Victory Refrigeration is one of four component companies of the AFE division, which was purchased in January 2008 by the Ali Group - a global leader in the manufacture and sale of foodservice equipment. Due to broad and flexible Spec and Value product lines, resource-saving designs, technological innovation, unsurpassed build quality, ENERGY STAR® participation and excellent service, Victory has earned its reputation for providing "Refrigeration At Its Best."

Victory's History: A Timeline

In 1944, Ray Constantini and Tony DiAngelus, two sheet metal craftsmen, opened Victory to contribute to America's war effort. Until the end of World War II, the Philadelphia-based company was a supplier of custom stainless steel products for the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The Victory name was chosen by its founders as a patriotic reference to the objective of the war.

Even before the war was over, Victory had begun producing refrigeration equipment for the rapidly expanding foodservice industry and established a reputation as an innovator and industry leader by pioneering new technologies that led to superior refrigeration performance.

In the following years, Victory's original production output grew to become a sizeable manufacturing enterprise, prompting the company's relocation from its small neighborhood shop to a larger site on the historic Delaware River. Victory later moved to a more modern 125,000-square-foot facility in Plymouth Meeting, PA, before settling in its current location -- a 250,000-square-foot plant in Cherry Hill, NJ, just minutes from Philadelphia.

Building Quality

Victory Refrigeration manufactures leak-free refrigerant systems and chilling and freezing equipment that is trouble-free from start-up through years of continued operation. To ensure quality, each piece they build must pass an extensive quality check before it is shipped to an end-user.

At different intervals on Victory's production line, their associates are responsible for reviewing a detailed checklist and testing each unit's performance. Examples of the tests Victory personnel perform during the manufacturing process include:

• Vacuum checking each unit with electronic charging equipment. This test meters the proper amount of refrigerant to ensure correct temperatures will be consistently achieved and held.
• Inspecting every unit for leaks while they are running, to ensure proper performance.
• Using chart recorders to detail how a unit performs while achieving desired temperatures. Victory's Technical Service Support Specialists archive these records for future reference.
• Performing daily production audits to reinforce Victory's ability to meet or exceed customers' expectations consistently.