what we do...
is an innovative, award-winning technology company focused on improving energy and temperature performance in retail refrigeration. We work in partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering in our design, modelling and testing of new technology, and with our OEM and retail clients in delivery of bespoke solutions for commercialisation.
We pioneered shelf-edge technology for the retail sector in 2013. Our patented Aerofoil is the only shelf-edge product to marry class-leading performance with a customer-friendly, single profiled blade and ticket-strip. It's why many of the UK’s largest grocers have specified Aerofoils over other non-aerofoil products.
Our Vortex technology works in harmony with the Aerofoil by addressing other inefficiencies in the flow of cold air in and around the cabinet. Vortex boosts energy and temperature performance to levels comparable with glass doors, yet without the cost and maintenance overheads.
We manufacture our products in Britain, and our installation contractors have teams of Aerofoil-trained technicians distributed throughout the UK. With over 2,500 pristine store installations under our belt, we are experts at what we do.
aerofoil and vortex technologies...
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reduce cold air spill and cold-aisle syndrome
- improve energy efficiency by as much as 56%
- improve product temperatures, reducing shrinkage and food waste
- can be retro-fitted in situ or specified for new-build
- provide a barrier-free and cheaper alternative to glass doors
- use 100% recycled aluminium
what everyone's saying...
We're excited to be collaborating with Aerofoil Energy to reduce the energy consumption and environmental footprint of our stores. This technology will also help us offer a better shopping experience for customers by improving the temperature in our aisles.
Ian Moore - Head of Store Development at Marks and Spencer
Sainsbury's annual electricity bill is in the hundreds of millions of pounds, and refrigeration accounts for about half of that. Fitting the aerofoils is reducing the chain's refrigeration costs by up to 15%
Paul Crewe - Sainsbury's Head of Sustainability
Like all the Walmart family, we're committed to lowering our energy use... The rollout of Aerofoils will significantly help us in achieving this target, as well as improving the shopping experience for our customers
Brian Churchyard - Senior Manager for Construction Design Standards, Asda
Fitting Aerofoils across our retail estate will make a major contribution to our corporate responsibility programme, most importantly by lowering our energy consumption and related emissions, but also by improving product quality and reducing product waste.
Clare Meehan - Head of Stores and Supply Chain Finance, WHSmith
...we were impressed by the robustness and customer-friendly aesthetics [of Aerofoils], in addition to their energy performance
Derek Wilson - Operations Director, Impact Shopfitting
Aerofoils are central to our sustainability agenda for the UK and internationally. The technology also brings improvements to product temperatures, which will help us reduce shrinkage and food waste, another key component of our environmental strategy.
Sukh Tiwana - Group Commercial Director, SSP
Supermarket chains potentially save around £100 million a year... Around 260 million kg of CO2 are saved annually... On the global stage, this UK product has the potential to make a massive impact in terms of energy usage and lower carbon footprint
Dr. Dame Sue Ion DBE FREng FRS - Chair, MacRobert Award Judging Panel
By lowering our energy consumption, Aerofoils will make a significant contribution to our target reduction in gross emissions of 30% by 2020. Aerofoils are therefore a major component in our corporate environmental strategy.
David Greenshields - Development Project Manager, ScotMid Cooperative
Aerofoils help the airflow around Formula One cars and improve their performance - and that's exactly how they help the fridges in our stores... by keeping the cold air in. This Formula One inspired innovation has already shown it can cut carbon produced by major refrigerators
John Skelton - Sainsbury's Head of Refrigeration
our latest news...
Aerofoil Energy announces results for the year to Nov 2018
2018 was a year of exceptional achievement for Aerofoil Energy, operationally and financially, and provides a springboard for our continued rapid growth in the current year...
Sainsbury's roll-out: mission accomplished!
Aerofoil Energy today installed the final Aerofoil in its roll-out across Sainsbury's estate...
WHSmith chooses F1-inspired Aerofoils to save energy and reduce its carbon footprint
Leading high street brand WHSmith has chosen to fit Aerofoils to its open-fronted refrigerators in more than 430 of its travel stores...