Cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain with uninterrupted storage and distribution activities. Cold chains maintain a given temperature range. The cold chain market operations that are meant to ensure and extend the shelf life of fresh agricultural produce, seafood, frozen food, photographic film, chemicals, and pharmaceutical drugs are expected to rapidly increase. This rapid increase is due to the growing demand from the consumers resulting from the changing lifestyles and growing advanced technologies.  For instance, the global demand for frozen food has continued to increase, driven by the convenience for consumers. The meat segment has accounted for the largest share of the frozen food market, followed by frozen fruits, vegetables, etc.  With the increasing demand for frozen food products and the presence of highly competitive market with low margins, most of the food processors, distributors, and retailers are shifting from the manually operated obsolete facilities to the high bay deep-freeze warehouses where refrigerants are widely employed.  Moreover, the expansion of food retail chains by the multinational companies and the growth in international trade (due to trade liberalization) have led to an increase in the demand for the cold chain processes, which in turn, increase the demand for refrigerants worldwide.

1. INTRODUCTION

2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 

3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4. MARKET INSIGHTS

5. MARKET SEGMENTATION

6. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

7. MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS

8. DISCLAIMER