Patton Press Issue 14 - August 2015

AUGUST 2015 ISSUE 14

Acquisition strengthens Beijer Ref’s position in New Zealand and Australia

CONTENTS // HIGHLIGHTS

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HVAC&R INDUSTRY TRADE EXHIBITION

PATTON NZ ANNUAL BRANCH MANAGER MEETING

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PATTON AU ANNUAL BRANCH MANAGER MEETING

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BEIJER REF’S NEW ACQUISITION

PATTON AUSTRALIA AIRAH TRADE NIGHT

PATTON INDIA GOES RIVER RAFTING @ RISHIKESH

EMPLOYEE UPDATE

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PATTON AEROCOMMERCIAL PROJECTS

EDITOR & CREATIVE DIRECTOR DIO ZHAO EDITORS VANESSA ADAMS & DEV NADKARNI CONTRIBUTORS SAMEER HANDA, STUART SMITH, JON PICKFORD, PHILIP HITCHINS, SAM WU, JOHN MCCARREY, ANDREW GALLIANO, UMESH THAKUR, SUMEDHA ARYA, MARGARET WALKER, SHANE ANDREWS,

SHANE BRAND, MATT WALKER, ALAN LEE, HEATH ILSLEY, GRANT MITCHELL, STEVEN DONCASTER & CAMERON WYNNIATT Patton Press | Issue 14 | August 2015

Sameer Handa CEO, Patton Group of Companies

MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO

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e at Patton Group are going through some really exciting times. Since my last message we have had a change of ownership in late March this year which has been really rewarding for us. Now we are owned by Beijer Ref of Sweden, who not only have an excellent understanding of refrigeration & HVAC businesses but also understand how to build & support businesses globally.

The news about Beijer acquiring Realcold in both New Zealand and Australia is fantastic news for the industry here in this part of the world. For now, we will have direct access to the latest technologies and the best practices as adopted by the Scandinavian countries that are at the forefront in our industry globally.

We just finished our fourth consecutive month of record sales in July and are now heading towards a slow period for the next couple of months before it starts all over again.

We have had excellent growth in the kiwifruit sector along with the dairy sector.

Other industries like apple, meat, wine and hospitality are all doing quite well too.

At the end of July we had our annual management meetings for both New Zealand and Australia operations in Auckland and Melbourne respectively. We also held a session in Auckland to recognise some of the long service staff. We had several new staff joining the Patton family as well as current staff changing portfolios and taking on more responsibilities.

Enjoy reading this newsletter as we have got some great stories here for you!

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New Zealand

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park New Zealand

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Patton NZ Annual Branch Manager Meeting 21-23 July 2015

Seated left to right Les Miller (North Shore), Nigel Tunnicliffe (Hastings), Philip Hitchins, Sameer Handa, Richard Barclay (Hastings) & Stuart Meehan (Hamilton) Back row left to right Yogesh Agravat, Wayne Beattie (Christchurch), Andy Henderson (Wellington), Alddon Mackay (Auckland), David Gundry (Nelson), Cameron Fearon (Palmerston North), Umesh Thakur & Harvey Win (Tauranga)

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ead Office in Auckland once again hosted the annual New Zealand Branch Managers Meeting, on 21-23 July.

The theme was: “Patton – The Next Chapter”.

Fortunately the weather was excellent. Day 1 started off with a walk to the top of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. We received commentary explaining the engineering and man hours it took to erect this masterpiece. During our two hour exploration, three of our staff namely, Richard, David and Phil, were brave to take up a spontaneous challenge of bungy jumping from the Harbour Bridge. The view from the top was simply magnificent.

After an eventful morning we returned to Carbine Road, time to get serious with what we do best, running a successful business. Sameer started the meeting with his presentation followed by the Branch Managers’ presentations that flowed over into the next day. After a great 1st quarter, the confidence and morale of the team is at an all-time high. Cameron Fearon of Palmerston North was awarded for best presentation.

We continued the tradition of “turn off the phone” t shirt. Harvey, Alddon, Wayne, Phil and Stuart were victims - their phones rang during the meeting, it must be mentioned though that some underhand tactics were employed and people were “setup”.

- UMESH THAKUR

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WINNERS!

Day 2 ended with team activity – at Escapade in the city. Four teams of five were each locked in different mystery rooms. We needed to decipher a set of tricky clues and puzzles and escape within 60 minutes. Team 4 was the triumphant winner followed by Team 3 in second place. The day concluded with dinner at a restaurant where we enjoyed delicious European dining.

To our way of thinking these meetings must be about team, sharing, knowledge building and having fun - we believe we achieved all of that during this period of three days.

Thank you Vanessa, Dio and others for all your help in making this event a success.

Long Service Awards nufacturin Laumua Vili Ma 15 Years

On Day 3, we hosted a BBQ lunch for all staff to celebrate three things - long service awards for 2015, presence of branch managers and a brilliant 1st quarter of the year (especially being under Beijer’s umbrella).

