BEWARE CHEAP IMITATORS of Cold Stop THAT DO NOT MATCH SMI STANDARDS

Feedback from the marketplace has indicated to Seymour Manufacturing that there are counterfeit versions of its innovative Cold Stop Tempro insulated curtains for chilled store and freezer room doorways being advertised and installed. Although the claims are often without foundation or, like the product, frequently copied from removed originals, even the advertising has been shadowed and down loads of SMI’s web site have also been used.

Back in the seventies Brian Seymour, the present company’s Chairman, formulated Tempro®, the first, most thermally efficient thin and flexible insulating material in the world. From it he developed a family of food chain products including pallet covers, containers, cold stores and inflatable cold rooms. In the early nineties he drew up the first thermal strip curtain.  After 10 years extensive development Cold Stop and its associated suspension system reached a marketable stage and was accepted by several supermarkets as the solution to their issues of heat losses from chilled stores. Subsequently Cold Stop has been installed in the majority of their outlets and has been accepted as the standard for new stores.  Companies in the food processing and food manufacturing sector are also purchasing in quantities mainly due to the energy savings that can be achieved from their chilled and frozen store operation with Cold Stop’s use.  The Seymour product is also seen as a solution to several health and safety issues. 

 “I know that imitation is the highest form of flattery, but failing counterfeits give the concept a bad name and do not achieve Cold Stop’s savings of up to 25% in chill stores and up to 35% in freezers.” says Brian Seymour.

“SMI spends extensive amount of its capital on research and development and ensures that all thermal claims are validated by leading research authorities, typically the Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association and the Building Research Institute.  We also develop products in ‘partnership’ with the food industry.  Like many of our products Cold Stop carries a SAFETY AND USAGE ANALYSIS prepared by the independent Ryder Partnership. We have no given right to the market place,” said Brian Seymour, “but we continue to improve our product range and quality to maintain our position; there is now a Tempro family and many variations on the Cold Stop theme with more to come”.

SMI’s Cold Stop is the original Tempro® insulated strip door curtain and combines with a patented suspension system for cold rooms and freezer stores.  Due to its high thermal efficiency, Cold Stop dramatically reduces cold room energy consumption by allowing optimum settings on evaporator equipment to achieve the internal working temperature for less energy. 

SMI is able to repair and re-cycle Cold Stop curtains which greatly extends curtain lives and helps to reduce climate impact.