WINNER OF NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA'S OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AWARD

The Hench Control System was selected as the winner of Natural Resources Canada's prestigious Office of Energy Efficiency Award in the "Energy Using Equipment, Commercial/Industrial" category. We were also honoured by the Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC) as an energy efficiency Success Story from all Canadian business sectors. These independent assessments and awards recognize the Hench System's energy savings as the best in the industry and we are very proud to assist companies worldwide in improving their bottom line while contributing to better product quality and plant performance.

REFRIGERATION CONTROLS CUT POWER USE

A 25% power use savings at Belgium's Frigo Lommel

"The control system came on line at the end of May, 2001 and the energy reduction so far is over 25% in comparison with energy consumption the year before" said Jan Scholt, who directs Hench's European sales efforts from an office in the Netherlands. "….the savings amounted to over 25%. That's enough to pay for the new control system in about 14 months."

POWER BY THE HOUR

A system from Hench Control Corp. makes refrigeration equipment work hardest when electricity costs are lowest at Atlas Cold Storage in Cartersville, Ga.

"The Atlas facility in Cartersville has 6 million cubic feet of storage space and a large Odenberg blast freezer for poultry chilling. Its 3,000-plus horsepower engine room has three separate suction pressures to accommodate various cooling loads. The control system from Hench Control Corp. decides which compressors should be operating at different times, depending on the load and the power costs at that time. The control system also saves energy by using the Hench intermittent cooling approach in the blast freezers. The intermittent cooling approach reduces power use by reducing blast freezer fan power consumption, as well as the refrigeration system power needed to remove fan heat. The control system makes everybody's jobs easier at Cartersville, and has the potential to pay for itself in a very short time on energy savings alone," says John Fountain, manager of engineering for Atlas in Georgia.

GOOD, QUALITY PRODUCT AND SERVICE

Superior support provides 100% Peace of Mind at Sysco Food Services of Peterborough, Ontario.

"On December 24, 2001 we experienced a problem with losing communication between the computer and the Hench Control System. We called Hench Control for assistance, but realized that the office was closed for the Christmas holidays. Within the hour our call was returned by the "on call" Hench technician…." Said Mike Roche, Facility Maintenance Manager.

GAINS CONTROL OF REFRIGERATION ENERGY COSTS

A 20-40% Energy Savings at Maple Lodge Farms of Georgetown, Ontario.

"Typically the high side would normally be running three 500hp compressors. Now (with the Hench System), typically two and sometimes even just one 500hp compressor can hold the load," said Bill Pennycook, chief engineer.

SMART SAVINGS 23-30%

Versacold's Chatham, Ontario, warehouse gets more control over its refrigeration system and reduces energy costs by up to 30 percent.

"The Hench system makes it much easier to operate and locate the source of problems with the plant's refrigeration equipment" said Plant Manager Gary Butler of Versacold Chatham. "With our other system, you could only set minimum and maximum limits on the machines, which ran all the time. By contrast the Hench system automatically picks the most efficient machine or combination of machines to meet refrigeration load needs.As the [energy requirement] load comes down, the Hench system can compute the refrigeration need, shut down a larger unit and shift operation to a smaller machine" he says.

Our customers are spread throughout Canada, the U.S.A., Europe and South America.

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