Staff in the photos on the right received their respective awards. Also Fleur - Tauranga, Shane - Nelson and Colin - Wellington completed their 5 years of service along with Sameer who has recently passed the milestone of 20 years of service at Patton.

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HVAC&R Industry Trade Exhibition Christchurch 2015

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he Institute of Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers Inc. (IRHACE), Climate Control Companies Association (CCCA) and Refrigerant License New Zealand (RLNZ) held their annual Trade Exhibition and Industry Conference in Christchurch in May. The Air Force Museum in Wigram hosted the trade exhibition and industry conference from Thursday 14 May - Friday 15 May inclusive. The associations AGMs and formal awards function were held at Rydges Latimer Hotel on Saturday 16 May. The events were officially opened by Councillor Phil Clearwater from Christchurch City Council at the networking function at the Museum on the Thursday.

“Phenomenal engagement with participation exceeding expectations, 53 companies and 68 trade stands are involved in this event over two days”, said Paul Town, Executive Officer for the associations.

“With a variety of technologies, products and trends the trade exhibition will bring together all participants of the industry from manufacturers and suppliers right through to the decision makers, buyers and end users.”

The keynote speaker was Jacinda Ardern, Labour List MP who presented ‘NZ: The Small Business Nation’. Technical speakers included Justin Hill and Graeme Wills from Beca who presented on the revolutionary ‘Christchurch Airport Artesian Heating and Cooling’ and international speaker Simon Wild, one of Australia’s leading sustainable design consultants from Lend Lease, who explained ‘How Chillers Will Change the World’. Other topics included: HVAC, Seismic Safety, Energy Efficiency in HVAC&R, What’s Happening with AS/NZS1677?, Trans-Critical CO2 - Why? and The Effects of Counterfeit Refrigerants.

The business forum covered topics on Health and Safety - How the New Legislation will Affect You and Your Business; Human Resources - All You Need to Hire or Fire and Business Services - The Financial Health of Your Business.

The conference also hosted a dedicated trade exhibitors evening, the Wallie Askew Apprentice Work Skills National Finals, social events, partners tour and a technical tour.

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Afternoon Tea with Beijer Management

Per Bertland Beijer Ref CEO & President and Jonas Steen Vice President Beijer Ref ARW, Nordic, East Europe & Asia paid a visit at Patton headquarters in Auckland New Zealand.

To welcome Beijer Management from Sweden please join us for afternoon tea in the downstairs lunchroom @ 3.30pm, Wednesday 27th May

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An afternoon tea party was thrown to welcome the Beijer Management. Mr. Bertland also gave a short speach and answered some questions that we had.

Everyone enjoyed the food & drinks and hada good time.

Per Bertland Beijer Ref CEO & President and Jonas Steen Vice President Beijer Ref ARW, Nordic, East Europe & Asia

From left to right: Sameer Handa CEO, Patton Group of Companies, Craig Parker Patton Technical Manager, Stuart Meehan Patton Branch Manager Waikato, Simon Karlin Beijer Ref COO & Executive Vice President.

Hip Hop Novas

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atton Nelson Customer Service staff member Shane Andrews and his wife Nicole arrived home recently after a busy weekend at the hip hop competition.

Their daughters Zariyah and Shylah participated as a duo (called ICONIC) at the NZ Dance Summit Competition. They competed in the Novice Section against other duos and crews ranging from 9-26 year olds. It was a tough competition with so much talent being presented from all over NZ. Zariyah and Shylah were presented with the ‘Most Promising Performer’ award from Rina Chae, who they both idolise for her work with famous celebrities such as Beyonce and Justin Bieber.

Placed first in the Novice Section the girls were awarded a trophy for their outstanding performance and were overwhelmed with the comments received from both the judges and the audience. The result justified the many long hours of practise and hard work required for this competition and did their choreographer Ashley Belk proud.

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Patton Units in the

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Supermarket job with McAlpine | NZ Patton condensing sets mounted into a frame.

These units will run a supermarket in Papua New Guinea The Frame will become the plant room with a roof and sides attached on site in PNG. - PHILIP HITCHINS

TIMARU PROJECT 82.0KW PACKAGE UNIT

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TR Refrigeration Ltd Timaru was approached by their client Industrial Controls South Canterbury who is one of leading IT & electrical solutions company in NZ, to give a turnkey HVAC solution for their new IT Building & Electrical workshop being built in Timaru.

ATR was approached because of their professionalism & quality of work, as ATR prides itself on providing high end

solutions there approached Matthew Walker for Patton’s in Christchurch on the solution of air conditioning together they chose the Actron Air package units to achieve the A/C requirements.

climate control throughout the large open plan work areas. This project is due for completion by the end of November 2015

Actron Air was chosen because of the efficiency of the 3 x stage system & quality of unit manufacture.

