# Colruyt Group opens meat processing facility with ammonia heat pump

Colruyt Group opened a new meat processing facility in Buizingen, Belgium in September 2016. The facility uses a 1 MW ammonia heat pump for HVAC&R, chosen over a CHP plant for energy efficiency.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2016-09-01
- Where: Buizingen, Belgium, Belgium
- Starts operating: Sep 2016
- Status: completed
- Products: meat processing, ammonia heat pump
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md), [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Colruyt Group](https://endata.com/companies/21724.md)

## Sources

- [archive.ammonia21.com](https://archive.ammonia21.com/articles/7685/colruyt_puts_ammonia_at_heart_of_new_factory), 2017-06-15: "The heat pump that is installed here is 1 MW."

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