25 years of refrigeration – a company history – Kältetechnik aircool GmbH

Becoming the market-leader with refrigeration know-how and expertise

A quarter century of history in time-lapse: How Kältetechnik aircool GmbH has grown with the McQuay technological innovations. Why the Munich-based company now is among the top suppliers in the German market with its wide performance range of industrial refrigeration solutions.

Munich, in April 2011, 25 years Kältetechnik aircool GmbH are also 25 years of accumulated know-how with leading refrigeration technology and innovative products from McQuay, the market leader. Success does not come by chance: Bruno Trost believed in McQuay technology from the beginning, even before the founding of his company he recognized the potential. So his first company grew since 1986 , located at the site of the former Westinghouse branch office, together with the technical innovations of McQuay. aircool always played a decisive role in their market introduction and propagation: As in the case of chillers introduced in 1991 with the security refrigerant R134a, which for the first time achieved the ODP-factor 0 in high-efficiency machines combined with environmental protection. The in-house / special plant manufacturing was always an important aspect for aircool: One year later, aircool developed standardized air-cooled chillers with ammonia and dry expansion.

Innovation, accompanied and developed by aircool

Business picked up quickly during the first full decade for the company, based in the north of Munich: 1994 following this in-house development an additional variation “free cooling” was developed. 1996 a celebration, a total of 1,000 units in all performance categories were sold. 1997 aircool presents in-house developed software for refrigeration equipment with a remote monitoring option. Two years later, the most environmentally friendly high-performance refrigerant R410a is used for the first time in industrial liquid chillers -- aircool is again one of the first companies to sell and maintain these machines in the German market. This benefits not only our customers - knowledge of the advanced technical features of McQuay equipment is growing at aircool, step by step.
Our continued business growth has allowed us to expand and move to the commercial complex at the new Munich Trade Fair area in 2001. The issue of energy efficiency has been resolved in an exemplary manner: Heating and air conditioning is assisted by using the clay below the building foundation for latent storage by way of 4,800 meters of PE pipes. At the new headquarters there is also plenty of room for our subsidiary acr chiller rent GmbH, founded in 2004 ; the additional business segment for rental cooling and accessories is in this way independent.

In the following years, the innovations at aircool and McQuay have been truly in the fast lane: In 2005, as McQuay’s first European representative, aircool upgraded a turbo chiller to the new Microtec II controller. Further McQuay premieres at aircool are the turbo chillers with variable frequency drive presented in 2006, and in the following year aircool received the WMC-certification, the license for operation, repair and maintenance of this series with a magnetic bearing Turbocor-compressor. The reference installation of this new technology was realized in 2009, when aircool, as the first McQuay partner in Europe, installed a WMC chiller in the Space Center IABG in Munich.
At the Nuremberg “Chillventa” in the fall of last year, the aircool / McQuay stand became a stage for one more European model launch, as one of the first newly developed WME-Turbos from McQuay impressed the experts under real practical operating conditions.
aircool obtained the official certification for these chillers equipped with “Magnitude” compressors in 2011.

Highly competent sales and technical expertise

In the two and a half decades since its founding a strong sales and service structure was developed. aircool customers are in the hands of specialists from their first contact through to installation, commissioning and after-sales service. The aircool range of products includes chillers, industrial coolers, special construction, low-temperature applications, heat pumps, air conditioners and equipment, dehumidifiers as well as compressors and spare parts. The portfolio spans the range from 5 to 9485 KW cooling capacity per unit, in a range of temperatures from minus 64 to plus 70 degrees Celsius.

For every success story there are reasons. The path to market leadership in the German refrigeration industry was by way of organically grown know-how and a focus on the best products available in the market. The many years of partnership with McQuay not only increased the confidence in this long-term relationship; a deep-rooted expertise for the technical characteristics of these innovative products has evolved.

Kältetechnik aircool GmbH and McQuay:
MILESTONES OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

1954 ….the US-based Westinghouse Electric company enters the refrigeration business and manufactures the world's first turbo-compressor with up to 4,500 KW capacity

1972 ….McQuay introduces the dual liquid chillers with two turbines and a cooling capacity of up to 9,000 kW per unit

1975 …the “Templifier” turbo water chiller series were introduced in the market as a technical sensation

1981 ….the innovative Westinghouse refrigeration division became McQuay; the American company manufactures liquid chillers in Italy for the European market.