The 2 x package units will be centrally ducted to achieve

- MATT WALKER

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HEAT IS ON MILK COOLING SYSTEMS

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f they haven’t already done so, a high percentage of New Zealand dairy farmers will soon have to upgrade their refrigeration systems in order to meet new milk cooling requirements’ says Paul Donderwinkel, Director of Matamata temperature control specialists, Centigrade.

“In response to market pressure, the Ministry of Primary Industries and representatives of various dairy companies are implementing a new, across-the-board standard which is due to take effect before June 2016. The changes have being well publicised, so it is imperative farmers start to plan for them.

The new recommendations state raw milk will have to be cooled to 10c or below within 4 hours of the commencement of milking; and to 6c or below within 6 hours of the commencement of milking and 2 hours of completion.

The milk must be held at this temperature until collection or the next milking.”

Donderwinkel says ‘because the majority of New Zealand farms do not have the luxury of “super cold” ground or first stage precooling water, farmers will need to add an extra or second stage of precooling to their refrigeration systems in order to gain compliance to the new regulations.

advertising and marketing going on, and also a lot of misinformation out there.”

To ensure their systems meet compliance, are high quality, and are backed with good service and parts, Donderwinkel says it is recommended farmers deal with industry certified companies or individuals, such as those affiliated with CCCA or IRHACE.

The traditional two-stage generic milk cooling systems found on most farms simply won’t comply.’

“Refrigeration is a field of engineering where heat rejection or removal can be calculated. It is imperative farmers ensure the sales representative they deal with can back up their claims mathematically, as well as have the practical experience required to provide them with the correct information and products for their operation.

He says farmers have four main options – using a traditional milk storage vat to cool down a bulk store of water; cooling a bulk store of water in a concrete or plastic insulated tank; using an ice bank; or using Glycol, a water and antifreeze mix.

A reputable refrigeration sales firm should present all the options and costs to the farmer, considering everything from system performance, energy efficiency and power availability to site and service access, and the capacity for future growth.”

“All these options are capable of doing the job. it’s just a matter of getting expert help to find the most appropriate solution. The costs of the various systems will vary from farm to farm due to sizing and individual requirements, but one thing they have in common is that each of these systems removes heat from the milk by pumping the chilled water medium through a second pass of the plate cooler prior to entering the vat. Some even use the chilled medium to cool the milk in the traditional DX vat base.”

Centigrade has a fleet of more than 10 service vehicles available to service farm refrigeration requirements within a 45 minute radius of Matamata.

One of the biggest challenges facing the farm refrigeration industry are ‘snake oil salesmen: bringing sub-standard product into the country’ he says.

“Farmers also need to be aware there are non-industry companies who have seen an apparent opportunity to make a quick buck and are selling cheap imported, sub-standard equipment. There is a lot of flashy

The firm deals with a handful of clients every week for whom it has to fix cheap, or badly installed equipment, he says.

“A lot has changed in refrigeration over the last 5 years, particularly with refrigerants and their specific requirements. With more new regulations coming in, farmers should definitely choose reputable local companies that can provide a sustainable product, backed by service and availability to off-the-shelf parts.

Refrigeration is business critical for the farmer. They can’t afford to have downtime because of breakdowns or systems that don’t meet the grade.”

- JO BAILEY | NZ DAIRY WINTER 2015

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Customers purchase any CRC or ADOS product from 15th June until 10th July 2015, they would enter the weekly lucky draw to WIN two tickets to the CRC Speedshow!

Lucky draw was drawn on 12 pm every Friday and total of 8 customers have won two tickets each.

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Purchase any CRC or ADOS from now product until 10 th you will July 20 enter the WIN two weekly luc 15, tickets to the CR ky draw to C Speeds how!

Lucky draw will be draw Two winn ers and each n on 12 pm ever y Friday. one will receive two tickets.

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Patton Auckland together with CRC ran a marketing promotion campaign during June and July 2015.

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WIN!

Work Smart, Ride Fast!

People say I do well considering I also work full-time. I say it’s all about the balance, but it’s good to get out on the bike at the end of the day and burn off what energy I have left. All I have left in the evening is a couple of hours to relax and refuel.

Staying safe is key so I can come to work each day, being hit twice I am well aware of the things some cars do to get past.

This year I became a Futureintech Ambassador, which is basically going into schools to promote engineering and explaining what path I took to become one.

My recent visit to Kings College was a great success with students engaging in my presentation while I explained what I did at university and at Patton.

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Hi Cameron, thank you very much for speaking to the YR10 boys at Kings College last week in their fabulous lecture theatre.

I think you did a great job overall with your PowerPoint presentation, it was humorous and interesting. I think we all really enjoyed the robot wars video’s you added, perfect for a bunch of boys to watch! You also did a wonderful job of engaging students with your enthusiasm about your job and to such a large group for your first visit. So well done.

