.png){kind=small}
About Us
A Growing Family Business
Serving Hamilton, Ontario & Area
We have been proudly serving the Hamilton area since 1938 when Ivan Fox began selling supplies to butchers, such as blocks, slicers, grinders, and saws.
​
Fred Gose emigrated from Germany with a great deal of refrigeration experience when he started working for Ivan. When Ivan decided to retire in 1970, he gave Fred the opportunity to purchase the company.
​
Over the years, Fred expanded the business to include refrigeration equipment such as deli, dairy, produce, and fresh meat refrigerated cases, flower coolers, reach-in and walk-in coolers/freezers, chillers, blast freezers, customized freezers, custom storage rooms and ice machines (for supermarkets, processing plants, warehouses, plaza strip malls and shopping centers). As a teenager during summers off from school, Harry worked at the family owned and operated company, as did his mother. He joined the business full-time in 1974, after earning his certification as an inter-provincial HVAC mechanic.
​
In 1998, Harry purchased the company. Although Fred is no longer with us, his presence is still very prevalent. “I learned a lot from him and the success he had in the business. It’s given me the same type of drive that he had. I’ve seen what he did and wanted to continue that, but also do some things a little differently,” says Harry.
From Refrigeration to Heating & Cooling
Harry introduced heating and cooling systems into the corporate mix to make the business operate year-round. This added about 30 percent of more work to the business. Fox’s commercial/industrial heating/cooling systems include three ton to 60-ton rooftop heating/cooling units, split systems, air conditioning, infrared heating systems, unit heaters, boilers, furnaces, air purification systems, air cleaner systems, ventilation, and exhaust systems and fans.
For Every Commercial Need
Our company is well equipped and qualified to handle any type of refrigeration and ventilation service or installation a client may require. All of our technicians are trained and experienced in a wide range of HVAC systems. No job is too large or small. Whatever the customer needs, we have the service department to do the job effectively and efficiently. We also offer 24-hour emergency service, 7 days a week.
Committed to Customer Needs
That strong commitment to looking after customers to the best of our ability is what keeps the Fox name in the forefront, and the reason we receive many referrals. “Word-of-mouth is the best form of advertising in our business, most of my new customers are referrals.” Harry can fix anything that’s refrigeration and never backs away from a challenge.
Store Planning & Preventative Maintenance Service
Fox Refrigeration, a non-union company, offering clients store planning as well as an extensive preventative maintenance program. We strongly advocate maintenance and the majority of our customers have contracts with us. Refrigeration costs a lot of money to operate, if the equipment is maintained properly it will result in a phenomenal amount of energy savings. We recommend every six months for commercial refrigeration, and every three months for heating and air conditioning.
Fox Refrigeration
Our Team
Fox Refrigeration’s staff are qualified individuals who are concerned about our customers and any problems they may encounter. They are also very adept at the electrical parts of the work and that’s important in this business. Having knowledge of electrical systems is very important because if you can’t troubleshoot the electrical, then you can’t fix have the problems you may encounter.
List of Services
Commercial
Commercial Heating and Cooling Services
-
Package Rooftop Units
-
Splits Heating and Cooling Systems
-
Ductless Heat-pumps
-
Natural Gas lines
-
Exhaust Systems
Heating, Cooling and Refrigeration Preventative Maintenance
Emergency Heating and Cooling Service – 24hrs/7 Days
Commercial Refrigeration
-
Walk-in coolers
-
Walk-in Freezer
-
Reach-in Coolers
-
Reach-in Freezers
-
Blast Freezers
Emergency Refrigeration Service - 24hrs / 7 Days
Refrigerated Chillers
Ice Rink Chillers
Ice Machines