A Cincinnati company has moved to the front lines of the effort to distribute the COVID vaccine across the globe because of a unique product they make in Evendale – a freezer.“Normally, our business is onesie or twosie orders. We’re getting orders for 50, 40, 210…” said So-Low Environmental Equipment Vice President Dan Hensler.The freezers So-Low makes aren’t exactly the kind in most kitchens.The So-Low freezers reach temperatures of -91 Celsius or -130 Fahrenheit.The freezers have skyrocketed in demand because the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -70 Celsius or -94 Fahrenheit. This week, Pfizer announced its vaccine tested 90% effective against COVID in trials. “No one in the United States has the capacity. There’s a worldwide shortage of freezers,” Hensler said.So-Low has about 50 employees who have been working overtime and on Saturdays to keep up with demand.The family-owned company was founded in 1959 on a site near where Riverfront Stadium would later be built.The 95-year-old founder still reports to work daily.Hensley recognized that it’s not every day that a company making freezers steps into the national spotlight for an effort that can help the nation.“No, but we’re glad that we can help,” Hensley said.
CINCINNATI —
A Cincinnati company has moved to the front lines of the effort to distribute the COVID vaccine across the globe because of a unique product they make in Evendale – a freezer.
“Normally, our business is onesie or twosie orders. We’re getting orders for 50, 40, 210…” said So-Low Environmental Equipment Vice President Dan Hensler.
The freezers So-Low makes aren’t exactly the kind in most kitchens.
The So-Low freezers reach temperatures of -91 Celsius or -130 Fahrenheit.
The freezers have skyrocketed in demand because the Pfizer vaccine must be kept at -70 Celsius or -94 Fahrenheit. This week, Pfizer announced its vaccine tested 90% effective against COVID in trials.
“No one in the United States has the capacity. There’s a worldwide shortage of freezers,” Hensler said.
So-Low has about 50 employees who have been working overtime and on Saturdays to keep up with demand.
The family-owned company was founded in 1959 on a site near where Riverfront Stadium would later be built.
The 95-year-old founder still reports to work daily.
Hensley recognized that it’s not every day that a company making freezers steps into the national spotlight for an effort that can help the nation.
“No, but we’re glad that we can help,” Hensley said.
