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MUMBAI, India, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

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.