ECOOLTEC Grosskopf GmbH has announced the appointment of Klaas Kliffen as Sales Director Benelux. In his new role, Kliffen will oversee sales activities in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, while also establishing service structures and supporting local body builders. The region is considered highly strategic for ECOOLTEC due to the presence of numerous zero-emission zones that require completely emission-free transport solutions.
Kliffen brings 15 years of experience in the transport refrigeration sector and aims to address growing demand for systems that are both electrically powered and free from synthetic refrigerants. According to the company, ECOOLTEC currently offers the only fully electric transport refrigeration units for heavy-duty commercial vehicles that rely exclusively on natural refrigerants—CO2 (R744) and propene (R1270)—which have negligible global warming potential (GWP) and do not emit PFAS.
ECOOLTEC’s systems can operate via the truck engine’s alternator, a battery, or a separate alternator, eliminating the need for an integrated diesel engine. In battery mode, the units produce no local pollutants or CO2 emissions, and emissions are reduced by up to 98% when powered via the alternator compared to conventional diesel refrigeration systems. The use of natural refrigerants also enhances energy efficiency, resulting in up to 60% less fuel consumption and 80% lower CO2 emissions for the same cooling capacity.
“Customers in the Benelux region value environmental, climate and health protection highly,” said Klaas Kliffen. “The F-Gas Regulation is causing a shortage of synthetic refrigerants available in the EU, which is driving up their prices. ECOOLTEC’s transport refrigeration units are reliable in the long term thanks to the exclusive use of natural refrigerants.”
Henning Altebäumer, CEO of ECOOLTEC, added: “The Benelux market offers ECOOLTEC enormous growth potential. More than half of all refrigerated vehicles there are used in food distribution and have multi-temperature box bodies. Our economically efficient and powerful transport refrigeration units are particularly well suited for this demanding application and ideal for a combination with electric trucks.”