Industrial Refrigeration, Cooling, Heating, and Energy Solutions

Welcome to a world where innovation drives sustainability. Introducing IREF - Industrial Refrigeration, Cooling, Heating, and Energy Solutions.

In the pursuit of a low-carbon future, energy management is key. As a trailblazer in industrial cooling systems and heating solutions, Johnson Controls presents a spectrum of offerings to tackle the challenges of running a sustainable, low-carbon business whilst maximising profitability.

Solutions

Johnson Controls understands the market and its dynamics thanks to its global presence and cutting-edge technology. Each application is designed with a customized approach to meet your specific needs.

Our brands SABROE, FRICK, and YORK specialize in natural refrigerants such as water, ammonia, and CO2 to maximize safety and sustainability and comply with evolving environmental regulations.

We are the leading suppliers of screw and reciprocating compressors, chillers for low-temperature and standard applications, heat pumps, and control systems. With our variable speed drive technologies, our portfolio is the most flexible on the market and offers energy savings of up to 30% compared to traditional fixed speed compressors.

Industrial Cooling And Heating For A Huge Range Of Applications

Our deep knowledge of energy-optimised temperature transfer systems enables us to deliver reliable, sustainable, flexible, and efficient refrigeration solutions.

Food & Beverage​
Chemical & and Petrochemical​
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare​
Utilities​
High Tech Industry​
Distribution and Storage​
Marine and special fleet​
FRICK® Refrigeration

FRICK refrigeration

At FRICK by Johnson Controls, we’ve offered food and beverage processing industry solutions like high quality air handling units and ammonia refrigeration compressors for decades. The food and beverage industry can place high demands on industrial refrigeration equipment, but FRICK refrigeration engineers continually refine products to make them more energy efficient and cost reductive.

Frick Products

Sabroe Industrial Refrigeration Solutions​

Count on Sabroe for the most energy-efficient chillers, compressors, heat pumps and all-around industrial refrigeration equipment. Our products are designed to be the foundation of a whole package system. No matter what your facility, budget, industry, or sustainability goals are, we have the solutions to meet your unique needs.​

Sabroe Products

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Heat Pump or Boiler - What’s the Business Case?

The electrification of heat through heat pumps (HPs), where the electricity to drive the HPs comes from renewable sources, is seen as a key technology in cutting carbon emissions in the industrial sector. Their use is also an integral part of decarbonising heat in the creation of smart, sustainable cities.

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YORK process systems

With decades of experience, YORK® refrigeration provides industrial refrigeration that you can rely on. YORK® process systems offers refrigeration and gas compression solutions for many different critical applications that are used in today’s energy, chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets.

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Service and Support Capability

Getting the most out of Your Investment

We are dedicated to driving the results that matter most for your buildings, especially when it comes to industrial cooling systems and heating processes. Our seasoned experts will guide you through the design and installation stages, and together, we ensure the delivery of top-tier solutions, setting the benchmark for comfort and sustainability.

At Johnson Controls, we integrate state-of-the-art field techniques with advanced digital methodologies. Our comprehensive services span from overseeing installation, startup, and commissioning to steadfast operation and maintenance, further enhanced by optimisation, upgrades, and retrofits. This holistic approach boosts building and asset value and accentuates safety, productivity, and sustainability. By partnering with us, you can streamline the total cost of ownership for your industrial cooling and heating needs.

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Service agreements

We help you by providing OEM planned maintenance schedules and a wide range of service support options to ensure optimum operational performance, efficiency and reduced cost of ownership throughout Latin America using our own trained and experienced technicians. In this way Johnson Controls strive to provide the ultimate in peace of mind for our many customers.

Repairs and Parts

Our major investment in locally stocked OEM spare parts means we deliver industry leading response times through our own network of Service Technicians offering 24/7 availability.

Upgrade and retrofit

We have a complete range of options that improve the lifecycle of your equipment and enhance overall operational performance and reliability. Improve safety, productivity and sustainability with smart enhancements.

Other OEM Maintenance

We can service and maintain any machine from any manufacturer using OEM maintenance schedules and spare parts fitted by our own network of more than 300 highly skilled and experienced Service Technicians throughout Latin America.

OpenBlue​

The blueprint of the future for smart buildings. OpenBlue is a complete ecosystem of connected technologies, expertise and services. It saves money and creates a new class of smart buildings that are secure, healthy and sustainable.​

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A comprehensive portfolio of dependable technologies

We are the dependable choice for the machines at the heart of any heat transfer application. With an unrivalled equipment portfolio backed by full project engineering and lifetime service capabilities, Johnson Controls is the preferred partner if you are looking for industrial scale heating and cooling process, coupled with peace of mind and lower overall cost of ownership.

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Smart

Our clever designs maximise performance, efficiency, and operational flexibility to reduce your energy costs, which make up 80% of the lifetime operational expenditure of any refrigeration solution.

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Safe

Our products are optimised to the needs of each project and come with performance guarantees. In our testing facilities, we certify the performance of all our manufactured units under real conditions before shipping – a process which customers are invited to attend. It is peace of mind in practice and not just on paper.

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Sustainable

Our extensive portfolio of equipment based on natural refrigerants makes Johnson Controls the safer and more sustainable choice. Besides lowering the environmental impact of customer projects in this way, we also lower your carbon footprint through more efficient and longer-lasting equipment.

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Our Brands

Meeting your needs for performance, operational flexibility and lifetime cost efficiency, our proprietary SABROE and York products are the culmination of around a century of technological advances.

Frick

At FRICK, we’ve offered food and beverage processing industry solutions like high quality air handling units and ammonia refrigeration compressors for decades. The food and beverage industry can place high demands on industrial refrigeration equipment, but FRICK refrigeration engineers continually refine products to make them more energy efficient and cost reductive.

Sabroe

SABROE® provides customers with a comprehensive range of products, systems, and services to meet heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration needs in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings of all kinds.

York Process Systems

With decades of experience, YORK® refrigeration provides industrial refrigeration that you can rely on. YORK® Process Systems offer refrigeration and gas compression solutions for many different critical applications that are used in today’s energy, chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets.

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