Introduction
The Realcold Group of Companies incorporates nine companies that provide engineering expertise and handling systems for the food processing and food storage industries.This includes the design and installation of ergonomic and efficient processing chains, the building of efficient and cost-effective freezing and chilling systems, including world leading carton freezing technologies, specialist material handling equipment, automatic pelting, right down to inflatable dock seals for loading bays and the knives and mesh gloves used in cutting rooms.

History
Refrigeration Engineering Co Limited was formed in 1952, as a privately owned New Zealand company, to cater for the steadily expanding meat freezing and processing industry and has grown into a multi-industry company providing engineering skills and products around the world. The original company, Refrigeration Engineering Co Limited was, and still is primarily involved in providing refrigeration and low temperature materials handling systems. In 1955 a wholesale division was added to supply components to the industrial and commercial refrigeration market in New Zealand.This operated very successfully and in the late 80’s the company decided to expand to markets offshore. It was at this time Millers Mechanical, a specialist sheep and beef processing company was purchased to compliment the Group’s refrigeration expertise. This move enabled the expanding company to form Realcold Milmech companies to market the groups unique specialist products in both Australia and USA. In the mid-90s the Argus company was added and became Argus Realcold to supply meat machinery, food processing and quality control instruments world wide. The original company, over a 50 year period has transformed into a group of companies with the capability of designing, building and supplying the total processing systems to any modern food processing facility in any part of the world.

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