POLAR AFRICA
COMPANY & PRODUCT PROFILE 2008 - 2023

 

Polar Africa was founded in 2008 and has traded successfully as a SMME family-owned business offering a range of services, which services are unapologetically based on:

  • Service excellence founded on rendering quality-laden workmanship with warranties that are backed-up by international companies and/or Polar Africa
  • Reliable and “best of the best” products in each category which are sourced from
    • Sorbite Mineral (sole distributor)
    • Supermarket Night Blinds (sole distributor)
    • Industrial Humidifiers
    • Humidity Control Instrumentation

Polar Africa:

  • is a 100% women-owned (Asian) BBEE EME Level 1 certified company
  • Registered on the CSD of National Treasury as a supplier
  • Company Registration No: 2009/062364/23
  • VAT Registration No: 4310250040
  • Tax clearance certificate available on request
  • SARS Custom Client No: 21308165 – importer/exporter
  • Head Office: 1 Weaver Close, Hilltop Private Estate, Port Zimbali, 4439, KZN
  • Postal Address: P.O. Box 3027, Hilltop, Zimbali, 4419, KZN
  • Auditors: Dannhauser Incorporated – based in Randburg, Johannesburg
  • Bank FNB (local bank) & SASFIN (foreign exchange payments)
  • Renders services nation-wide and consultation services in the SADC region

 

Polar Africa offers the following specialized range of services and/or products:

A. Cold Chain Humidity and Airborne Bacteria Control – underpinning HACCP Cold Chain Protocols (2008 – 2023)

Polar Africa markets and installs Sorbite humidity and bacteria control filters in the cold chains of the wider food industry. The primary purpose of the filters is to remove air borne bacteria and food spoilage gases (ethylene) and to stabilize relative humidity in (mainly) medium- sized walk-in cold rooms, thereby enhancing HACCP/ISO cold chain protocols.

B. Supermarket Display Refrigerator Night Blinds (2015 – 2023)

In 2015 the company introduced one of the top selling slow rise night-blind brands in the UK and Europe to the supermarket, fresh fruit and veg and butchery sectors of the economy.

C. MINI INDUSTRIAL HUMIDIFIERS (2020 – 2023)

In 2020 Polar Africa launched one of the top selling ranges of mini-industrial humidifiers in Europe into the local market. This range of humidifiers are suitable for boutique wine barrel cellars, fruit & veg in walk-in cold rooms (coolers, chillers) and small printing rooms.

COMPANY COMMITMENT (2008 – 2023)

Polar Africa is proud of its long association with established manufacturers and suppliers in Europe, USA and the East in a number of sectors of the economy.

Polar Africa promotes each product ethically and professionally in the southern Africa economy.

Polar Africa has developed a loyal customer base over the years many of whom are leaders in their respective fields of operation.

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Time to boast a little, but also ……

9 February 2013

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HOW ON EARTH CAN MEAT WEIGHT LOSSES IN COLD ROOMS BE REDUCED BY 40% to 50%??

31 January 2013

Polar Africa humidity and bacteria control filters can reduce meat weight losses in cold rooms by between 40% and 50%. How? When cold room doors are closed for hours on end (after work hours) the evaporator fans of a cold room dry out the internal air resulting in exposed hanging meat “drying out” and shrinking.…

WHILST READING THIS U ARE LOSING BIG BUCKS ON YOUR COLD ROOMS, WHY……?

20 January 2013

Take just 5 minutes out of your very busy schedule and study the 7 golden rules of refrigeration below and start to make money on your fridges instead of losing money (which you are probably not even aware of): 1. the temperature gauge outside your cold room usually only measures the cold air coming off the evaporator fans –…

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