REFRIGERATION FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Maintain the cold chain at every stage of your process with our eco-friendly and high-performance refrigeration solutionsREFRIGERATION FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Maintain the cold chain at every stage of your process with our eco-friendly and high-performance refrigeration solutions
The agri-food industry, which is subject to strict hygiene and traceability requirements, relies on perfect control of the cold chain to ensure product quality and safety. From the receipt of raw materials through the various processing steps to the storage of finished products, each stage requires precise temperature control.
At Axima Réfrigération France, we specialize in the design, assembly, commissioning, and maintenance of refrigeration systems for the food and beverage industry and associated warehouses. Whether you process meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, seafood, frozen foods, or beer and spirits, our custom refrigeration solutions are tailored to your specific needs. We optimize every phase of your process by integrating advanced monitoring systems for real-time control of temperatures and production and storage atmospheres.
Benefit from our recognized expertise by choosing innovative and environmentally friendly technologies (low-carbon refrigerants, heat recovery). Together, let’s build high-performance, sustainable refrigeration solutions to reduce your carbon footprint, optimize your energy costs, and ensure the quality of your products as they leave the factory.
Overcome the challenges facing your food processing plant: How can you ensure the quality and food safety of your products?
Maintaining the cold chain and product quality
Ensure optimal service quality for your customers (HACCP standards, ISO 9000, ISO 22000, and ISO 50001 certifications).
Flow Management
Adopt flexible solutions to easily handle seasonal fluctuations and the launch of new products and recipes.
Reducing Energy Costs
Reduce your energy and water consumption to lower your costs.
Tracking and Traceability
Monitor your facilities, temperatures, humidity levels, and weight loss to ensure the safety and quality of your products.
Regulatory Compliance
Use low-carbon fluids. Monitor your pressure equipment and comply with ICPE requirements.
Investment Optimization and Cost Control
Balance long-term investment needs with the optimization of daily operating costs to ensure sustainable profitability.
Obtaining Financial Assistance
Take advantage of financial incentives, such as the CEE, to support your energy transition projects.
Our expertise in industrial refrigeration for every sector of the food industry
Tailored solutions to ensure the quality and safety of your products:
Discover our innovative industrial refrigeration solutions for the food industry:
Our expertise in industrial refrigeration to help you achieve your goals
Ensuring Cold Chain Security in the Agri-Food Industry
Balance your cold chain security needs with energy and environmental performance goals through our solutions. We prioritize maintaining food quality by optimizing the selection of refrigeration equipment and providing you with traceability through Centralized Technical Management (CTM): temperature, humidity, alarms, etc.
Air Quality Management
We offer hygienic air handling units with absolute filtration, temperature and humidity control, airflow regulation, air distribution via fabric ducts, air management during washing and disinfection phases, etc.
Energy and Water Savings
We implement solutions tailored to food processing operations to reduce total installed cost, improve energy efficiency, and thereby optimize return on investment: energy audits, reduction of electrical power, variable speed drives, heat recovery, natural refrigerants, and adiabatic condensation to reduce water consumption.
Interventions that respect the farm's operations
Don't interrupt your operations! Our specialized teams design a strategy for deploying refrigeration equipment that takes your constraints into account. For your expansion or remodeling projects, we conduct studies, manufacture subassemblies, and carry out construction work while preserving your existing equipment.
“ In an industry where mastering the cold chain is crucial, Axima Réfrigération positions itself as a strategic partner to the agri-food sector. We put our expertise in industrial refrigeration at your service to design reliable, eco-friendly, and energy-efficient systems that meet your performance and sustainability goals. ”
Our Solutions for Optimal Cooling
The availability and longevity of your refrigeration equipment.
- Preventive maintenance and regulatory inspections
- Mechanical overhauls
- 24/7 support
High-performance oil-free cooling.
- Up to 50% energy savings
- Oil-free technology = simplified maintenance
- Air-cooled chillers (200 to 1,900 kW) & Water-Cooled (200 kW to 12 MW)
Decarbonizing your heat production.
