If you have a large food production plant incorporating 20 or so freezer and chill rooms using plastic strip doors and you are experiencing downtime and some health and safety issues, you are keen to find a solution.

Such was the case with Greggs North East.  The company was founded as a family bakery business on Tyneside by John Gregg in the 1930s and now stands as one of the UK’s leading retailers with approximately 1200 stores nationwide specialising in bakery related products.  The North East plant supplies over 114 retail outlets in the North East of England.

Problems were being experienced at the North East plant due to the large number of plastic strip doors used to keep out the heat on the site’s 21 freezer and chill rooms.   Damage to the strips themselves due to the number of times they were opened and closed to allow products in and out was one consideration.  For convenience some of the strips had been removed altogether.  The general arrangement is that each door has a combination of strip curtains and overhead air curtain.  This combination was creating downtime problems due to maintenance and cleaning made necessary by the heat from the ovens in the bakery.  Another problem on one of the larger freezer rooms was that condensation was causing ice to form on the floor in the doorway.  This extended a considerable way into the room and was a distinct health and safety hazard.