Renee King Futureintech Facilitator

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aving picked up the cycling bug 2 years ago, I can only look back and see how far I have come. Now racing at the elite level in New Zealand it takes a lot of training to keep up the fitness, even during the cold, wet and windy winter months. The thought of big races keep my motivation up, where I hope to come out of winter with a good base to work from for summer racing. I ride approximately 12-15 hours a week which is about 400-500km - I realised this is more than what my car does! I hope to compete in multiple events this year, including the K2 where I placed 6th last year. The photo is of the recent Auckland road race champs where I placed 2nd.

- CAMERON WYNNIATT

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Australia

Sydney Opera House

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Seated left to right Sam Wu, John Bell, Ash Joiner (Sydney), Craig Killalea (Patton Albury JV), & Darren Bromley (Adelaide) Back row left to right John McCarrey, Stuart Smith, Ash Chua (West Melbourne), Steve Doncaster, Paul Rickards (Thomastown), Jason Pearce, Sameer Handa, Leigh Hancock (Ballarat), Andrew Galliano, Heath Ilsley (Bendigo), Owen Forsythe (Metjak Perth JV), Gavin Moger & John Graham (Patton Central Queensland JV)

2015 Australia Managers Meeting Patton Australia recently held its Managers Meeting in the Melbourne Northern suburb of Preston in the prestigious Bell City.

Starting on Thursday the 23rd of July we discussed the previous three months and after a brief review from all the Managers we discussed how the Branches have been travelling to date and where we are going well and what we need to improve on.

After this we spent the afternoon discussing the Budget going forward as well as issues and solutions surrounding IT, SQL Reporting, Accounts, SLOB Stock, Branch presentation and Freight. We were also joined in the afternoon by Sam Wu and Steve Doncaster who provided a great insight into where we are heading with IT down the track.

That night we were joined by Gavin and John from Rockhampton and Gladestone, Owen Forsyth from Perth and Craig Killalea from Albury for Dinner at Gracias Restaurant in Melbourne’s famous Lygon St for Dinner.

The next morning we were greeted first up by our CEO Sameer Handa who shared with us some of Beijer’s direction for us as well as some insight into how Beijer is doing worldwide. Everyone was in agreement that Beijer and Patton make up a great

combination and the future seems very bright with these guys as our Support.

Next up was Alan Green and Peter Tiivel from Danfoss who went on to give us a very informative presentation on Danfoss Strategies and products alike, needless to say the team is very excited about getting access to the Danfoss product and we believe it is going to be an exciting part of Patton’s growth going forward.

After a Brief presentation from the Joint ventures on what they are up to we had lunch and then we were joined by Graeme Dewerson, Sales Manager of A-GAS to discuss new products, phase out of HFC’s, replacement Gases and much more. As usual Graeme delivered and informative and up beat presentation for all to understand.

A brief discussion then ensued in regards to our products now available before people started heading off to the Airport.

It is safe to say Patton Australia has a most passionate group of Managers in Australia, these meeting more and more highlight the fact that we now have the most informed, highly skilled, enthusiastic, positive team going around in our industry, which will only lead to more future successes and rewards for the Patton Group.

A big thank you to all who attended and contributed.

- JOHN MCCARREY

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Patton Tool Day EOFYS SALES

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hree Patton Victoria branches: Thomastown, Bendigo and West Melbourne held Patton Tool Days on 18th June, 19th June, and 24th June respectively.

This year EOFYS Sales Tool Day focused on Testo, Imperial and Javac products. It was great turnout for all branches. Customers enjoyed the complimentary BBQ lunch and drinks. Three lucky customers also won the raffle – a slab of beer.

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Our new Baby

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Patton Thomastown Internal Sales James Counihan and his wife Sue Counihan with their new baby girl Puasina-Honor Vanessa Counihan

& There’s a baby

Boy Patton Ballarat Branch Manager’s new born baby boy: Henry James Hancock, born on the 8th of June 2015 at St Johns Hospital Ballarat. Weighing 7 pound 1 ounce.

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GM’s MG Stuart Smith, Australia GM, recently fulfilled a life-long dream to own a classic car.

How often do you drive the MG? I try to take it out each weekend; the weather plays a role in how often the car is driven. I haven’t driven it in the rain as it isn’t waterproof!

Have you met up with any other MG owners?

Where did you develop an interest for classic cars?

From a young age I have had an interest in old cars. When I was in my teens I purchased a Model A with the intention of restoring it. Eventually I sold it but it still had quite a lot of work to be done on it. Several years later I discovered it had been fully restored and was in storage in my girlfriends (now my wife) grandmother’s garage. Over the years I have attended numerous car shows and I always purchase the latest Classic Car magazine when I am at an airport and about to travel.

