HISTORY: FROM 29.000 TO 50.000 CRATES OF CONDITIONED STORAGE
Frigo Fernelmont was founded in 1999 for the storage of carrots, chicory roots and frozen products. 10 cells, a loading hall and machine room were built. The cells allow both refrigerated and frozen storage. The volume is 92.000 m³ or 29.000 crates.
In 2000 the loading hall was also equipped with evaporators so that carrots could also be stored here, bringing the volume up to 120.000 m³ or 36.000 boxes.
In 2005 a 3.000 m² hall was built for stacking the empty crates and loading carrots in bulk. In this hall the crates are stacked 12 high.
Every year there is more demand for storage for carrots and sorting chicory carrots. To meet this demand, a cold store of 11.500 m³ or 3.300 crates and a hall for receiving and sorting chicory carrots will be built in 2010. Here the flows of supplying carrots and chicory carrots will be nicely separated so that the work can be arranged more efficiently.
The cultivation of Belgian carrots is on the rise and further storage expansion is imminent. In 2016, the adjacent site was purchased on which a new cold store with accompanying machine room was built. This part of the cold store is intended solely for the storage of carrots and has a capacity of 45.000 m³ or 11.500 crates. The total capacity thus comes to 50.000 crates of which 44.000 are effectively taken. The remaining space is reserved for deep-freezing at -18°C.
Due to increasing demand for storage space for onions and plant potatoes, a number of cold storage cells equipped with condensation drying will be added in 2021. The storage cells are equipped with a grid floor that blows air from below through the box stacks to get the product dry as quickly as possible
ORGANIC CERTIFICATE
Frigo Fernelmont meets the standards and requirements for the storage and handling of organic food products. Our Bio certificate can be obtained on request.
ENERGY TRANSITION
Frigo Fernelmont has its own solar panel installation of 2.938 kWp to produce as much of the energy it needs itself as possible.
Rue du Grand Champ 9
Noville-Les-Bois
B-5380 FERNELMONT
T (+32) 081 / 830 550
Email: info@frigofernelmont.be
