What Dawsongroup Temperature Control Solutions does

Dawsongroup Temperature Control Solutions (DGTCS) is a UK-headquartered private company, founded in 1990, that provides modular temperature-controlled buildings and structures on a hire/rental basis. Its core product lines — Superbox, Temp°store (a modular inflatable building), Instant Structures, and Production Facility Solutions — span cold storage, blast freezing, cleanrooms, loading shelters, and modular production facilities. The underlying technology combines configurable temperature, humidity, and cleanroom environments with IoT-enabled sensors and real-time temperature monitoring for cold-chain visibility. The company is headquartered in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and operates across 10 countries: the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, and the United States.

The business model is hire/rental-led with a managed-services overlay. Customers engage via a consultative, site-visit-led sales process that produces plans, drawings, and free product trials before commitment; ongoing 24/7/365 monitoring, service, and maintenance are bundled with hire contracts. Pricing is custom and quote-based, with multi-year contract terms, and is not publicly disclosed. DGTCS targets a diversified vertical mix — Food & Beverage and Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences are the primary segments, with secondary segments in Logistics & Supply Chain, Healthcare, Agriculture & Horticulture, Manufacturing, and Emergency/Disaster Recovery — and reports a 94% customer satisfaction score measured one month after going live.

Customers include named enterprises (AstraZeneca, Morrisons, Wrights Foodservice, AAK BD Foods, Lossie Seafoods, Aquascot), government bodies (NHS Wales, Public Health England), and education/research (Cranfield University). The company is part of the broader Dawsongroup network and is led by Managing Director Rod Benham. Industry recognition includes the Queen's Awards for Enterprise, SafeContractor accreditation, the Pharma Industry Awards UK 2024, and membership in BFFF, RAC Cooling, and the Hospitality Association.

Name

Dawsongroup Temperature Control Solutions

Legal name

Dawsongroup

Website

https://dgtcs.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dawsongroup Temperature Control Solutions hires modular, relocatable temperature-controlled buildings (cold storage, blast freezing, cleanrooms, loading shelters) to enterprises across food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing in 10 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Temperature Controlled Storage & Cold Room Hire

NAICS

Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Food & Beverage Cold Storage (Fresh/Chilled) (TLALABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Temperature-Controlled Cross-Docking & Transload (Cold Chain) (TLALABAJ)

Keywords

• Temperature controlled storage
• Cold rooms for hire
• Modular cold storage
• Blast freezing solutions
• Pharmaceutical cold chain

Headquarters

HQ city

Sutton In Ashfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Modular Temperature-Controlled Unit Hire/Rental: Primary revenue stream from renting or hiring modular, temperature-controlled buildings and storage units to businesses on a flexible, provisional basis. Customers can scale space up or down without permanent infrastructure investment. Includes delivery, installation, and ongoing monitoring.
2. Monitoring, Service and Maintenance: Ongoing 24/7/365 support services including monitoring, service, maintenance, and continued advisory services for scaling operations. These are recurring support services tied to the hire contracts.
3. Professional Services and Consultative Site Visits: Consultative engagement including site visits, feasibility assessments, drawings, and product trials provided as part of the pre-sales process. Ongoing advisory for business scaling is also provided post-installation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Dawsongroup TCS provides modular temperature-controlled buildings and storage units — Superbox, Temp°store inflatable buildings, Instant Structures, and Production Facility Solutions — on a hire/rental basis to businesses. Offerings cover cold storage, blast freezing, cleanrooms, loading shelters, and production facilities, bundled with site-visit consultative planning, drawings, free product trials, and 24/7/365 monitoring, service, and maintenance.

Product overview

Dawsongroup Temperature Control Solutions (TCS) operates a modular temperature-controlled building and storage hire business model. The company offers four distinct product lines: Superbox, Tempstore (Temp°store), Instant Structures, and Production Facility Solutions. These modular units are available for hire and serve various industries including food, pharmaceutical, healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and manufacturing. The solutions provide flexible, scalable alternatives to permanent construction, enabling clients to quickly deploy temperature-controlled environments for storage, loading, production, and processing applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Superbox: Modular temperature-controlled solution.
• Temp°store
• Instant Structures

Products and services

• Superbox Modular, temperature-controlled solution available for hire, designed to provide flexible cold storage and controlled environments for various industrial and commercial applications.
• Temp°store Modular inflatable building solution for temperature-controlled storage and workspace, offered as a hire option for businesses needing rapid deployment of cold storage or controlled environments.
• Instant Structures Rapidly deployable modular structures for temporary temperature-controlled applications, providing instant space solutions for industries requiring immediate environmental control.
• Production Facility Solutions Modular, configurable production facility units that can be rapidly installed to create temperature-controlled manufacturing or processing environments for hire.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% overall customer satisfaction score measured one month after going operational
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BFFF (British Frozen Food Federation)minorOthersDawsongroup tcs is an active member of the British Frozen Food Federation, the trade association representing the UK frozen food sector. Membership provides industry networking, best practice sharing, and visibility within the frozen food community.

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Aggreko: UK-headquartered global leader in temporary temperature control and power rental. Aggreko's temperature control division hires modular chillers, freezers, and HVAC equipment using a similar hire business model targeting industrial and event customers — the closest direct comparable to Dawsongroup tcs.
• ICS Cool Energy: UK and European provider of temperature control hire solutions including chillers, process cooling, and HVAC rental. Targets similar industrial and commercial customers via a consultative hire model directly comparable to Dawsongroup tcs.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo King: Trane Technologies subsidiary specializing in transport refrigeration and cold chain monitoring. Broad incumbent in food and pharma cold chain with overlapping customer exposure to Dawsongroup tcs's pharmaceutical and food segments, though focused on transport rather than fixed/relocatable buildings.
• Daikin: Japanese multinational manufacturer of HVAC and refrigeration systems including commercial refrigeration. Broad incumbent with overlapping presence in commercial cold chain but operating at far greater scale and via equipment sales rather than hire.
• Carrier Global: Global leader in HVAC, refrigeration, and cold chain solutions. Carrier operates a much broader portfolio across equipment manufacturing, services, and controls, overlapping with Dawsongroup tcs on commercial refrigeration but at substantially larger scale and not via a modular hire model.
• Trane Technologies: American-Dutch multinational producing commercial HVAC and refrigeration systems, including transport refrigeration via Thermo King. A broad incumbent with overlapping end markets in cold storage and pharma, focused on equipment sales and service contracts rather than modular hire.
• Viessmann: German family-owned manufacturer of HVAC and refrigeration systems including commercial cold rooms and cold chain solutions. European incumbent with comparable product/market overlap to Dawsongroup tcs in commercial refrigeration, focused on equipment sales rather than modular hire.

Emerging players

• B Medical Systems: Luxembourg-based specialist in medical-grade cold chain including vaccine refrigerators, blood bank refrigerators, and transport coolers. Focused emerging player in pharma cold chain that overlaps with Dawsongroup tcs's pharmaceutical and life sciences customers on vaccine and biologic storage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Dawsongrouptcs
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/dawsonrentalstcs
• Facebookfacebook.com/Dawsongrouptcs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dgtcs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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