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Wednesday, February 17 2021 - 11:00
AsiaNet
Indian conglomerate, Godrej & Boyce aims to strengthen Vaccine Cold Chain across the world
MUMBAI, India, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Cold Chain Partner to the world's largest covid vaccination drive in India, 
refrigeration expert Godrej & Boyce launches 'made in India' 
ultra-low-temperature freezers (below -80 degrees C)

Offers vaccine cold chain solutions across all temperature bands 

Godrej & Boyce, India-based flagship company of the Godrej Group, with turnover 
of USD1.5 bn has been partnering the world's largest vaccination drive in India 
and in other parts of the world. Its advanced, made in India, medical 
refrigeration solutions safeguard sensitive vaccines at just the right 
temperature. It has now launched state-of-the-art Ultra-Low Temperature 
Freezers (ULTF) which can preserve life-saving medical supplies including 
mRNA-based vaccines, below -80 degrees C, thus boosting the global medical cold 
chain in the anti-Covid drive. 

These are built for reliability, ensuring continuous operations with CO2/NO2 
backup systems. Godrej's expertise in electronics enables it to build robust 
systems for varying power conditions.

The brand offers WHO PQS pre-certified vaccine refrigerators (2-8 degrees C), 
blood bank refrigerators and deep freezers (-20 degrees C), ULTFs (below -80 
degrees C) and will soon be introducing mobile and passive cold chain solutions 
for last mile distribution.

Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman and MD, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd. 
shared, "Today, nations across the globe are facing challenges in running 
effective covid-19 vaccination programs, due to inadequate cold chain 
equipment. With Godrej's decades of expertise in refrigeration technology, the 
brand offers a range of Made in India for the World, advanced cold storage 
solutions for vaccines and life-saving supplies that can help governments 
across the world in their fight against Covid-19."

Kamal Nandi, Business Head and EVP, Godrej Appliances added, "The newly 
introduced Godrej ultra-low-temperature freezers have a wide range of critical 
applications like mRNA-based vaccine storage, blood banks, organ storage, 
pharma cold chain, testing laboratories, animal husbandry, food cold chain, 
etc."

About Godrej & Boyce
Godrej & Boyce ('G&B'), a Godrej Group company, was founded in 1897, and has 
contributed to India's journey of self-reliance through manufacturing. G&B 
patented the world's first springless lock and since then, has diversified into 
14 businesses across various sectors from Security, Furniture, Aerospace to 
Infrastructure and Defence. Godrej is one of India's most trusted brands 
serving over 1.1bn customers worldwide daily.

First in India to manufacture Refrigerators in 1958, Godrej Appliances has 
expanded across categories including medical refrigerators and manufactures 3Mn 
appliances annually.

For details, 
View https://bit.ly/3jWRnEX    
Visit https://www.godrej.com/godrej-appliances
E-mail medicalref@godrej.com
Supreeth Sudhakaran supreeth.sudhakaran@godrejinds.com
Puja Sinha, pujas@godrej.com,  +91 - 9004096663
    
Source: Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
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