Pretoria North · Nationwide install
Turnkey packhouse & cold storage systems for South Africa's producers
Design, installation, insulation and 24/7 breakdown support — from our Pretoria North workshop to packhouses, cold stores and freezer rooms across South Africa and the SADC region.
24/7 emergency callout
Stock-at-risk priority dispatch
Design to commissioning
One turnkey contract
Food-safe, audit-ready
Compliant panels and finishes
SA & SADC coverage
All nine provinces
What we do
Four disciplines, one accountable contractor
Most cold chain failures happen in the gaps between trades. Reyds carries design, construction, insulation and maintenance in-house.
Packhouse Design & Full Installation
Turnkey agricultural and industrial facility setups, from layout to commissioning.
View service →Cold Room & Walk-in Freezer Construction
Insulated panel cold rooms, freezer rooms, compressor racks and evaporators.
View service →Thermal Insulation Solutions
Polystyrene and PU panels, spray foam, insulated floor slabs and vapour sealing.
View service →Service, Maintenance & Emergency Repairs
24/7 breakdown support and scheduled HVAC/R maintenance contracts.
View service →Industries served
Built around what you're cooling
Storage temperature, humidity band and pull-down speed change completely by product. We design to the produce, not to a template.
Citrus
−0.6 °C to 8 °C depending on cultivar and market
Export citrus needs cold sterilisation protocols held precisely — a half-degree drift can fail a shipment, and peak intake arrives faster than most packhouses can pre-cool.
Avocado
4 °C to 7 °C (cultivar dependent)
Avocados bruise easily and are highly sensitive to chilling injury — too cold and you get grey pulp, too warm and ripening runs away in transit.
Table Grapes
−0.5 °C to 0 °C
Grapes must reach core temperature within hours of picking, in the hottest months of the year, with SO₂ sheets and berry moisture loss both in play.
Macadamia
10 °C to 15 °C for nut-in-shell, 0–5 °C for kernel
Macadamia value is destroyed by moisture and rancidity, not by heat alone — humidity control matters as much as temperature.
Mango
10 °C to 13 °C
Mangoes suffer chilling injury below 10 °C but arrive from the field at 35 °C, so pre-cooling must be fast yet strictly floor-limited.
Apples & Pears
−0.5 °C to 2 °C
Long-term storage means controlled atmosphere integrity — a leaking room loses both gas and months of shelf life.
Potatoes
4 °C to 10 °C depending on end use
Processing potatoes sugar up if stored too cold, and bulk piles generate their own heat and condensation.
Red Meat & Poultry
0 °C to 2 °C chilled, −18 °C to −25 °C frozen
Abattoir and processing cold sides face constant washdown, heavy door traffic and strict hygiene inspection.
Dairy
1 °C to 4 °C
Dairy is unforgiving on temperature excursions and needs redundancy — a failed compressor is a written-off tank.
Fresh Vegetables
0 °C to 4 °C for most lines, 7–10 °C for chilling-sensitive crops
Mixed vegetable lines arrive warm, wet and in small batches, and one shared room has to hold high humidity without freezing leaf tips or cross-tainting.
Wine Grapes
8 °C to 15 °C cellar, 0–4 °C cold stabilisation
Harvest cooling demand spikes for six weeks a year — must chilling, tank jacket cooling and cold stabilisation all compete for the same plant at 35 °C ambient.
Raisins & Dried Fruit
5 °C to 10 °C
Dried fruit spoils through moisture pick-up, sugaring and insect activity rather than heat — a normal high-humidity cold room actively damages it.
Dates
0 °C to 4 °C chilled, −18 °C long-term
Northern Cape date packers work in 40 °C-plus ambient and need both low-humidity chilled holding and freezer capacity for carry-over stock.
Poultry
0 °C to 2 °C chilled, −18 °C to −25 °C frozen
Daily kill volumes must move from carcass temperature to core chilled within hours, in a washdown environment under constant hygiene inspection.
