Project manager, Professor Judith Evans, said: “Frigologix is an ideal partner for this project due to their commitment to constantly investigating new ways to optimise energy use in the cold chain.”

Upon joining the CryoHub project, Reinier van Elderen, director of Frigologix said: “Energy is one of our main cost drivers. This, combined with our vision to leave a cleaner world for the next generation, made us decide to give energy and our energy consumption a lot of attention over the last years.

“We believe that the joint effort of universities, businesses and the Government are needed to develop new break-through technologies also in our field of working. This is why we joined the CryoHub project. Our interest in energy matters makes it an easy choice to join the project.”

Frigologix’s environmental credentials are impressive. It started as a family business around 20 years ago and now provides logistic services for fresh and frozen food for multinational companies like Farm Frites, McCain and IGLO, as well as local companies.

Its site receives over a hundred incoming and outgoing refrigerated vehicles per day. Frigologix has a proven commitment to buying green energy and in 2011 it installed 4,200 solar panels (nearly 1MW). Together with one of its biggest clients, it operates a co-generation plant and is working on developing a local smart grid.

In 2015, the business was awarded a Lean & Green Star by Lean & Green Europe for achieving a 20 percent reduction in energy consumption. Frigologix is also working on a project to establish a sustainability index for the logistics industry.