About Us

History

In 1947, the three founding brothers Mancin of the company left Italy and headed for the fertile fields of Venezuela. There they planted the seeds of the future by creating a radiator repair business.

The company grew rapidly. In 1954, the brothers expanded their services from repair to manufacturing copper and brass radiators. Growth and new services led to a name change to Industrial Nacional Fábrica de Radiadores S.A. (abbreviated to Infra S.A.) and the firm began to be known by the name of INFRA

In 1960, INFRA established its original manufacturing equipment distribution unit in Venezuela. The following year both General Motors and Chrysler had become INFRA customers.

In 1980 INFRA opened the first research and development unit for aluminum radiators with the aim of maintaining its dominant position in the market. The following year INFRA began the production of expanded aluminum radiators. By 1982, the product line was expanded to include the vacuum brazing process.

In 1983 the INFRA vacuum-brazed aluminum radiator was integrated into a Ford product. In 1992, the company expanded its operations to Italy under the brand name FrigAir.

In 1992, INFRA's research and development unit developed controlled atmosphere welding (CAB) methods using the Nocolok process. In 1993, Ford and General Motors of Venezuela integrated INFRA's CAB radiators into their models.

In 1996 INFRA provided original equipment radiators to be installed in General Motors vehicles at a plant it has in Brazil.

In 1998, warehousing and distribution operations were launched in France under the name FrigAir France.

In 2001, INFRA increased its expertise and ability to meet customer needs by expanding its activities into the manufacture of air-oil coolers. Its US sales agency was opened in 2001 to respond to the demand for quality original equipment and aftermarket equipment.

Looking to the future, INFRA mobilizes its resources to provide:

• Technology and products for air-oil coolers.
• Capacitors for automobiles and HVAC applications.
• Radiator-fan modules.

Production

• Covered area: approximately 16,000 m²
• Workforce: 450 (production staff)
• Installed capacity:
  • 2000 full radiators per shift
  • 5000 heating or motorcycle radiators per shift
  • 1000 air-oil coolers per shift
  • 750 capacitors per shift
• 2 Dry Warwick controlled atmosphere brazing furnaces (CAB)
• 2 aluminum tube roll forming machines
• 14 fins for cooling or heating radiators and other heat exchangers

Quality awards and certificates

• Ford Motor Company Q1 Award
• General Motors Supplier of the Year in 2000 and 2002
• QS-9000 / ISO 9001, ISO 14001

Plants, processes and products

Today, the company has expanded both the size and range of its products. These are now for sale in North and South America and Europe.

Production units

In Venezuela, Infra operates its Cúa plant and its die and tool factory in Valencia from its headquarters in Caracas.

Cua factory

Design, production, testing and validation of heat exchangers for the production of radiators, heaters, condensers and air-oil coolers.

The design includes:

• Program Management
• CFD
• Prototype modeling
• AMEF design and process
• Kinematics
• CAD

Test and validation

1 m2 front surface calorimeter Vibration, corrosion and pressure cycling test benches for the following tests:

• Blowout Test
• Impact Resistance
• Pressure Cycles
• Internal Corrosion
• Salt Spray Chamber
• Durability
• Vehicle Tests
• Thermal Shock
• Force and Torque
• Life Expectancy
• Twisting
• Hydrostatic Pressure
• Hardness and Tension Test
• Road performance and accumulation of distance traveled

Caracas

Headquarters and national and international sales service

Distribution units

Infra distributes its products to North and South America directly and to Europe through specialized distributors.

Infra distributes its products to North and South America directly and to Europe through specialized distributors.

Processes

• Computer aided product design
• Internal manufacturing of tools, dies and machinery
• Controlled atmosphere welding for the manufacture of aluminum heat exchangers

Quality tests

Our comprehensive testing and quality control procedures include:

• Vibration and pressure cycles
• Heat Exchange
  • Heat transfer
  • Fluid pressure drops
  • Corrosion tests (internal and external)
• Thermal and shock cycle
• Fleet test
• Road tests