Why did you purchase an MG? I have always liked English classic cars and in particular the MG’s. Also they are more affordable than some other models of English cars.

How long have you had your MG and what model is it?

I purchased the car in January 2014, the model is a 1954 TF 1500.

Yes, I have joined the Sunshine Coast MG Car Club. They are quite a social group, there is a weekend run once a month which ends at a pub for a meal, the runs are often quite long, sometimes up to 200km in total. Also once a month there is a Nog ‘n Natter at a local eatery where everyone gathers for a meal and chat. is a British automotive marque registered by the defunct MG Car Company Limited, a British sports car manufacturer begun in the 1920s as a sales promotion sideline within W R Morris’s Oxford city retail sales and service business by the business’s manager, Cecil Kimber.Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés.

Kimber was an employee of William Morris; MG are the initials for Morris Garages.

Do you know anything about the car’s history?

I purchased the car from Orange in NSW, the owner at the time struggled to get in and out of the car because of his arthritis so reluctantly he decided to sell it.

The car was once owned by Dr Victor Chang, a well-known and gifted heart surgeon who was tragically shot dead in a botched robbery in Sydney in 1991. Dr Chang fully restored the car with his uncle.

Stuart Smith and Philip Hitchins General Manager Patton NZ - STUART SMITH

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Patton Australia at AIRAH Trade Night in Melbourne

Shane Carmichael from Air Change

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he annual AIRAH trade night season has kicked off, with more than 120 attendees popping by to gain HVAC guidance from the experts at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse - a large venue which quickly ran short on space with the flurry of interest.

The Patton Australia team were on hand to provide specialist advice on refrigeration and air-conditioning technology and its application in the supermarket, dairy, food production and wineries industries, whilst providing a sugar hit for many weary eyed guests.

From left to right: Paul Rickards Patton Thomastown & Ash Chua Patton West Melbourne

The Patton team members are looking forward to attending the next trade nights as the AIRAH road show makes its way around the country.

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& The Iconic Melbourne Cup

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elbourne holds the notoriety of being the biggest sporting city in the world. And one of its most iconic events is the Melbourne Cup (The Race That Stops the Nation) held at Flemington Racecourse. At its inception back in 1840, when the first race was held on the property, it was simply called The Melbourne Race Course.

By the late 1850’s it was renamed Flemington Racecourse.

Back then the site was technically governed

by NSW - it was the Governor of NSW who ordered that the 352 acres be considered a public racecourse in 1848, and then appointed 6 trustees of the property. Later in 1871 the government passed the Victorian Racing Club Act making

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the club trustees of the racecourse.

The VRC was formed in 1864 after a couple of earlier rival clubs disbanded to create the new club. The Melbourne Cup is recorded forever in history with winners such as our famous Phar Lap, Archer, Kingston Rule, and Rogan Josh.

Fast-forward to 2015 and the VRC put a tender out for total refurbishment of its main commercial kitchen area.

Patton was approached to tender our equipment through a local contractor, Impact Refrigeration.

Director, Clayton Skinner, gave us the opportunity to provide a competitive solution of supplying 11 condensing units and 13 evaporators. The

project all up including pipe, refrigerant and all ancillaries was worth approximately $70k.

The project included 10 cool-rooms, 3 freezer rooms and a blast chiller/freezer and was completed from start to finish without any hiccups. Patton supplied open style units ranging from CCK225’s right up to a CL1500 and all were supplied fully kitted including pre wired.

I, for one, will look forward to going to Flemington this year and seeing the Patton units racked up above the betting ring while I am putting on a bet for the 2015 cup winner!

- ANDREW GALLIANO

Acquisition strengthens Beijer Ref’s position in New Zealand and Australia

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he Swedish refrigeration group, Beijer Ref AB, strengthens its operation in New Zealand and Australia by acquiring the refrigeration wholesale company, Realcold, which has its head office in Auckland, New Zealand, and around 20 branches in New Zealand and Australia.

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Beijer Ref is one of the largest refrigeration wholesalers in the world and the acquisition of Realcold is a significant step forward in the company’s strategy to grow outside Europe.

Realcold was founded in 1955, reports annual sales of more than SEK 260M and is the second largest refrigeration wholesaler in New Zealand. With the acquisition, Beijer Ref becomes the largest refrigeration wholesaler in New Zealand.

New Zealand and Australia are interesting growth markets for Beijer Ref. With the large food exports and growing tourism industry of these countries, there is a significant need for efficient refrigeration plants

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, says Per Bertland, CEO of Beijer Ref. In New Zealand, Realcold has 10 branches, 68 employees and sales of SEK 135M. In Australia, the company has established an operation since 1999. Realcold has its distribution centre in Brisbane, eleven branches, 52 employees and sales of 157M. “The company has a broad product portfolio with brands such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tecumseh, Emerson Copeland and Gree. However, the range will now be complemented with Beijer Ref’s product programme.

