Japanese Pastry Maker to Install First SCM Frigo R744 System in Japan

Chateraise, a Japanese French pastry chain, will install the first transcritical CO₂ (R744) system made by SCM Frigo in Japan, according to a recently published video by Japanese manufacturer Miyazawa, SCM Frigo’s sales representative in Japan.

Miyazawa is a manufacturer of food processing equipment based in Nagano, Japan. In January 2020, the company signed an exclusive sales agreement with SCM Frigo, the Italian CO₂ refrigeration system manufacturer (and subsidiary of Swedish manufacturer Beijer Ref).

See the video below (enable english subtitles by clicking CC).

In the video, a Miyazawa representative addresses a number of topics about the CO₂ system, including the benefits of using CO₂ as a refrigerant, the system’s specific components and features, installation costs and maintenance support.

“The most important feature of this system is that the refrigerant is CO₂, a non-freon refrigerant,” said the Miyazawa representative.

“The biggest benefit of using CO₂,” the representative continued, “is that it has a low global warming potential. Compared to current freon-based refrigerants, the amount of CO₂ reduced is 2,000 to 4,000 times lower. In addition is the running cost. Compared to freon-based systems, running costs can be reduced by 10 to 15%.”

Components for the system shown in the video were supplied by Bitzer, Temprite, Refrigera, Danfoss, LU-VE and Guntner.

In September of last year, SCM Frigo posted images of its CO₂ systems being shipped to Japan. “Other 2 Transcritical Chiller[s] in PNC Frame ready to be shipped in Japan!” the post said. PNC refers to the Plug n’ Cool version of its outdoor compressor pack, according to SCM Frigo’s website.

See the full video on Youtube here.