17
F
Sto
r
ag
e
& r
e
f
r
ig
er
at ion
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The FruITGrOwer • December 2016
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k
T
he
s
ucce
ssf
u
l sto
r
ag
e
of appl
e
s
and p
e
a
r
s
re
li
e
s on so
u
nd
re
f
r
ig
er
ation and at
m
osp
her
i
c
t
ech
niq
ue
s; t
he
t
ech
nology
h
as
advan
ce
d
e
xpon
e
ntially ov
er
t
he
last
f
ew
y
e
a
r
s,
w
it
h
b
ot
h
e
l
eme
nts
d
e
liv
er
ing a q
u
ant
um
l
e
ap fo
rw
a
r
d. T
he
syn
er
gy
be
t
wee
n t
he
t
w
o k
e
y d
r
iv
er
s
h
as d
e
liv
ere
d
r
apid t
em
p
er
at
ure
p
u
ll-
do
w
n and
cu
tting
e
dg
e
c
ont
r
ol of
sto
r
ag
e
at
m
osp
here
.
T
he
f
ru
it g
r
o
w
ing ind
u
st
r
y is
b
l
e
ss
e
d
w
it
h
s
e
v
er
al
e
x
ce
ll
e
nt s
u
ppli
er
s of
sto
r
ag
e
t
ech
nology, and t
he
syn
er
gy
be
t
wee
n t
he
re
f
r
ig
er
ation
e
ngin
eer
and t
he
at
m
osp
her
i
c
c
ont
r
ol
e
ngin
eer
is i
m
po
r
tant
whe
n a g
r
o
wer
d
ec
id
e
s to
emb
a
r
k on inv
e
st
me
nt in n
ew
appl
e
and p
e
a
r
sto
r
ag
e
.
The Fruit Grower
rece
ntly visit
e
d Ad
r
ian S
cr
ipps Ltd’smoat Fa
rm
at Fiv
e
OakG
ree
n in K
e
nt
where
an old
b
lo
c
k of p
e
a
r
sto
re
s
h
as
bee
n
re
f
urb
is
he
d,
cre
ating a
b
lo
c
k of t
e
n dyna
m
i
c
c
ont
r
oll
e
d at
m
osp
here
(DcA) appl
e
sto
re
s,
br
inging t
he
total DcA
c
apa
b
ility at moat Fa
rm
to 22
ch
a
mber
s. T
he
c
o
m
pany
h
as 63 sto
re
s
c
apa
b
l
e
of
h
olding
m
o
re
t
h
an 37,000
b
ins (12,000
tonn
e
s) at its
ce
nt
r
alis
e
d sto
r
ag
e
fa
c
ility at moat Fa
rm
.
T
he
re
f
r
ig
er
ation andDcA
e
q
u
ip
me
nt fo
r
t
he
22 sto
re
s
w
as install
e
d
b
y castl
e
co
mmerc
ial r
e
f
r
ig
er
ation Ltd anduKcA Ltd.
T
he
c
o-op
er
ation
be
t
wee
n S
h
a
u
n J
u
pp and
h
is t
e
a
m
at castl
e
r
e
f
r
ig
er
ation and K
e
nhat
ch
and
h
is t
e
a
m
at uKcA Ltd is not
only t
he
re
s
u
lt of 12 y
e
a
r
s
w
o
r
king
c
los
e
ly tog
e
t
her
,
bu
t also d
r
a
w
s on so
me
75 y
e
a
r
s of
c
o
mb
in
e
d
e
xp
er
i
e
n
ce
in f
ru
it sto
r
ag
e
.
At t
he
ti
me
of t
he
visit, a DcA sto
re
of b
r
a
ebur
n appl
e
s
w
as
re
ady to
be
s
e
al
e
d. T
he
ha
r
v
e
stwat
ch
‘k
e
nn
e
ls’
were
pla
ce
d in
a
bu
lk
b
in
b
y As
h
l
e
y bo
ur
n
e
s, Sto
r
ag
e
manag
er
at Ad
r
ian S
cr
ipps Ltd. T
he
b
in
w
as pla
ce
d j
u
st insid
e
t
he
doo
rw
ay of t
he
sto
re
and t
he
c
a
b
l
e
s linking t
he
DcA k
e
nn
e
ls lo
c
k
e
d into t
hew
all
u
nit. Finally, t
he
doo
r w
as s
e
al
e
d so t
h
at t
he
s
e
b
r
a
ebur
n
c
an
be
k
e
pt in DcA sto
r
ag
e
u
ntil Ap
r
il o
r
may 2017.
castl
e
r
e
f
r
ig
er
ation
w
as fo
u
nd
e
d in 1958
b
y T
e
dDavy and Jo
h
nma
c
k as a fa
m
ily
bu
sin
e
ss. S
h
a
u
n J
u
pp join
e
d as a t
r
ain
ee
app
re
nti
ce
e
ngin
eer
in 1976. S
h
a
u
n said t
h
at castl
e
r
e
f
r
ig
er
ation
h
as al
w
ays
bee
n involv
e
d in appl
e
sto
r
ag
e
, and in t
he
lat
e
1970s s
er
vi
ce
d
m
any
c
old
sto
re
s,
w
it
h
app
r
oxi
m
at
e
ly 100 f
ru
it fa
rm
s on t
he
i
r
b
ooks. wit
h
t
he
re
d
uc
tion
in t
he
n
umber
of s
m
all f
ru
it fa
rm
s, t
he
bu
sin
e
ss
w
as
re
align
e
d d
ur
ing t
he
1990s,
e
xpanding into p
r
oviding
c
old sto
r
ag
e
fo
r
ot
her
cu
sto
mer
s s
uch
as
t
r
anspo
r
t fi
rm
s, food
m
an
u
fa
c
t
urer
s, and p
h
a
rm
a
ceu
ti
c
al
c
o
m
pani
e
s. T
he
y
also int
r
od
uce
d a n
ew
division
installing and s
er
vi
c
ing
he
at
p
um
ps and d
ehum
idifi
er
s fo
r
t
he
do
me
sti
cm
a
r
k
e
t. w
he
n
T
e
dDavy di
e
d in 2005 t
he
c
o
m
pany pass
e
d to S
h
a
u
n and
h
is
br
ot
her
David, and
h
as
bee
n at its Paddo
c
kwood sit
e
sin
ce
2006.
T
r
aining is
h
ig
h
on t
he
ag
e
nda at castl
e
r
e
f
r
ig
er
ation
and is an in-
h
o
u
s
e
op
er
ation,
w
it
h
n
ew
app
re
nti
ce
s joining
e
a
ch
y
e
a
r
gaining a p
r
a
c
ti
c
al
u
nd
er
standing
w
o
r
king
w
it
h
e
xp
er
i
e
n
ce
d
e
ngin
eer
s
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ig
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r
ag
e
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s
w
o
r
k tog
e
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at
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