1985 ….McQuay, the first manufacturer in the industry to upgrade its reciprocating compressors with two speed ranges for better energy efficiency.

1986 ….on the 1st of April, Bruno Trost was registered as managing director and owner of Kältetechnik aircool GmbH in the Commercial Register.

….with the delivery of a 2-MW turbo-McQuay chiller to Siemens, a competitor was ousted and a breakthrough in the market was achieved.

1986 -- 1990 ….the young company continues to expand at the site of the former Westinghouse office in Munich, thanks to the tireless Bruno Trost.

1991 ….aircool and McQuay were the first companies in the industry to introduce chillers with the security refrigerant 134a.

1992 ….aircool developed standardized air-cooled liquid chillers with ammonia and dry expansion

1993 ….the sales office in Dresden was opened

1994 …aircool extended its proprietary ammonia liquid chillers with a “free cooling” option

1995 ….celebration of its 1,000th unit sold

1997 ….aircool introduces its own software, developed in-house, for aircool refrigeration installations with optional remote monitoring

1999 ….McQuay make use of R410a, one the most environmentally friendly high-performance refrigerants for the first time with industrial screw compressor liquid chillers

2000 ….in September, the groundbreaking for the new headquarters in the commercial area New Munich Trade Fair took place.

2001 ….aircool moves into new headquarters in Munich, built utilizing all the latest energy saving methods.

2002 ….aircool supports and sponsors the “Jugend forscht” / young scientists competition in a fuel cell project in automotive air conditioning.

2004 ….the aircool subsidiary acr chiller rent GmbH is started: The additional business segment of rental cooling and accessories is in this way independent.

2005 ….as McQuay’s first European representative, aircool upgraded a turbo chillers to the new Microtec II controller.

2006 ….aircool the first company in Germany to put a McQuay turbo chiller with a variable frequency drive into operation

2007 ….aircool receives the WMC-certification for commissioning, maintenance and repair of the McQuay “Turbocor” compressor equipped series

2008 ….aircool presents, at the industry's leading trade fair in Nuremberg “Chillventa” live and in operation the McQuay chiller “McEnergy Inverter”, a frequency-controlled, air-cooled screw chiller with optimal full-and partial load COPs .

2009 ….aircool implemented, Europe wide as the first McQuay partner, a reference installation of water-cooled chillers of the WMC series with magnetically levitated turbo-compressor in the Space Center IABG Ottobrunn (Munich)

2010 ….CEO Trost presents at the Nuremberg “Chillventa” on the aircool-McQuay fair stand, the all-new, magnetically levitated turbo-compressor of the McQuay “Magnitude” WME-series exclusive as the European premiere under operating conditions.

2011 …. again aircool as the first German company, receives WME certification in the USA. In the same year Kältetechnik aircool GmbH marks it’s 25-year anniversary.

Since 1986, the small specialist became one of the leading companies in industrial refrigeration supply. None of the German competitors have more experience and know-how with McQuay products than aircool.

For more information about McQuay products as well as other services by Kältetechnik aircool, you can visit us at www.aircool.de

About Kältetechnik aircool GmbH:

Refrigeration and air conditioning expertise since 1986
Kältetechnik aircool GmbH, with headquarters in the fair city of Munich has evolved since its foundation in 1986 under the leadership of Bruno Trost to a powerful full-service company in all aspects of refrigeration and air conditioning for large scale users.

Our core business is the care and sales of McQuay chillers, as well as the provision and sale of spare parts for all makes. In addition, we cover the entire production and distribution range of refrigeration and air conditioning facilities. Our range includes standard air conditioners as well as climate cabinets and computer-cooling, cold water and condenser units, heat recovery units, as well as heat pumps for building air conditioning and process cooling, equipped with either scroll, reciprocating, screw or centrifugal compressors.

The development and manufacture of refrigeration machines and special equipment gives us the means to meet the most extreme demands of individual system solutions.

We currently have 28 employees, of which 17 are in the service team, solely responsible for installation, maintenance and repair of machines sold by us. Above average readiness, a 24-hour emergency service as well as ongoing training of our professionals, distinguish our customer-oriented and efficient team.

Kältetechnik aircool GmbH
Sigmund-Riefler-Bogen 8
81829 Munich, Germany
Phone: +49 89 / 357 145-0
Fax: +49 89 / 357 145-50
eMail: info@aircool.de
www.aircool.de

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