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GIF ActiveVent – Modular Ventilated Ceiling
Since its foundation in 1976 GIF-ActiveVent has carried out many installations of ventilated ceilings around the world and in the most varied catering establishments. We are ISO 9001:2008 certified and with the successful introduction of the HACCP requirement into our production processes we are able to complete all projects in accordance with any food law requirements.
The patented area-active GIF ventilation system satisfies all current VDI guidelines, DIN and EN norms.
With our own manufacturing facilities in Freiburg/Germany, we are in a position to offer our clients individually produced systems which have been developed according to top-quality standards. From Inflight Catering kitchens for as many as 120,000 meals a day, through community catering up to highly individual star-rated kitchens, we are the reliable contact and partner for technical planners, architects, investors and users alike.
Individual ceiling solutions
We believe that a kitchen is much more than just a place where food is prepared.
Our strengths is to develop system solutions for exhaust air capture and fresh air supply for all areas of large-scale catering establishments – whether economical systems in kitchens, high-speed capture and design solutions in front cooking, noise abatement in sculleries, or low-priced solutions in food preparation.
Facts and figures
- Over 40 years on the market
- Operations in over 41 countries
- Cooperation with worldwide renowned Companies, such as BASF, BMW, VW, Mercedes Benz, Nestlé, Unilever, Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, IKEA
- Hotel chains like Hilton, Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Hyatt Regency, Bloom Marriott, Kempinsky, Mövenpick
- Public catering (Ministry of Health Kuwait, German armed forces, TU Dresden, MH Hannover, KIT Campus Karlsruhe)
- Inflight Catering companies: LSG SkyChefs – Lufthansa, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, Shengzhen Airline
The biggest GIF ventilated ceiling ever installed so far was put into operation in 2013 at the New Doha International Airport, Qatar with 2.513 m².
In the past 40 years over 1 million square meters of GIF ventilated were installed worldwide.
Field of application
- Airports
- Staff canteens
- Hospitals
- Restaurants / Hotels
- Retirement homes, facilities for the disabled
- Barracks, field kitchens
- Campus & school canteens
- Catering and food preparation