Star stays active during pandemic
Star Refrigeration says it has continued to operate its United Kingdom manufacturing facilities in Glasgow, Scotland, during the coronavirus pandemic, providing critical support to the cold chain and other key industries.
Activities include manufacturing and installing new refrigeration equipment to meet demand.
Star maintains it instigated a strict COVID-19 health and safety plan in early March to help protect personnel and minimize risk on installation projects at customer sites nationwide. Production also continued throughout the UK lockdown at Star’s manufacturing facilities in Thornliebank and Westway, where shifts are currently operating around the clock, five days a week.
“We are supporting essential industries by continuing to manufacture and install new refrigeration plants, to bring much needed additional capacity,” said Lewis Brown, Star Refrigeration contracts director. “We are also continuing installation work to improve the reliability of existing refrigeration equipment at customer facilities.
“This will help to ensure temperature compliance as we approach the summer months, providing the cold chain and other key industries with greater resilience.”
The UK government recently highlighted the importance of keeping supply chains moving to protect the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, Star said. In an open letter to manufacturers, the country’s secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy said manufacturing is critical to the UK economy, so no restrictions were put in place.
“All manufacturing and installation work is being carried out in line with government guidelines surrounding COVID-19,” Brown added. “The health and safety of our staff, site personnel and the wider community is our top priority. We are working in conjunction with each customer to ensure installation projects are completed safely and with minimal risk to those on site.”
Star is the UK’s largest refrigeration engineering company, working with market leaders in a variety of industries, including temperature-controlled storage, food and drink processing, pharmaceutical, HVAC and leisure.