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["Cold Chain for Ocean Communities - Technology Supplier List"]
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[null,"Introduction"]
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[null,null,"This technology supplier list outlines key potential suppliers and is intended as a reference to understand the range of suppliers available across different technology categories; please note that the supplier list is not exhaustive and is intended solely as a starting point for identifying potential vendors."]
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[null,"Key terms and Definitions"]
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[null,null,"Term/Acronym","Definition","Sources/Notes"]
[null,null,"IQF (Individual Quick Freezing)","An industrial freezing method designed for rapid chilling of small products (e.g., fillets, shrimp, squid rings) ensuring superior product separation and quality .","FAO, Services Bulletin"]
[null,null,"Flake Ice","The preferred type of ice for seafood preservation, characterized by its thin, flat shape and largest cooling surface area (over 17,000 square feet per ton). This maximizes cooling efficiency and prevents damage or indentation to delicate seafood products","FAO, Planning and engineering: Fresh fish handling"]
[null,null,"ISO 9001/9002","International standards for Quality Management Systems (QMS). Certification confirms a supplier's adherence to quality system requirements for product development, production, and delivery, ensuring reliability","International Standard Organization"]
[null,null,"LMICs (Low- and Middle-Income Countries)","Project environments often characterized by challenging infrastructure, particularly unstable electricity supply. Cold chain solutions in these areas require robust, decentralized, and resilient (energy-agnostic) technologies","World Bank"]
[null,null,"MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standards)","A regulatory testing standard used to verify and communicate the energy efficiency of commercial refrigeration units. Compliance is often displayed as an A-G energy rating, which is critical for evaluating operational costs","FAO: Sustainable food cold chains"]
[null,null,"TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)","A financial metric used in procurement that evaluates the entire lifecycle cost of equipment, factoring in the initial capital expenditure (CAPEX) plus all operational expenses (OPEX), including energy consumption, maintenance, and disposal"]

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[null,"Cold Chain for Ocean Communities - Technology Supplier List"]
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[null,"S/N","Cold chain technology","Category","Supplier name(s)","Key Product/Service Focus","Assembly/Manufacturing/Service location"]
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[null,1,"Industrial Processing & Freezing","IQF Tunnels, Advanced Graders, Refrigeration Systems","KAPP (KAPP Skaginn / Kami Tech)","High-speed, high-volume processing; achieving core temperatures of -18oC rapidly","Iceland, Denmark"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Carsoe","Supplies seafood processing systems, including IQF tunnel freezers, plate freezers, automated grading and packing lines, and conveyor systems","Denmark"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Rinac","Provides modular cold storage, ice-making, and IQF solutions; specializes in turnkey refrigeration systems for seafood and agro sectors","India"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Tianjin First Cold Chain Equipment","Manufactures and installs modular cold rooms, refrigeration units, and ice machines for food, seafood, and logistics industries, with turnkey solutions for commercial cold storage","China"]
[null,{"$f":"B6+1","v":2},"Industrial Ice Production (Flake Ice)","Flake Ice Machines, Bulk Storage, Delivery Systems","North Star Ice / Modern Ice (Vogt)","Flake ice systems for rapid, gentle cooling; highly economical to produce, requiring only 1.3 tons of refrigeration per ton of ice produced from 60o F water","USA"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Guangzhou Icesource Co., Ltd.","Supplies industrial ice machines, cold rooms, and quick-freezing systems; serves seafood, fisheries, and logistics sectors globally, with custom solutions for tropical and coastal environments.","China"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Icesta ice systems","Manufactures and supplies industrial flake, block, and tube ice machines for seafood processing, cold storage, and aquaculture","China"]
[null,3,"Basic technologies","Stryrofoam coolers","Kingsman Engineering & Industrial Insulations Ltd","Supplier and wholesaler of EPS (styrofoam) cooler boxes for fish/seafood, food, cold-chain transport across East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, etc.). Offers various sizes: small, medium, large, export-grade Styrofoam fish & seafood boxes.","East Africa"]
[null,null,null,"Monoblocks","Intarcon","Manufactures compact, propane-based refrigeration systems for cold rooms, with a focus on energy efficiency and low environmental impact","Spain"]
[null,4,"Specialized technology providers (Solar powered)","Portable Cold Rooms (Solar/Battery), Cold Boxes, Freezers","Adilli Solar hubs","Provides solar-powered cold storage and water treatment solutions; focus on small-scale fishers in East African region (SWIO)","Tanzania"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Amped Innovation","High-efficiency DC fridges/freezers; optimized for weak-grid/off-grid environments","China/USA"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Baridi","Installs off-grid, solar-powered cold storage units for businesses and communities, particularly in the agricultural sector","Kenya"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Ecozen (Ecofrost)","5-ton portable cold rooms; optimized for first-mile connectivity and resilience in LMICs; integrated power solutions","India"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Inspira Farms","Energy-efficient modular cold rooms; hybrid solar integration","Kenya/UK (engineering)"]
[{"$nulls":4},"SelfChill Cold Room 20","Modular “SelfChill” systems enabling local assembly; DC refrigeration","Germany (engineering), local assmly kits globally"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Simusolar/SolarWorks"," In-country, last-mile distributors (LMDs) who partnered with SunDanzer to deploy solar-powered fridges and freezers in Tanzania and Mozambique, respectively","Tanzania/ Mozambique"]
[{"$nulls":4},"SunDanzer Refrigeration LLC","Solar-powered fridge or freezer","USA"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Kuza Freezer","Manufactures solar-powered cold storage solutions like solar freezers, mobile cold boxes, cold motor trike freezers, and cold pedal trike freezers","East Africa"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Koolboks","Cold storage company that offers cold chain services in Nigeria and Kenya","Nigeria"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Village Infrastructure Angels","Solar Ice-based Refrigeration","Phillipines/Global"]
[null,5,"Fixed Infrastructure & General Storage","Cold rooms","Only Kem","Manufacturer/supplier of adaptable cold rooms, island freezers, and general cold storage equipment for agriculture and fish storage","China"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Africhill","Cold chain supplier of all refrigeration components, air conditioners, cold rooms, electrical systems and generators","South Africa"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Cold solutions Kenya","Designs and installs fixed cold storage and freezer room infrastructure using third-party refrigeration components. Provides turnkey cold room solutions for aggregation, processing, and storage rather than manufacturing cold chain equipment.","Kenya"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Vestfrost Solutions","Supplier that installed over 970 cold chain units in Mozambique as part of the Cold Chain Optimization Platform (CCEOP) project","Denmark"]
[{"$nulls":4},"BCS Kenya coldstore and logistics","Designs and installs fixed cold room and freezer infrastructure using third-party refrigeration components.","Kenya"]
[null,{"$f":"B26+1","v":6},"Specialized Logistics & Compliance","Temperature-Controlled Shipping Services","LCX Fresh","Global logistics management ensuring safe, compliant, and temperature-sensitive transport of fresh/frozen seafood","Global footprint"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Big Cold","Logistics company that offers comprehensive, customized cold storage and cold chain solutions across East Africa from their anchor facility in Nairobi","Kenya"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Ice Cold Logistics","Provides temperature-controlled logistics and cold storage services, supporting aggregation, distribution, and compliance for perishable value chains including fisheries","East Africa"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Raino (Keep It Cool)","Affordable cold chain logistics","Kenya"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Frostan","Provides temperature-controlled cold storage and logistics services, supporting chilled and frozen handling, aggregation, and distribution for perishable value chains including fisheries.","Tanzania"]