Our Story
Founded in 1984 by design engineers George Young and Ian Wood, Adande quickly became known as a specialist engineering consultancy for industrial ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning in the oil and gas industry.
Offshore chefs working on large vessels and oil rigs begged the team to come up with a fridge-freezer where you could frequently open its doors and yet still provide a constant environment. With shift workers needing to be fed at differing times, day and night and the kitchens running around the clock, the poor performance and unreliability of the refrigeration was a serious issue for the energy companies and their contractors. So, George and Ian starting with a ‘blank sheet’ of paper began work on a new design that would essentially ‘hold the cold’ and outperform conventional refrigeration.
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The most significant refrigeration innovation in over 70 years, our patented ‘Hold the Cold’ design works like no other fridge or freezer.
Totally unique to Adande, the drawers rather than the cabinets, are insulated which ensures that the cold air surrounding the food is retained each time a unit is opened. During frequent or prolonged drawer openings, the attack from high temperature and ambient air is minimal, providing a cool and benign microclimate for the storage of food.
Unlike conventionally made refrigeration units, where fans blow cold air around the cabinet, dehydrating the food, cold air gently settles onto and around the food in the insulated drawer – we call this ‘low-velocity cooling’.
Low-velocity cooling improves Adande’s already superior temperature stability and guarantees exceptional humidity control at all times. The combination of a stable temperature and constant humidity reduces risks and increases profits by improving food safety and keeping food fresher, looking, smelling, and tasting better for longer.
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Our People
Adande is proud to be made up of a talented team of people passionate about what they do. At all levels of the organisation, around the world, the Adande team are committed to providing the best refrigeration solutions in the market, built with our customers interests in mind.
Adande’s culture has been built on innovation and with this at the very heart of our business, finding new ways to improve and evolve our market is paramount. We strive to be more agile, and visionary. We look to remove complexity, continuing to be pioneers in our industry servicing some of the most interesting and inspiring culinary brands and helping them to deliver the quality that sets them apart.
Our Board
Executive Chairman
Managing Director
Global Sales Director
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director