Stay cool and conserve energy: retrofit glass cover solutions for commercial refrigeration from a single source

Efficient refrigeration: SCHOTT to cooperate with BEHR A/S to offer one-stop-shop solution to its customers

Mainz, Germany / Hadsten, Denmark, July 17, 2013 – SCHOTT AG will now be offering its customers retrofit cover solutions for vertical as well as horizontal commercial refrigeration systems. To this end, the company is extending its line of Termofrost® brand glass doors to include the KEEP COOL® product line from the Danish manufacturer BEHR A/S that also includes sliding glass covers for horizontal refrigeration units. Both companies have entered into a European sales partnership in that respect.

Subsequently equipping open refrigerators and freezers with doors or covers is commonly referred to as retrofitting. Measures like these help retailers and wholesalers to improve their energy efficiency considerably and thus lower their total cost of ownership.

“By way of this sales partnership we can provide our customers a one-stop-shop offering for both vertical and horizontal glass covers,” explains Christian Köhler, Vice President of SCHOTT Food Display. “The two companies’ product lines complement each other extremely well. Also, in terms of design and quality aspects BEHR’s KEEP COOL® solutions perfectly fit to our requirements and brand appearance” he adds.

Peter Behr, Managing Director at BEHR A/S, is also excited about this collaboration: “This partnership will allow us to benefit from the strong pan-European sales network SCHOTT AG has established over the years as a well-known manufacturer of high-quality glass solutions.”

About SCHOTT
SCHOTT is an international technology group with more than 125 years of experience in the areas of specialty glasses and materials and advanced technologies. SCHOTT ranks number one in the world with many of its products. Its core markets are the household appliance, pharmaceuticals, electronics, optics, solar power, transportation and architecture industries. The company is strongly committed to contributing to its customers’ success and making SCHOTT an important part of people’s lives with its high-quality products and intelligent solutions. SCHOTT is committed to managing its business in a sustainable manner and supporting its employees, society and the environment. The SCHOTT Group maintains close proximity to its customers with manufacturing and sales units in 35 different countries. Its workforce of around 16,000 employees generated worldwide sales of approximately 2 billion euros for the 2011/2012 fiscal year. SCHOTT AG, with its headquarters in Mainz, Germany, is owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation.  

Picture material: keep_cool_behr_as_1.jpg: Sliding glass covers for horizontal refrigeration units: SCHOTT includes KEEP COOL^® product line from the Danish manufacturer BEHR A/S in its portfolio.