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Strong 2021 start for distribution heavyweight
Darryl Smith, managing director, AUK Distribution reveals how the company evolved and where it is going
Who you are to the UK HVAC market? AUK Distribution was f
team of Airwell UK. Wh
Conditioning. as Airwell, CLINT, Mon and now offers a wide
formed in 2009 by the former management hilst AUK started life as a dedicated
distributor of Airwell Group products, it has since evolved
ntair, Fujitsu, LG and Systemair Air range of products from brands such
Describe the range of products you supply? AUK can offer a vast ra
ange of products from a 2kW plug in portable
unit to a 2mW and above chiller. We offer split and multi sp heat recovery ventilation, air to water heat pumps, air coole chillers, condensing un and fan coil units. As at
plit systems VRF, , ed and water cooled
nits, packaged rooftop units, close co ntrol systems a radeonlydistributorandalongstanding member of
REFCOM, we only offer our products to F Gas registered HVAC professionals.
Which of your products/services are in demand? We have a number of p
products always in high demand. The
compact water cooled split system is ideal for residential a commercial applications when conventional air cooled split installed. Our CLINT ch
and technical assistance, as well as our next day delivery o received by our customers.
enicheAirwell and small
hiller range is also popular and now a
tsystemscannotbe available with many
options for LOW GWP refrigerants such as R452B, R454B, R513A and R1234ze. We offer both pre an
nd post sales services for system des
option which is well sign, commissioning
What modern day HVAC challenges do you face? The HVAC industry hasy yg ment with changes
salwaysbeenafastmovingenvironm
even exceed legislative partner suppliers who
The current conflict
of designing to meet multiple legisla eandcustomerdemands. can offer industry leading technolog
g to energy and environmental legislation. AUK prides itself on working with
ations means that ies to match and
asinglesolu efficient is n
no longer a good enough reason on its ution is no longer adequate. Just beca
to meet refrigerant concentration levels, targets impact and fl The ability to
important consideration.
Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your operations and how do you plan to bounce back?
has undoubt 2020, and 20 AUK. Howev Last year wa
tedly demonstrated what an essentia 021 has seen a strong start which ho ver, we started to see signs of recove as undoubtedly a challenging year fo
al industry we are and has opefully will continue. It ry towards the end of rmanybusinesses,including
Do you have any other future plans? This year will be an exciting year for us as it sees
with renewa T
flammability restrictions for specific ochoosemultipleconfigurationsofa
single product is now an building applications. for reducing environmental
sowntobeselected.Itneeds ause a product is deemed
longer a good enough reason on product is deemed efficient is no longer adequate. Just because a means that a single solution is no to meet multiple legislations The current conflict of designing
e current confli its own to be selected.
o meet multiple legislations means that a si longer adequat product is deem longer a good e ts own to be sel
Darryl Smith, AUK MD
sourpartnership ables experts SECON strengthened. The businesses are working
closer than ever before, and now we can offer a vast range of products to both the HVAC / air conditioning and heating renewables sectors.
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March 2021
March 2021
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