In addition to synergies on the purchasing side, we will contribute our European refrigeration-technology expertise and contribute with new eco-friendly refrigeration technology in New Zealand and Australia”, continues Per Bertland.

and India, during the spring has given Beijer Ref a stable foothold in the Australasia region, with total sales approaching SEK 800M. Realcold will be integrated into Beijer Ref’s organisation and is expected to be included in the consolidated accounts from October 2015. The acquisition is expected to have a marginal positive effect on Beijer Ref’s net income in 2015.

The acquisition is subject to approval by the competition authorities in New Zealand.

The acquisition of Realcold together with our acquisition of the refrigeration wholesale companies, RNA Engineering & Trading in Malaysia and Patton in New Zealand, Australia, Thailand

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Patton IT Project Update We are in the final stage of migrating the IT infrastructure away from NZPM. If everything goes well, the new infrastructure will be live from the 10th Aug.

We are currently reconfiguring the PCs to access to our new servers. As a temporary measure all Australian users will be accessing citrix via the web browser.

New Zealand will be accessing greentree via their own desktop.

COMPUTERS

Citrix will be discontinued once the migration is complete. New Zealand will be accessing all the applications directly from the desktop while Australia will through a new programme called ‘RDS’.

All NZ users are already on the new email system.

Preparation to migrate Australia to the new email system has begun. We expect this to be completed by the early August.

EMAIL Given that Australia is currently using an independent phone system, more planning need to be done before we can rollout the new phone system to Australia.

We have rolled out the phone system across NZ and are adjusting how it works for us.

PHONES NZ has completely moved to the new solarix network All Australian branches are already on the new network.

NETWORK

The server hardware has been moved into our new Datacentre and they are ready to deploy.

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- STEVEN DONCASTER

- GRANT MITCHELL

Luke Inglis (left) and Adam Inglis (right) from GT Refrigeration

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ason Pearce and Grant Mitchell attended a site visit to Quality Food Service (QFS) in Stafford to see how the install by GT Refrigeration was going using our capital equipment. QFS is a major food distributor throughout Brisbane supplying both chilled and frozen products to schools and the food service industry.

This has been a big job for both GT Refrigeration and Patton, installing two large coolrooms and one large freezer room, with Jason Pearce taking care of the engineering in consultation with Luke Inglis (GT Refrigeration). For the two coolrooms we supplied 2 x

CH1500 condensing units with 4 x JMC155 evaporators and 2 x PZB1500 PattonPaks with 2 x JMC230 evaporators. The freezer room has 3 x CSCL2200 condensing units (Luke & Adam Inglis are pictured with one of these units) and 3 x JLC220 evaporators (picture of these 3 installed).

SITE VISIT

Quality Food Service

GT Refrigeration has had a great working relationship with Patton throughout the years and has proven to be one of our best customers at Patton Geebung.

Rugby Farms Going Great Guns

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ugby farms Stanthorpe storage depot has an existing 450kw Bitzer screw rack with a selection of buffalo evaporators cooling two storage rooms and 2 fast cold rooms. The 2 fast coldrooms are being converted to storage rooms while two new fast coldrooms are being built which will be cooled with 8 of Patton’s JMC605 evaporators.

On another site up the road has had a tandem set up with two Copeland D8 compressors which are both burnt out and will be replaced by two Copeland Streams which will now operate with the protection of Coresense. This system is also being used to trial the A-Gas Refrig Heal+h check.

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Back at the main site at Gatton the bean shed has been completed operating with a 2 Copeland stream compressor rack achieving 160kw. The rack is being controlled with a Dixell Iprorack controller and a Emerson Infinity variable speed drive.

Patton has also supplied a 3 Copeland stream rack achieving 180kw for an in house built hydrocooler which has been operating well since commissioning.

I really enjoy dealing with Patton as I find the service and technical knowledge I receive with them to be second to none. The other wholesalers in the area struggle with the technical information or providing a decent service and the guys at Archerfield just knock that aspect out of the park. Couldn’t recommend them enough and will continue to be a loyal customer in years to come.

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Che Curtis, Technician, Rugby Farms

- ALAN LEE

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EMPLOYEE UPDATE

People: The Most Imp

SAM WU

DIO ZHAO

ISHAN GAJJAR

MARK CAMPBELL

FINANCE AND IT MANAGER PATTON NZ AUCKLAND

MARKETING MANAGER PATTON NZ AUCKLAND

OPERATIONS CO-ORDINATOR PATTON NZ AUCKLAND

FACTORY MANAGER PATTON AERO THAILAND BANGKOK

Patton is pleased to announce the promotion of Dio Zhao to Marketing Manager for Patton.

