Peru
Industrial cooling and ventilation in Piura
The far north of Peru works to a harvest calendar and a shipping calendar at the same time. Mango, banana, grape and lime packhouses around Sullana and Catacaos run flat out from November through March, exactly when the desert is at its hottest, and the Paita port and free zone handle the fruit, the fishmeal and the canning output leaving the region. Talara on the coast north of Paita adds refinery and oilfield service workshops, while ethanol plants irrigated from the Chira valley run through the whole year. The heat here is dry heat, quite unlike Lima four hundred kilometres to the south, and that single difference rewrites the equipment list. A ducted evaporative cooler placed over a grading line or a workshop bay drops supply air substantially for the cost of a fan motor and water, which is why the north is the strongest evaporative market in the country.
Piura climate — the honest version
Piura is the hottest part of Peru, the northern desert reaching 35–38 °C from December through April under relative humidity that commonly falls to 30 percent or lower away from the shoreline, which gives evaporative cooling one of the widest wet bulb depressions available anywhere on the continent.
Paita takes cargo from Nhava Sheva in 35 to 45 days with transhipment, and Sullana, Catacaos and the Piura industrial zone all lie within an hour of the terminal by road.
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Complete range supplied here
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Every model available to order
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Production lead time
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The complete range
All six Ayzair families, supplied in Piura.
Every product we make is available in Piura. They are ordered by how well each one suits the local climate and the industries here, but nothing is off the list.
Where we supply
Industrial areas of Piura.
Who buys here
Industries in Piura.
- Mango, banana and grape packing
- Fishmeal and fish canning
- Oilfield and refinery services
- Ethanol and sugar production
- Cold chain and export logistics
- Packaging and light engineering
Worth knowing locally
- The northern grid supplies 220 V and 380 V at 60 Hz, and because each motor is manufactured against the order, the 60 Hz rating forms part of the specification rather than a field adjustment afterwards.
- Goods clear SUNAT at Paita, and consignments routed into the Paita free zone can sit with duties suspended until the buyer moves them inland, an option several agro exporters use to phase payment across a season.
- Desert dust rather than damp is the maintenance issue here, so pad faces, fan guards and motor cooling fins need a scheduled blow down, particularly through the windy months either side of the harvest.
Piura enquiry
Get a proforma invoice for Piura.
Tell us the building — area, roof height and what happens inside — or name the models and quantities you already know you need. You will get USD pricing, your Incoterm, a container loading plan and a confirmed lead time within one working day.
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Answers
Supplying Piura — common questions
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Ask on WhatsAppIs Piura the best evaporative market in Peru?
On climate alone, yes. Summer afternoons reach 35 to 38 °C with humidity often at or below thirty percent, which is the widest wet bulb depression in the country and close to what Gulf buyers work with. A ducted unit here returns a large and measurable drop rather than the marginal effect the same machine would give in Lima.
What suits a mango packhouse through the season?
Ducted coolers over grading, sorting and packing lines hold the working area well below outside temperature during the November to March rush, with Hammer extractors clearing the heat that builds beneath a metal roof. Fruit destined for cold storage is untouched, because the cooler tempers the ambient hall rather than the refrigerated rooms.
Does northern cargo have to come through Callao?
No. Paita takes its own international calls, so buyers in the north avoid the long haul down and back up the Pan American. Transit from Nhava Sheva is 35 to 45 days with transhipment, and Sullana, Catacaos and the Piura industrial zone are inside an hour of the port once the container has been released.
Nearby
Also supplied across Peru.
Next step
Shipping to Piura?
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