Blast freezer projects — turnkey design, build and financing
Blast freezers, IQF tunnels and hardening rooms delivered as turnkey projects. ColdMatch sources refrigeration OEMs, EPC integrators and financing worldwide for seafood, meat, bakery and ready-meal producers.
What ColdMatch delivers
- Batch blast freezers, tunnel and IQF systems from –30 to –40°C
- NH₃, CO₂ and cascade plants sized for peak throughput
- Racking, trolleys, MHE and product-handling in scope
- Fast payback modelling: throughput, yield and energy
- Financing available for plant + installation + commissioning
ColdMatch helps buyers prepare cold chain RFQs and source suitable suppliers.
Directory pages are for discovery and SEO. ColdMatch is not an automatic marketplace and does not directly connect buyers with refrigeration manufacturers — supplier matching and introductions are managed manually by ColdMatch.
- 1. You submit a cold room, cold storage, industrial refrigeration, pharma cold chain, food logistics or mobile cold room request.
- 2. ColdMatch reviews your request and prepares the project brief — temperature range, product type, country, size, budget and operational needs.
- 3. Only after the brief is understood, ColdMatch searches for suitable suppliers.
- 4. David continues with you personally and introduces suppliers only when relevant.
Supplier and manufacturer listings are provided for research, transparency and discovery only. ColdMatch Group does not provide automatic buyer-supplier introductions. Every cold chain project request is reviewed manually by David / ColdMatch Group, and supplier introductions are made only after internal approval.
What is included in a blast freezer project?
A typical project covers the freezing equipment (tunnel, spiral, plate or trolley room), the refrigeration plant and pipework, insulated enclosure and doors, loading and handling arrangement, defrost system, controls and monitoring, electrical works and commissioning. Not every supplier delivers all scopes, so quotations must be compared on what is actually included.
What capacity blast freezer does the project need?
Divide daily tonnage by realistic freezing hours, then adjust for product entry temperature, piece size, packaging and target core temperature. Add contingency for seasonal peaks and defrost downtime. Suppliers should confirm throughput against your specific product data rather than a catalogue rating.
What affects blast freezer running cost?
Evaporator temperature, compressor efficiency and part-load control, air velocity, defrost frequency, insulation and door management, and heat recovery from the plant. Freezing product that has not been pre-chilled significantly increases energy per tonne.
- •Batch trolley rooms: 200 kg/h – 1 t/h
- •Tunnel and spiral projects: 1–5 t/h
- •Continuous IQF lines: 5–10+ t/h
Exact system sizing depends on required temperature, ambient climate, product load and turnover rate, door openings, insulation specification, storage duration, redundancy level and operating hours. ColdMatch does not manufacture equipment — we help industrial buyers compare suitable suppliers and technologies against project-specific technical and commercial requirements.
- •Country, project location and site status (greenfield or existing building)
- •Application and product stored or processed
- •Required temperature range and any humidity requirement
- •Storage capacity (m², m³ or pallet positions) and daily throughput
- •Ambient/design climate conditions at site
- •Available power supply and backup or redundancy requirement
- •Preferred refrigerant, if already defined by policy or regulation
- •Indicative budget range and target commissioning date
Frequently asked questions
How ColdMatch Group works — independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform — ColdMatch Group is an independent B2B procurement and sourcing platform for industrial refrigeration, cold storage and cold-chain projects from USD $250K+, connecting buyers with qualified third-party suppliers, EPC contractors and independent financing providers.
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