Ishan joined Patton as Operations Co-ordinator in early July 2015. He will be responsible for a smooth flow of production process at Auckland Manufacturing.

Patton is pleased to announce that Mark Campbell has been transferred to Patton Aero Thailand as Factory Manager.

Ishan has an extensive building products manufacturing background. He has worked in Melbourne and Adelaide in middle management Production and Technical roles, where he was heavily involved in R&D projects and PLC programming. Prior to joining Patton, he was working for an Australian building products manufacturer in Auckland.

Recruited in July 2013, Mark previously filled the role held by Andrew Sekula with his primary focus being technical and engineering support/development to our operations in Thailand and India. Additionally Mark was involved with product R & D, system engineering and daily technical aspects of operation.

Patton is pleased to announce the promotion of long-time team member Sam Wu to the position of Finance and IT Manager within our organization.

Sam has served as Chief Accountant of Patton Group of companies since October 2010. He has primary responsibility for the Patton’s accounting operations and Business Intelligence System (‘BI’).

Sam has a strong technical accounting and IT background, deep knowledge of the ERP/BI systems and experience in tax, reporting, financial planning and treasury.

Before joining Patton, Sam most recently worked for Bluebird Foods Ltd (a division of PepsiCo) where he gained significant experience in ERP/BI systems and financial reporting. Prior to Bluebird, he held a positionwith PwC in their corporate tax team. Sam started his career at Ernst & Young in Christchurch. He holds a Bcom(Hons) degree in Accounting, Finance and Information Systems from University of Canterbury.

He is also a qualified accountant.

Dio joined Patton in 2013 as a Marketing Coordinator.

Dio has 9 years professional experience in B2B marketing sector (IT, Security and Engendering industries). He holds a Master of Management Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Administration in Marketing Degree from Massey University, as well as a Bachelor Degree in E-commerce from the Waikato University. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Dio has a sound modern marketing knowledge such as: Social Media Marketing, Electronic and Mobile Marketing, and Integrated Marketing Communication.

Besides this he also has a wealth of experience in web design, graphic design and brand identity development.

He holds a Bachelor of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics Engineering degree from RMIT University, Melbourne.

He is currently pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from The University of Auckland.

In this new position, Mark will be in charge of the entire Patton Thailand factory. His main responsibility includes ensuring that products manufactured by Patton meet the required quality standards and ensuring that safe working conditions are maintained in the factory at all times.

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In this new position, Dio will be in charge of all marketing activities for Patton in New Zealand, Australia, India and Thailand.

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In his free time, he likes to spend time (for now) with his newly married wife and play cricket and tennis.

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ASHLEY JOINER

PAUL BARBER

SHANE BRAND

SIMON O’FARRELL

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BRANCH MANAGER PATTON AUSTRALIA GOLD COAST

SALES REPRESENTATIVE PATTON AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE

CUSTOMER SERVICER PATTON AUSTRALIA BENDIGO

In July the Patton Australia team welcomed Ashley Joiner as NSW State Sales Manager with the primary responsibility of sales growth in the NSW region.

Ashley has a strong sales and management background and has a Diploma in Business and Management.

Before joining Patton Ashley worked for 12 years with Heatcraft and BOC where he held various sales, operations and management positions in Sydney and Melbourne.

Paul Barber, is one of our newest appointments, to his role as Branch Manager of Southport since June 2015.

Paul brings a wealth of experience to Patton Australia with an extensive background in refrigeration and customer service.

Starting as a Customer Service Representative at Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration, Paul worked his way up to Team Leader and Branch Manager over several sites in both Melbourne and the Gold Coast over the past 8 years.

Known for his industry knowledge, as well as being customer focused, Paul is looking forward to building on an already strong foundation at Patton and adding to that by cultivating solid customer relationships and providing the outstanding service he prides himself on.

Patton is pleased to announce the promotion of Shane Brand to Sales Representative for Patton Adelaide. He will be responsible for building relationships with customers and increasing sales.

Shane has worked in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry for most of his working career. He has been employed by Patton for 4 years, is very passionate about Patton products and enjoys working for the company.

Shane is a father of three young children, all girls, aged 5 weeks, 2, and 6. His hobbies are spending time with friends and family and camping.

Simon O’Farrell commenced his employment with Patton on the 9/6/15 Simon aged 51 years young comes to us straight off the tools at a local refrigeration and air-conditioning company where he completed his mature age apprenticeship in just 2 ½ years as opposed to the regular 4.

Prior to this Simon has completed his Bachelor of Commerce and also his Graduate Diploma in Internet and Web Computing.

A man of many skills his passions are Electronics and Body Building (He was Mr Australia back in 1997) But being a man that has always been good with his hands he always wanted to do a trade and refrigeration seemed to fit the bill and now being on the other side of the counter he is enjoying life at Patton.

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India The Golden Temple Amritsar in India

Ghitorni Warehouse Rolls Out 5S

5S describes how to organise a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items and sustaining the new order.