Berries
0 °C to 1 °C
Blueberries and raspberries lose shelf life by the hour if field heat is not pulled within 90 minutes of picking, and they bruise under aggressive airflow.
Cut Flowers
1 °C to 4 °C (tropicals 8–12 °C)
Flowers are ethylene-sensitive, dehydrate quickly and are usually stored alongside produce that emits exactly the gas that kills them.
Pharmaceutical & Vaccines
2 °C to 8 °C, −20 °C and −70 °C options
Regulated storage has no tolerance for excursions — every minute out of band must be logged, alarmed and explainable to an auditor.
How a project runs
Assess → design → fabricate → install → commission → maintain
01. Site assessment
We measure the site, product volumes and peak-season ambient, then confirm the real heat load.
02. Design & quote
Layout drawings, plant selection and a line-item quote with no hidden scope.
03. Fabrication
Panels, racks and control panels prepared before we mobilise, minimising site time.
04. Installation
Envelope, plant, piping and electrical installed by our own teams, phased around production.
05. Commissioning
Pull-down tests, calibration, alarm testing and operator handover with as-built docs.
06. Maintenance
Scheduled servicing and 24/7 emergency cover keep the plant inside spec for its full life.
Capability
Specification highlights
Typical operating envelope across our installed base. Anything outside it, ask — we engineer to requirement.
| Temperature range | +15 °C ambient pack to −35 °C blast freeze |
|---|---|
| Panel thickness | 50 / 75 / 100 / 150 / 200 mm PIR, PUR or EPS |
| Chamber sizes | 9 m² single chiller to 8 000 m² multi-chamber facility |
| Refrigerants | R404A, R507, R449A, R134a, NH₃, CO₂ |
| Controls | PLC, remote monitoring, alarm escalation, logging |
| Response | 24/7 emergency callout, 365 days a year |
Coverage
Installing and servicing across all nine provinces
Head office and workshop in Pretoria North, with installation crews travelling to sites nationwide and into SADC.
Gauteng
South Africa's distribution heartland — high-turnover cold stores, food distribution hubs and pharmaceutical logistics.
Limpopo
Subtropical fruit, citrus, avocado, mango and macadamia country with long summer ambient loads.
Mpumalanga
Citrus, subtropical fruit and vegetable production with high-humidity lowveld conditions.
Western Cape
Deciduous fruit, table grapes, wine and export packhouses feeding Cape Town harbour.
KwaZulu-Natal
Sugar, subtropical produce, poultry and Durban port cold chain logistics.
Eastern Cape
Sundays River and Gamtoos citrus, dairy and red meat processing.
Free State
Grain, potato, cherry and red meat cold storage across the central plateau.
North West
Vegetable, citrus, groundnut and livestock cold chain in a hot, dry climate.
Northern Cape
Table grapes, dates and raisins under extreme summer ambient temperatures.
FAQ
Common questions
Where does Reyds operate?
We are based at 386 Eeufees Street, Pretoria North, and install and service projects nationally across all nine provinces, as well as into neighbouring SADC countries.
Do you build the whole packhouse or only the refrigeration?
Both. We take turnkey contracts covering structure, insulated envelope, refrigeration plant, electrical and controls — or supply only the cold room or plant scope if you already have a builder.
How fast can you respond to a breakdown?
Our emergency line is answered 24/7. Gauteng callouts are usually same-day, and maintenance contract clients get priority dispatch nationally.
Can you work around our harvest season?
Yes — installation windows are planned around your packing calendar, and phased work keeps existing chambers running while new capacity is built.
Get started
Request a quote or site assessment
Tell us what you need cooled and where. We respond with a scoped quote, and for emergencies we dispatch straight away.
- Phone / WhatsApp
- 069 268 0988
- info@reyds.co.za
- Workshop
- 386 Eeufees Street, Pretoria North, Gauteng
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00, Sat 08:00–13:00. 24/7 emergency breakdown line.