Commercial refrigeration display cabinets use the principle of air compression to reduce the temperature inside the display cabinet and control its temperature. According to their different purposes, commercial refrigerated display cabinets are mainly divided into five categories: refrigerated cabinets, freezers, refrigerated display cabinets, and frozen display cabinets. Mainly used in industries such as ice cream, frozen food, beer, low-temperature dairy products, water, and beverages. Unlike ordinary household refrigerators and freezers, commercial display cabinets not only have more professional food freezing and refrigeration functions, but also serve as important carriers for food manufacturers to establish their brands and showcase their products, and are important channels for product sales.


The commercial refrigeration display cabinet industry may seem traditional, but it actually has a vast market space. In terms of the international market, the demand for commercial refrigeration display cabinets in economically developed regions is cyclical, with large and stable scales. The retention rate of commercial refrigeration display cabinets in developing countries and regions is relatively low, and there is a high demand for first-time purchases, resulting in a large overall market capacity. The countries with rapid development in the foreign commercial refrigeration display cabinet industry mainly include Japan, the United States, Finland, Canada, etc. According to statistical research, the global market growth rate of commercial display cabinets remains at around 5%. In terms of the domestic market, with the upgrading of consumption in the Chinese market and the gradual cracking of the urban-rural dual structure, as well as people's increasing attention to food preservation and safety issues, various large supermarkets, hotels, business restaurants, entertainment clubs and other commercial service venues have rapidly emerged. They are no longer satisfied with the development of big cities and have begun to expand their business to a large number of small and medium-sized cities, with strong demand for first-time purchases; On the other hand, the earlier batch of commercial refrigeration display cabinets are gradually aging and entering a period of replacement, with huge demand space waiting to be filled.

Cold drinks and food products are subject to seasonal changes, leading to a demand for updating commercial refrigeration display cabinets for 3-5 years. In recent years, residents' consumption psychology and behavior towards cold drinks have been changing, shifting from heatstroke prevention and cooling consumption to leisure and enjoyment consumption. China's cold drink consumption is in a period of rapid development. However, compared with the world's per capita consumption of cold drinks, China's per capita consumption of cold drinks is still at a relatively low level, indicating a huge potential for the development of China's cold drink consumption market. The transformation of consumer awareness and the surge in consumption capacity among Chinese residents will become a huge opportunity for cold drink enterprises.

Cold chain logistics refers to a special supply chain system that combines cold chain and logistics technology. Refers to the professional logistics form in which the various circulation links of refrigerated and frozen products from the place of origin to the consumer terminal are all placed under controlled low temperature to ensure the minimum decrease in product quality.

More than 35 cold chain related strategies and plans were introduced throughout 2018. In July 2019, the shortcomings of urban and rural cold chain logistics were first included in the meeting of the Central Political Bureau. Cold chain logistics is a crucial requirement in the transportation of food, especially for farm products, but there are obvious shortcomings in China. The comprehensive cold chain circulation rate of perishable foods in developed countries is over 85%, with some countries reaching as high as 95% -98%. Taking fruits and vegetables as an example, according to the data released by the 2018 China Cold Storage Transportation Development Symposium, the cold chain circulation rate of fruits and vegetables in China is only 22%, with a loss rate of 25% -35%, and an annual direct economic loss of over 70 billion yuan.

Intelligent retail is a retail model based on cloud technology to record consumer consumption data, analyze consumption data to meet the personalized needs of different consumers, and greatly reduce labor costs. The smart market has successfully attracted various capital, such as Amazon's launch of unmanned convenience store Amazon Go, Alibaba's launch of unmanned store "Taobao Coffee" experience, unmanned shelf Guoxiaomei entering nearly 100 cities, JD Home's launch of smart containers, and so on.

With the diversification of food, the development of commercial refrigeration display cabinets requires targeted research and development to meet the needs of different application fields. In other application fields, with the continuous update of refrigeration technology, the application of commercial display cabinets in the field of biomedicine will continue to be popularized, and even extend to fields such as biomedicine, microelectronics technology, and new materials.

Due to the impact of the epidemic, residents' travel frequency has significantly decreased. In order to maintain normal life, there has been a temporary increase in the purchase of frozen food and fresh products. At the same time, with the rise in pork prices, end sellers have placed more frozen and meat products in commercial refrigeration display cabinets to reduce losses and maintain sufficient inventory. In the short term, the commercial refrigeration display cabinet market has achieved rapid growth.

The global scale exceeds 50 billion yuan, and the domestic market of billions is expected to reach 18.46 million commercial refrigerated display cabinets and 5.44 million commercial refrigerated display cabinets by 2020. Calculated at an average price of 2000 yuan per unit, the global scale exceeds 50 billion yuan. In 2015, China's commercial display cabinets reached 2.6 million units, with a growth rate of 17.65%. It is expected that by 2020, the market size of commercial display cabinets in China will reach 5.1 million units, with a compound annual growth rate of 14.42%. Based on the average price of commercial display cabinets at 2000 yuan and a sales volume of 4.44 million units, the domestic market size is 9 billion yuan.

Commercial refrigeration display cabinets are a product of the market economy, and with the development and growth of major beverage, ice cream, and frozen food manufacturers, their market size is constantly expanding. Against the backdrop of rapid economic development in our country, the popularity of commercial display cabinets is increasing, and their future development will be towards greater intelligence, energy conservation, environmental protection, and diversification.