- Heat and Cooling Pump, Cascade/Booster Heat Pump, Water-to-Water Heat Pump, Air-to-Water Heat Pump
- Waste Heat Recovery
- Up to 50% Energy Savings
Smart Heating
Data to Optimize Your Cooling Performance
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- Monitoring and Remote Surveillance
- Automation and Control to Optimize Your Energy Consumption
- Predictive Maintenance
Your teams' refrigeration expertise.
- Certified training organization
- Certificate of proficiency
- Customized training
Make your equipment more reliable and extend its service life.
- 500 m² workshop
- 460 industrial compressors repaired per year
- Compressor traceability
They trust us
Guilloteau Cheese Factory | Belley (01)
Take a look behind the scenes at Fromagerie Guilloteau, where our solutions have helped ensure reliable refrigeration production and reduce gas consumption through the installation of a ThermoFrigoPump (TFP) and an Energy Performance Contract (CPE).
Madrange | Feytiat (87)
Find out how we helped Madrange manage its cooling and heating requirements (between 55°C and 85°C) for the ham production process.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly is cold storage in the food industry?
Refrigeration in the food industry refers to all refrigeration technologies and equipment used in production, distribution, air treatment, and process cooling to maintain the temperatures of products and controlled environments necessary for the production, processing, storage, and transportation of food products, thereby contributing to the management of the cold chain.
What is the cold chain?
The process known as the cold chain helps preserve the nutritional and sanitary qualities of food by limiting the growth of pathogenic microorganisms, thereby ensuring consumer safety in accordance with current regulations.
When does the cold chain break?
A break in the cold chain occurs as soon as the temperature exceeds the regulatory thresholds: above +4°C for highly perishable products (fresh meat, fish) and above +8°C for perishable products (dairy products, butter). For deep-frozen products, any temperature exceeding -18°C for more than 30 minutes constitutes a break in the cold chain, thereby compromising food safety.
What are the recommended temperatures for different types of food?
The temperature ranges vary by food category: positive cold storage between +0°C and +4°C is suitable for fresh animal-based products, +2°C to +18°C for dairy products, cheese, and fruits and vegetables, while freezer temperatures of -18°C or even -25°C are used for frozen foods. Storage temperatures as low as -50°C may be required for certain seafood products.
These temperature selections are critical, depending on the nature of the food products, to preserve and ensure their nutritional and organoleptic qualities as well as their optimal preservation.
How do I choose the right refrigeration solution for my industry?
The choice of a refrigeration solution depends on your business (processing, storage, distribution), the volume to be handled, the required temperatures (positive or negative), logistics flows, space constraints, and your CSR objectives.
Our specialized engineering teams conduct a comprehensive analysis (specifications, thermal analysis, sizing, regulatory requirements) and propose customized solutions that comply with regulations.
What are the recommended refrigerants today?
In accordance with the European F-Gas 2024 regulation, we now recommend natural refrigerants such as CO₂ (R744) and ammonia (R717).
· CO₂ (R744): a high-performance, safe solution for many small- to medium-capacity systems in the food industry; suitable for transcritical and subcritical configurations depending on operating conditions.
· Ammonia (R717): a high-efficiency natural refrigerant for high-capacity industrial systems (requires specific safety measures and strict regulatory compliance).
These solutions are gradually replacing HFCs and HFOs with high global warming potential (GWP).
The choice of refrigerant will depend on the capacity, the design of the compression cycle (direct, cascade), safety constraints, and regulatory requirements (inspections, operator certification, maintenance).
How can cold produce heat?
Industrial thermodynamic refrigeration is a significant heat transfer process that can be harnessed. The heat generated by the refrigeration cycle, rather than being discharged into the air or water, can be recovered —either in whole or in part—through heat exchange or supercharging to supply industrial sites with hot water at temperatures ranging from 25 to 85°C for washing, space heating, or process applications.
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