What happens when tasty juice and quality chillers are combined?

Nov 26
10:09

2009

Daniel Rollston

Daniel Rollston

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Summit Matsu chilling systems were proudly selected by Grove juice to supply them with the process chillers which helps them make the tastiest juice around!

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With years of experience in the chiller industry Summit Matsu are manufacturers that are more than capable of supplying the best of quality industrial chillers for a range of purposes.

Both Grove fruit Juice and Summit Matsu are Australian companies which is why doing business together was a convenient union.  Grove fruit juice begun producing juice in 1969 however were bought out in 1983 and have been owned by the same owners ever since.  The current owners have seen the company experience large growth since they took over as a result of their dedication to quality,What happens when tasty juice and quality chillers are combined? Articles service and continuous innovation of their products.  Currently, Grove works as a progression processing and distribution network with more than 70 working staff and 300,000 litres of juice being made each week.

Grove’s purpose built processing and distribution factory is positioned midway between Australia’s summer and winter citrus growing areas. Grove takes pride in using only the finest fruit drawn from these areas dependent on seasonal quality and blends its oranges to ensure that the product is the best available at every time of year. This process means that Grove requires large, efficient and above all reliable chilling equipment at almost every stage of production. When Grove sought to expand their operations even further, they called in Australian chiller specialists Summit Matsu Chilling Systems to design and manufacture the air cooled chiller units needed to ensure that Grove’s product remained of the highest quality.

The most important factor for Grove fruit juice in selecting their supplier was that the chiller would be a piece of equipment that they could always rely on to assisting them in producing the best quality juice possible.  As Summit Matsu has gained more than 45 years of experience in the industry specializing in building chillers to meet the constraints that the variable Australian weather brings to a variety of industries.  Greg Tzvetkott a Grove fruit juice worker that looks after the chiller was interviewed to monitor how their chiller had been performing and he stated “We are happy with them to the point that we have already recommended the company to others”.

A shared commitment to quality and service meant that bringing together Summit Matsu Chilling Systems and Grove Fruit Juice resulted in the creation of an efficient and reliable cooling system for a range of processes.  The two air cooled chiller units that Summit Matsu Chilling Systems supplied are used to chill brine which is pumped through other heat exchangers to cool a series of processes including after pasteurising, water chilling and product chilling as well as refrigerating the cool rooms at the site. 

Summit Matsu provides custom designed chillers for industries including data centres, food manufacturing, hospitals, and wide range of other equipment and process cooling industries.  Through over 45 years of experience Summit Matsu are experts at specializing in the manufacture of chillers are always keen to take on new challenges.

More information on similar applications and case studies can be found online at http://www.matsu.com.au/. For product enquiries please call 1300 CHILLERS (1300 244 553) or +61 2 9698 4666.