Abilash headed this project and will continue to supervise its implementation. A complete project report is being prepared by his team.

5S is also to be implemented in the Bhiwandi warehouse shortly.

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atton India has implemented 5S in the newly setup warehouse at Ghitorni, New Delhi to improve and maximise the process of warehousing and despatch.

Patton India Goes River Rafting @ Rishikesh

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n 11-12 May 2015, Patton India team went for rafting camp at Rishikesh which is about 232km from New Delhi. Rishikesh has earned the title of the river rafting capital of India. It’s one of the favourite destinations of every adventure enthusiast and rafting down the mighty Ganges is every adventure seekers dream come true.

The Patton team started out in the morning of 11th May and reached camp at around 2:30 in the afternoon. Our camp was located on the bank of the River Ganges.

Surrounded by the beauty of nature and staying on the bank of India’s greatest river is one of the best experiences you can ever have.

In the late afternoon/evening of Day One a volleyball match was organised between team Patton and other localities on the river side beach, as well as more adventurous activities like rock climbing. The evening concluded on a high note with a gala time during which “Antakshri” was played around a bonfire organised by the camp. Antakshri is a spoken parlour game played in India.

Each contestant sings the first verse of a (usually Bollywood) movie song that begins with the Hindustani consonant on which the previous contestant’s song selection ended.

Day Two we enjoyed the absolutely thrilling experience of 16km’s of river rafting from Shivpuri to Rishikesh. A day to be remembered!

- SUMEDHA ARYA

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atton India with the participation of Dorin India organised a seminar on Patton and Dorin products in Chennai at The Rain Tree Hotel on 16th July. We invited 50 customers from the refrigeration industry in Chennai to attend the seminar. There was good attendance and feedback was very encouraging.

At the start of the event Swatantra gave an introduction on Beijer Refrigeration, Patton worldwide and Patton India operations. Vikram then presented the Patton range of unit coolers. On behalf of Dorin, Giovanni Dorin and Nilesh Naik, introduced the Dorin products.

The seminar ended with an open house interaction of invitees with their hosts over a networking dinner.

Patton India looks forward to more such events in other cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Pune.

- SUMEDHA ARYA

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Thailand

Elephants in Ayutthaya

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COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

Patton Aero recently supplied about 300 Patton digital scroll Slimline condensing units to Dixell Asia. These will upgrade the existing fixed capacity condensing units previously installed in Tesco Lotus stores throughout Thailand.

Earlier site testing has shown significant energy savings using the digital scroll unit.

Details of these projects are:

Tesco Lotus Express Change old condensing unit to Patton Slimline Digital Scroll Condensing Unit.

Tesco Lotus Talad and Value Change old condensing unit to Patton Slimline Digital Scroll Condensing Unit.

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Tesco Hyper Change scroll rack to Digital Stream Compressor Condensing unit remote air cooled condenser with EC fan motor for medium temperature and Mini Rack Scroll Compressor with vapour injection system, remote air cooled condenser with EC fan as well.

MM Mega Market (The Local department store in Nongkai province.)

Patton Aero has supplied rack systems using Copeland Stream Compressors for a new 10,000m2 MM Mega Market in Nongkai Province. The market is 4.4 kilometers from the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, enabling it to attract customers from Laos.

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Jiffy Project Patton Aero is trialing a Pattonpak Digital Tandem Condensing Unit on a Jiffy service station convenience store. This is to replace multiple single condensing units and reduce the overall refrigeration plant footprint. Jiffy has 148 service station stores throughout Thailand.

Family Mart Project Patton Aero has built a trial Pattonpak for Sanden, Thailand. This unit includes EC condenser fans and a 4HP Frascold Compressor with a built-in inverter for variable capacity control. The unit has been installed at a Family Mart convenience store in parallel with a standard 8Hp Tandem Scroll Pattonpak with a Digital Scroll Lead Compressor.

The two units are going to be operated periodically to compare energy consumption and provide real world data for accurate information and to assist with finding the most cost effective solution for the future.

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PattonPak Water Chillers

PattonPak Water Chillers nn Water & glycol chilling -15° to 10°C range nn Multiple refrigerants

nn Water heat recovery

nn Energy efficient digital compressors nn ‘Close control’ electronic valves

nn Stainless Steel & Colorbond housings

In a country whose economy depends on farming and agriculture, it’s no surprise that Patton is the industry leader in manufacturing and design of cost effective, low maintenance and efficient refrigeration equipment.

This includes units for pre-chilling, vat chilling, bulk milk coolers and heat exchangers to capture waste heat for heating wash down water.

For more information on PattonPak products please contact your refrigeration contractors.

Please submit any news from your branch or in and around your district. We are interested in stories about our people, their exploits, the company and its progress and articles of general interest.

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