Godrej donates advanced medical refrigerators to safeguard Covid-19 vaccines

~Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai received specialized Godrej Vaccine Refrigerators and Godrej Medical Freezers to safely store covid-19 vaccines.

Chennai, 27 April 2021: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, announced recently that its business, Godrej Appliances, one of India’s leading consumer durables company, has donated specialized 225-litre vaccine refrigerators and 200-litre medical freezers to the Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai to strengthen their preparedness towards tackling the covid immunization drive.

Godrej has been partnering the ongoing covid vaccination drive by the government, with its made in India, advanced cold storage solutions for vaccines and life-saving supplies.

The fifteen units of vaccines refrigerators and five units of medical freezers were recently handed over to the Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai in a formal ceremony. Mr. A. M. Visvanathan, Executive Vice President – Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. handed over the units to Dr J. Radhakrishnan IAS., Principal Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, in the presence of Mr. Junaid Babu, Zonal Business Head – Godrej Appliances.

This was part of the Godrej & Boyce’s COVID Outreach initiative, under which the brand is donating 40 units of advanced medical refrigerators to various hospitals and public health centres pan India. Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the diversified Godrej group, is widely known for its commitment towards nation building and society.

About Godrej Appliances
Godrej Appliances, a business unit of Godrej & Boyce, is one of the leading Home Appliances players in India. Godrej & Boyce was the first Indian Company in 1958 to manufacture Refrigerators and since then Godrej Appliances has expanded its portfolio across many other categories like Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Microwave Ovens, futuristic Thermo-electric cooling solutions, Air Coolers, Deep Freezers, highly specialized Medical Refrigerators and more recently, UVC Technology-Based Disinfecting devices and Dishwashers, all powered by the driving philosophy of 'Things made thoughtfully’.

This thought extends from human-centric design to planet centric design. Environment is a core value at Godrej. Both manufacturing units of Godrej Appliances became the first in the country to win the coveted Platinum Plus Green Co certification for their pioneering green manufacturing practices.

The brand takes pride in not just its carefully designed products and environment-friendly technologies, but also best in class after-sales service delivered through over 680 service centers and more than 4500 SmartBuddy service experts spread all over the country.

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