The Customer
Scottish Sea Farms is a leading producer of Atlantic salmon in Scotland, with farms on the West Coast of Scotland, Shetland and Orkney. As well as producing their own brands, Scottish Sea Farms exclusively produce the LochmuirTM brand of salmon for Marks & Spencer.
The Project
ACE Refrigeration was delighted to help Scottish Sea Farms when they wanted to expand their operations at South Shian near Oban. We were responsible for a new Chill Room, Production area and Dispatch Chill. In addition to the newly installed refrigeration element of the project, ACE were also able to provide the site with free hot water to wash down their production areas, crucial in a fish processing plant. All made possible thanks to a brazed plate heat exchanger which takes the heat that the refrigeration system extracts out of the air and reuses it to heat water.
Manufacturer Independence
ACE Refrigeration is manufacturer independent and able to offer customers solutions which best meet their needs; and with energy costs on the rise, this is the ideal time to take action. As well as complying with the legal requirements of ever-changing legislation, replacing tired and inefficient equipment can have a major benefit on your bottom line – some of our recent installations have had a payback period of less than 2 years based on the energy savings received; some customers have saved up to 25% off their energy bills.
Legislation & Guidelines
At ACE, we can help you achieve the following:
- F-Gas Compliance
- Health & Safety Compliance
- Reduced Liability Insurance Premiums
- Lower Life Cycle Costs
- 24/7/365 – As an ACE PPM customer you are guaranteed priority service 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year
Service & Maintenance
Our service & maintenance departments have dedicated teams of fully qualified service & maintenance engineers who work together to achieve a service which is fast, effective and reliable. Our reputation has been built upon our attention to detail and rapid reaction times. To help minimise equipment breakdown and the inevitable disruption to your operation, we offer highly competitive maintenance contracts, individually tailored to meet your needs.
High Standards
We are Safe Contractor certified and have a team of fully trained, qualified and highly experienced engineers plus our own in house design team who can tailor solutions to fit customers’ requirements. Our engineers have all undergone thorough health & safety and risk assessment training and we invest in their on-going training & development to ensure we maintain our high standards. ACE Refrigeration Ltd also holds a Real Zero Gold Certificate obtained after embracing the principles of the Institute of Refrigeration Real Zero campaign.
Fish & Seafood Industry
Established in Glasgow in 1951, our knowledge, breadth of experience and professional indemnity set us apart from others and enable us to have a very flexible approach to projects and working partnerships.
We are recognised as the leading supplier of refrigeration systems for the catering and food processing industries throughout the UK. We have carried out major design and installation projects for cold rooms and freezer rooms, ice generators, chilled production facilities and blast chillers and freezers for food processors, bakeries, dairy companies, the fish and seafood industry, the meat business and fruit and vegetable sectors throughout the country.
Reliability, efficiency and product integrity are the key words in the fish and seafood industry, we know you cannot afford wastage and need to keep your customers happy. We work to ensure your facilities adhere to HACCP and food hygiene guidelines. Planned Preventative Maintenance is the key to avoiding hefty repair bills and reducing the overall operational cost of your refrigeration equipment. ACE Maintenance packages are tailored to suit our customers’ individual financial and operational situations.
Other customers in the Fish & Seafood industry include:
- Associated Seafoods
- Braehead SFO
- Marine Harvest
- Edinburgh Salmon Company
- Inverawe Smokehouse
- Marine Products
- Galloway Seafoods