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DISTRIBUTING RELIABLE POWER FOR

AN INTERNATIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTOR

THE NEW CAT C18 POWER DENSITY GENERATOR SET
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Jerónimo Martins is the
biggest food distribution
company in Portugal

Jerónimo Martins is the biggest food distribution
company in Portugal and supplies more
than 483 of its own supermarkets across the
country through about 11 distribution centers.

Because so many people rely on their grocery stores The units work in parallel with one another. This means the
– and as the result of Portuguese legislation – the system will start both generators, synchronize the two and,
company has back-up electrical power sources to keep automatically decide whether it’s necessary to run one or
operations steady should there be a power grid failure. both gensets. Overall, the system can run on just 10 percent
of its capacity, which saves fuel, emissions and money.
“More than half of the generator sets Jerónimo Martins uses
are Cat equipment,” said Oscar Manuel Oliveira, Power “What impresses us most is the cost-benefit ratio of this new
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Systems Product Manager with Cat dealer STET (Sociedade model – high performance at a reduced cost. And, thanks to
Técnica de Equipamentos e Tractores). “Most recently are two thorough planning, they were installed smoothly and in a short
C18s that were installed at the Pingo Doce grocery store in the time,” added Francisco Meireles, General Manager for Gesfuste,
city of Póvoa do Varzim. These are the first two C18 Power which oversees facilities management for Jerónimo Martins.
Density gensets produced in EAME with new and enhanced
technology that helps each produce 850 kVA.” Designed to For Oscar, having Jerónimo Martins operate Cat equipment is
automatically start, the generators can keep the power on more than just choosing a complete solution, it’s about fostering
for more than 20 hours without needing to be refueled. a partnership. “We are extremely proud of our long-term
relationship. We have performed many installations and have
The C18s have an impressive new feature, as Oscar explains. customer service agreements for all their gensets, both Cat and
“It’s called Selective Cylinder Cutout (SCC). When the non-Cat. That says a lot about how much trust they put in us.”
generators start, they detect what kind of load they need to
compensate for. If the load is low enough, the system cuts Francisco agrees. “Electricity is an essential asset. Since the
out half of the cylinders so that the six-cylinder engine runs commissioning of the gensets, they have been put to the test
on just three cylinders. This happens in just 10 seconds.” more than once in real situations, and they performed perfectly.

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