Within coordinated brand management, Hualing Kitchen is the parent company, with over 30 years of experience in commercial kitchen and food processing equipment. Hefei Zhongxue is the subsidiary company, with five years of dedicated expertise in cold storage and cooling equipment.
Together, the group covers a complete range of commercial kitchen, food processing, and refrigeration equipment.
For overseas markets, the two businesses operate under separate export brands. Zica represents Hualing Kitchen, and SinoKooool represents Hefei Zhongxue. Both companies are based in the Yangtze River Delta industrial cluster and share R&D, supply chain, and market resources across the group.
Export Brand: ZICA
With more than 30 years of expertise in the commercial kitchen equipment industry, Hualing Kitchen has developed into a comprehensive business specializing in development, manufacturing, sales, and engineering services. Our product range spans across more than 200 models across eight major categories, including cooking equipment, combi ovens, refrigeration units, and dishwashers.
Additionally, Hualing also supports hotel kitchen planning, overall kitchen solution design, and intelligent kitchen system integration. This makes us your trusted partner not only for equipment supply, but for a reliable project-level support.
Supported by five research platforms, including a provincially recognized enterprise technology center and a postdoctoral research workstation, we maintain long-term cooperation with universities and research institutes for technical development. To date, we have obtained over 80 national patents, including over 10 invention patents, and have led or participated in the formulation of 32 national and industry standards. Over these years, Hualing has successfully become a well-known kitchen equipment contributing to ongoing technical advancement across the sector.
Hualing Kitchen has grown through continuous innovation, scaled manufacturing, and ongoing automation upgrades, steadily building a global presence in the commercial kitchen equipment industry with a clear focus on long-term development.
Export Brand: SinoKooool
Hefei Zhongxue is a young but fast-growing specialist in commercial refrigeration. In five years, it has built a focused business covering product development, manufacturing, sales, and cold-chain engineering services. Its product range includes more than 80 models across four main categories, such as commercial freezers, refrigerated worktables, ice makers, and quick-freeze storage systems. These offerings extend further into customized solutions, including smart cold-chain monitoring systems and energy-efficient cold storage for central kitchens.
Supported by three research platforms, including a municipal enterprise technology center and the Anhui Cold Chain Equipment Engineering Research Center, it maintains close cooperation with universities and research institutions. It has obtained more than 30 national patents, including five invention patents, and has taken part in drafting six industry standards, including specifications for energy efficiency limits and grading of commercial refrigeration equipment. Its independently developed inverter-based intelligent temperature control technology reduces overall energy consumption by around 25% and has been recognized as a major technological equipment achievement at the provincial level.
With reliable product performance and localized service support, Zhongxue equipment has obtained more than 15 international certifications, including CE, ETL, and CB. Its solutions are now applied in chain restaurants, fresh food retail, medical cold-chain logistics, and other high-requirement sectors, with exports reaching over 50 countries and regions across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North America, and South America.
The production facilities of both Hualing Kitchen and Zhongxue are built around smart manufacturing, forming a highly integrated and efficiency-driven production system. Hualing operates 12 fully automated final assembly lines and eight independent unit production lines, supported by more than 100 pieces of advanced international equipment, including Swiss laser cutting systems and U.S.-made HAAS CNC machining centers. Every step throughout the process, from component processing to final assembly, is controlled to ensure high-precision with manufacturing tolerances within 0.01 mm.
Zhongxue focuses on intelligent refrigeration manufacturing through six automated refrigeration assembly lines and four dedicated core-component production lines. The energy efficiency has been improved by 18% and limited temperature variation to ±0.5 °C through the use of German Bitzer compressor testing platforms and Japanese FANUC robotic systems. Digital production management is applied throughout the process to enhance consistency, production efficiency, and overall quality control standards.
Both production facilities operate with a full-process quality control system, applying consistent standards to ensure long-term product reliability. Hualing is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and applies a dynamic supplier management system across more than 200 qualified suppliers. The raw materials used for production pass through 12 inspection procedures before being used as a method of our quality control. Our finished foodservice equipment comply with over 20 international certifications like CE and CB, further proving our standards with the rework rate limited to no more than 0.2%.
Certifications
Our production facilities follow a low-carbon and efficiency-driven manufacturing approach and support technical improvement across the industry. Hualing has reduced energy consumption by around 30% through smart manufacturing upgrades, while our kitchen equipment complies with LFGB environmental requirements and BSCI standards. Our foodservice equipment is supplied to markets across Europe, North America, and more than 90 countries worldwide.
Zhongxue has developed its own inverter-based intelligent temperature control technology, reducing total energy consumption by approximately 25%. Technical innovation has always been our approach to environmental responsibility, delivering energy-efficient solutions for commercial kitchens and cold-chain logistics on a global scale.
Hualing was established in 1996 and operates as a high-tech enterprise combining research, manufacturing, and sales. Around 70% of our kitchen products are supplied to international markets, including Europe, North America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa, reaching more than 130 countries and regions worldwide. This long-term global presence ensures that Hualing foodservice products are developed to meet the varied requirements of different markets.
Partner of Global Leaders (Metro & GGM)
As a long-term partner of globally recognized companies such as Metro and GGM, our standards across product development, manufacturing, and service remain consistent. Our production follows the ISO 9001 quality management system and internationally aligned quality control procedures from raw material selection to final delivery. All cooking equipment from Hualing complies with major international certifications, including CE and ETL. Over more than 20 years of cooperation, Metro has awarded us a “High Standard and Quality” recognition certificate. Customer feedback from Metro indicates a minimal complaint rate. Stable and reliable performance has supported our partners in maintaining strong market positions across their global operations.
