AKO Group

Commercial and industrial refrigeration

AKO Group manufactures control, monitoring, and safety solutions for commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. Its catalog includes controllers for cold rooms and refrigeration services, electronic control panels, thermometers and programmable thermostats, temperature- and humidity-monitoring systems, gas-leak detection, man-down alarms, and heating cable for refrigeration installations. It also offers the AKONET.Cloud monitoring and control platform and connectivity for cold rooms and refrigeration services.

Markets served

• Commercial refrigeration: supermarkets and hypermarkets, convenience stores, pharmacies, and food service.
• Industrial refrigeration: food and pharmaceutical industries.
• Temperature-controlled logistics: transportation of food and pharmaceutical products.

Featured solutions

• Cold-chain monitoring and management.
• Energy efficiency: according to the company, its AKOCORE smart control with Self-Drive® technology can reduce a refrigeration system’s electricity use by up to 13%.
• Refrigerant reduction and monitoring: its detection systems are designed to prevent up to 95% of leaks, while maintaining the correct refrigerant level can reduce electricity use by up to 40%.
• Temperature and humidity regulation and control.
• Facility safety through leak detection and man-down alarms.
• MES solutions for low-voltage energy control and distribution.

Products and in-house brands

AKO Group sells the AKOCORE, AKOPRO, AKOCONTROL, AKODATA, AKOGAS, AKOSECURE, AKONECT, AKONET.Cloud, AKOALARM, CAMREGIS, and AKOCABLE product lines.

Locations and presence

Its headquarters are at Av. Roquetes, 30/38, 08812 Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain. The company also has an international subsidiary in Mexico City, AKO Electromecánica México, S.A. de C.V., and regional offices serving EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), Asia and the Pacific, and North and Latin America. In Spain, its sales offices cover the northeast, east, northwest, central, southern, and northern regions.

Contact

• Headquarters: +34 938 142 700, ako@ako.com
• Customer service and technical support: +34 938 115 800, sac@ako.com
• EMEA office: emea@ako.com
• North and Latin America office: nhla@ako.com
• Northeast office: nordeste@ako.com
• East office: levante@ako.com
• Northwest office: noroeste@ako.com

Other information

AKO Group has participated in the ICEX Next program with support from ICEX and co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The company is working with the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Sant Pere de Ribes City Council on the FRED-HUB project, and Serveo selected it as a technology partner to monitor food temperatures in real time using 5G IoT technology.