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Bohemiachlad – Partner to Demanding Clients Seeking the Best in the Area of Cooling Devices Bohemiachlad, s.r.o., Praha, a purely Czech company, which has been in the market for more than 20 years, offers designs, projects, deliveries, and realisation of cooling equipment targeted to energy savings and minimisation of the use of coolants. “We offer complete solutions of cooling machinery systems, design, delivery, and assembly of new equipment and the reconstruction of existing machine parts and spare part deliveries, including complete servicing,” says Josef Knebl, Executive Director of the firm. The company, which has realised contracts with important breweries, dairies and prestigious companies, such as Unilever, Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Lactalis, has set itself bold aims for its development.
Wherein lies the “secret” of your success? Our cooling and air conditioning circuit regulation system guarantees its users operating energy savings of up to 30 % and a reduction of the volume of coolant within the circuit by up to 60 %. Further operating savings by 10-15 % can be achieved by computer-controlled coolant spraying into the heat exchanger or another type of installed cooler. In view of the current and future expected | 44
growth in energy prices, the cost of energy used for the operation of cooling devices will become increasingly important. That is why we have decided to offer our clients a control system and cooling device regulation to achieve maximum savings, especially by eliminating the historical cooling system switching errors. Which are the greatest recent achievements your firm can be proud of? Our firm mostly operates in the territory of the former Czechoslovakia, but it does not focus exclusively on Czech or Slovak clients. We have achieved very interesting results by collaboration with firms such as Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Lactalis, the Svijany brewery, the dairy in Choceň, the Schneider meat-processing factory, Unilever, Madeta Dairy, and Keiser Food. Because of the direct cooler spraying system we use, only a minimum NH3 cooler reserve is needed, which fully meets current standards and the requirements for cooler charge minimisation. Together with the use of the Bohemiachlad liquid, we contribute towards improving the environment. You want to become more widely established in foreign markets. Why should demanding customers want to choose you specifically for collaboration? As mentioned before, we collaborate successfully with supranational corporations operating in our market. This is certainly a sufficient prerequisite for our presence in foreign markets. After all, we have already recently realised several projects in other countries. It is true that we are a smaller firm in our branch of business, but the advantage of our size is that we can be much more flexible. Another benefit is the guarantee of services our firm can offer. If the customer signs a service contract with us providing for guaranteed service supervision, they can rest assured that his cooling equipment will be regularly monitored by our service workers. The control system is fitted with a remote control and administration module, enabling not only our technicians, but also the customer, entry into the monitoring system anywhere in the world and the ability to check the condition of the cooling device. Being an
active remote control system, it allows our technicians, in collaboration with local attendants, not only to re-set the engine room parameters, but also to start or stop the cooling device. You also participate in foreign business missions; for example, last year you attended the Russian-Czech Business Forums in Moscow and Yekaterinburg. Can you give us some details? Our people have good experience with this market from previous such events. The current sanctions generate an effort in Russia to build their own industrial projects, especially in the food industry. This is where we can find opportunities in the form of subcontracting for the delivery of industrial cooling systems. As Russia constitutes a huge market, there are still other possibilities, for example, the delivery of cooling equipment for sporting purposes, e.g. skating rinks, etc. What are your specific plans for the development of your company? We are trying to pass on to the younger generation our former experience gained in Strojobal and now our experience of more than 20 years in Bohemiachlad. We place great emphasis on our workers´ language skills, which are directly connected with our efforts to expand to foreign countries. We also pay much attention to the application and further improvement of modern global technologies and trends. We want to continue on our way towards reducing energy intensity and improving work safety. We want to protect the environment by using alternative cooling sources. Do you perceive any strong trend which is currently influencing your line of business? It is especially the increased demand for new, modern equipment, which must meet strict regulations within the EU. Obsolete plants are forced to carry out partial reconstructions or complete overhauls. The innovation process, however, is hampered by considerable bureaucracy and a lack of skilled workers within the branch. The overheated EU economy, too, is causing us considerable problems, which in turn generates a bad morale in supplier-customer relationships.
