The only category where automation pays double: reduce cold-room labor risk and shrink your refrigerated building footprint. Econocontrol sources and delivers complete cold-rated AS/RS systems — mechanical racking, shuttle carriers, drives, and sensors — all rated for -18°C to -25°C deep-freeze operation.
Working in -18°C to -25°C environments causes frostbite risk, high turnover, and regulatory pressure. Automated AS/RS limits human time in the cold room to maintenance tasks only — reducing cold exposure by 80–95%.
Cold room worker turnover: 30–60% annually. Automation eliminates the root cause.
High-density AS/RS racking reduces the refrigerated building volume by 40–60% vs conventional wide-aisle forklift storage — directly cutting refrigeration capital and energy costs. Fewer door openings maintain stable cold-room temperature.
Energy savings of 20–40% vs conventional cold storage layout.
Cold chain automation systems command 1.5–2× the selling margin of ambient warehouse automation due to engineering complexity, cold-rating requirements, and the smaller global pool of qualified suppliers. Premium positioning with fewer competitors.
Cold chain ASRS margin: 1.5–2× vs equivalent ambient system.
Unlike buying mechanical systems and electrical components from separate vendors, Econocontrol provides the complete cold-rated package — eliminating compatibility gaps and single-source accountability for cold-chain projects.
Mechanical AS/RS — -25°C certified
VFDs, motors, enclosures for cold ambient
Position, presence, and safety detection at -25°C
Cold chain inventory control + FEFO management
-18°C DCs for meat, seafood, dairy, bakery, and prepared meals. FEFO-managed ASRS with direct integration to order management and outbound staging.
-20°C to -25°C for vaccines, biologics, and temperature-sensitive APIs. GMP-compliant ASRS with full audit trail, temperature logging, and FEFO management.
Multi-client cold chain 3PL facilities. High-density ASRS enables accepting more pallet positions in the same refrigerated footprint — maximizing revenue per m³ of cold space.
Frozen and chilled product DCs serving supermarket networks across CIS, Middle East, and Southeast Asia — markets with rapidly growing modern retail and cold chain infrastructure demand.
Pallets enter the cold room via cold-rated roller or chain conveyor. Barcode scanner reads pallet ID and assigns a storage location via WCS.
The 4-way shuttle or stack crane collects the pallet from the conveyor and travels to the assigned rack position, depositing it automatically.
On outbound order, WCS identifies the correct FEFO pallet, directs the shuttle/crane to retrieve it, and delivers to the outbound conveyor — FEFO guaranteed.
Pallets accumulate at the cold dock staging area. Workers load outbound vehicles from the warm staging zone — minimizing cold room access time.
"Econocontrol supplied us with a complete -20°C rated pallet shuttle system including Control Techniques drives and SICK sensors for a frozen food DC in Uzbekistan. Single-source procurement made the project much simpler to manage."
— Supply Chain Manager, Tashkent Cold Chain DC
"We were struggling to find a supplier who understood both the mechanical ASRS and the cold-rated electrical requirements. Econocontrol's technical team configured a complete -25°C stack crane package for our pharma cold warehouse in UAE."
— Operations Director, Dubai Pharma Logistics
Tell us your cold room dimensions, pallet count, throughput requirement, and temperature setpoint. We'll respond with a complete cold-rated system quotation within 24 hours — mechanical, drives, and sensors in one package.