and air conditioning industries for more than 60 years. Together with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, it has launched a new training centre in Slough to offer customers the benefits of training, helping companies to add value to their business by investing in their most valuable asset – their people.
Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric, as it is known now, was founded in 1955. Today it uses only chlorine-free refrigerants that are safe and have ‘zero ozone depletion potential’. Mitsubishi utilises the latest technology to produce cost effective, efficient and environmentally friendly air conditioning systems.
Sponsor: RPW is a refrigeration parts wholesaler with thirteen branches across England and Wales. The website is currently under construction and contains branch location and contact details.
SkillFRIDGE supporters:
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