According to Mark Whalen, president of Victory Refrigeration, as well as Aga Foodservice Equipment, Victory entered the 2007 NAFEM Show on somewhat of a roll. "We have good relationships and really good momentum with the Victory brand," he related. "That brought a lot of people into our booth to see Victory's products. Once again, our message of being a green company, an ENERGY STAR® leader, is really registering now in the market."

    For those who made it to the company's booth during the NAFEM Show, which was held from October 11 to October 13 in Atlanta, Victory did its part to live up to the axiom, "If it's new, it's at NAFEM," by showcasing two product lines that were introduced earlier this year, as well as an enhanced control panel for its blast chiller units.

    In an area devoted to new products, Victory displayed its glass door merchandisers and back bar line, both of which were rolled out  just before this year's NRA Show.

    While the glass door units were well received at the show, they are somewhat a niche product for Victory, Whalen said. The back bar line, however, "is going to be a hit for us," he asserted.

    "Our target with the back bar line was to be price-competitive with the commodity guys out there, but we also were sure to engineer in the dimensions and elegant design that fits the spec market," he explained. "Victory's back bar models are very attractive, and we got a chance at the show to display the benefits of these products, such as energy efficiency and the ability to be built into a bar without a loss of service accessibility."

    In addition to its newest products, Victory also introduced a new controller for its blast chillers. This updated control panel, said Whalen, offers simplicity of operation similar to Victory's previous control panel, but also now provides a gateway that can be used for data acquisition and to set up real-time alarms. "These are all the features specifiers and operators look for in NAFEM Data Protocol-compliant blast chillers like Victory's," Whalen said.

   

For more information on ENERGY STAR-qualified Victory models, visit Victory's web site at www.victory-refrig.com