Industrial Product-Line Expansion Proposal

Turn thermal protection into a new industrial category for ARFIL.

ARFIL serves customers across construction, roadwork, forestry, fishing, mining and agriculture — sectors where workers face both summer heat and cold-season exposure. Vinmori can help ARFIL add a year-round worker thermal-management line alongside its existing machinery and parts business.

Prepared for: ARFIL S.A.   ·   Focus: industrial channels, government tenders, cooling + heating
All-season opportunity12 MONTHS
Summer · Heat Stress

Cooling PPE & Workwear

Battery-free, passive and active cooling technologies matched to different industries and working conditions.

Winter · Cold Protection

Active Heated Workwear

Battery-powered heating platforms for outdoor crews, public works, agriculture, forestry and other cold-weather users.

One customer base.
Multiple thermal needs.

ARFIL’s cross-industry customer mix creates an advantage: the same thermal-management platform can be adapted to different jobs instead of relying on one universal product.

Construction & Roadwork

High exposure, long outdoor shifts

Durable, visible and easy-to-use cooling that fits public-works and construction PPE.

FIT: HybridCool · PCM · Heated Vest
Mining & Industrial

High thermal load, heavy PPE

Low airflow and demanding work cycles create stronger need for direct-contact active cooling.

FIT: Water Circulation · Peltier · PCM
Agriculture

Mobile, outdoor, cost-sensitive

Lightweight, easy-to-reactivate systems can support long field hours.

FIT: HybridCool · Evaporative · Heated Vest
Forestry

Mobility + protective layering

Cooling should remain compatible with movement, protective clothing and rugged outdoor use.

FIT: HybridCool · PCM · Active Heating
Fishing & Marine

Humidity, wind and seasonal cold

High humidity can limit evaporative cooling while cold wind creates all-season thermal needs.

FIT: PCM · Peltier · Heated Workwear
Government & Public Works

Standardised, tender-ready solutions

Public procurement benefits from clear specifications, repeatable SKUs and scalable supply.

FIT: High-Vis Cooling · Heated Vest · Standard Kits

Why this category fits ARFIL.

Thermal PPE is an adjacent industrial category sold to many of the same organisations already buying machinery, parts and equipment.

Opportunity 01

Sell more to existing accounts

Add worker thermal protection to customers already purchasing machinery, parts and industrial equipment.

Opportunity 02

Create year-round revenue

Summer cooling and winter heating reduce dependence on a single seasonal product window.

Opportunity 03

Enter PPE without building technology internally

Use Vinmori’s multi-technology platform as the engineering base while ARFIL owns local customer access.

Opportunity 04

Strengthen government bids

Add innovative worker-safety and heat-stress products to public-sector quotations and tender packages.

Opportunity 05

Differentiate from parts competitors

Move from pure component supply toward a broader worker productivity + protection proposition.

Opportunity 06

Develop an ARFIL-branded line

Start with proven models, then move into private-label or sector-specific products once demand is validated.

A modular thermal technology portfolio.

Different industries need different cooling intensity, runtime, mobility and price. Build the range in layers instead of forcing one technology across every customer.

Battery-Free Cooling

HybridCool

Water-activated, flexible cooling for lightweight workwear, vests, sleeves and close-body applications.

PowerNo battery
CoolingApprox. 10–15°C*
Best roleVolume / mobile workers
Active Industrial Cooling

Water Circulation

Chilled water circulates through a tubing network to deliver strong contact cooling in high-heat industrial work.

Reservoir450–900 ml
Typical window1.5–3 h*
Best roleMining / industrial
Premium Active Cooling

Peltier Cooling

Near-instant thermoelectric cooling for critical roles where controllability matters.

ResponseNear-instant
PowerRechargeable battery
Best roleSpecialist / high heat
Winter Thermal Protection

Heated Workwear

Battery-powered heating platforms for vests, jackets and other garments used by outdoor and cold-environment crews.

ControlMulti-level heating
PowerRechargeable battery
Best roleOutdoor / winter crews

*Reference performance varies with ambient temperature, humidity, airflow, garment construction, coverage and system configuration. Final specifications should be validated for the selected ARFIL pilot.

Designed for commercial and government channels.

Start with a small standard range, then expand into customised or tender-specific products as demand becomes clear.

Commercial Channel

A compact product line that existing industrial customers can understand and buy without a long education cycle.

Good / Better / Best cooling architecture
Summer + winter assortment
Private-label and ARFIL-branded options
Sector-specific sales materials and samples

Government / Tender Channel

Standardised products can be prepared around technical specifications, documentation, packaging and volume requirements.

Clear product specification sheets
High-visibility and public-works configurations
Certification / compliance planning by market
MOQ, delivery and bulk packaging support

A practical way to start.

There is no need to launch the entire portfolio at once. Start with the sectors where ARFIL has the strongest customer access and validate the response.

STEP 01

Select 2 sectors

Choose the customer groups with the strongest sales access or immediate heat/cold problem.

STEP 02

Build sample kit

Prepare 3–4 representative technologies covering entry, active and winter protection.

STEP 03

Customer / tender feedback

Test price, use case, comfort, specifications and procurement requirements.

STEP 04

Create ARFIL range

Turn the strongest concepts into repeatable SKUs, private-label products or tender-ready solutions.

Which ARFIL customer segment should we build for first?

Construction, mining, agriculture, forestry, fishing or government/public works — we can configure a small thermal PPE sample portfolio around the customers you already serve.

Build the First Sample Kit →