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Unicla and the Midnight Technician<\/em>
by Mark Mitchell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unicla and the Midnight Technician<\/em>
by Mark Mitchell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A colourful story about the fascinating people who supplied and shaped the vehicle air conditioning and transport refrigeration technology we now take for granted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication date: February 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardcover, in presentation slip case<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available to order online:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

$49 AUD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

($35 USD)
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\u201cMitchell\u2019s skilful storytelling ensures there is something for everyone here, whether you\u2019re into technology, entrepreneurship, biographies or even post-war industrial history.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>Haitham Razagui, Editor of automotive electrical and thermal management journal SightGlass News<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the 1960s, a small Japanese company forged strong Australasian and North American connections that would influence many of the early pathways to the vehicle air conditioning and transport refrigeration technology we take for granted today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unicla and the Midnight Technician<\/em> is a colourful story of dedicated people and innovators who eventually supplied and shaped a global market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What follows is a story of resilience and tenacity, from a small workshop in Nagoya Japan to the streets of Texas USA; from a factory in the hot climate of Australia to building the business all over again in Hong Kong, China and Brisbane on the way to becoming an original equipment supplier to the world\u2019s most fastidious vehicle maker, Daimler of Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith an engineer\u2019s attention to detail, this entertaining and enlightening narrative not only captures the nuts and bolts, but also the heart and soul of an industry.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>Elvis L. Hoffpauir, President, Mobile Air Conditioning Society Worldwide<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell describes how Unicla built a global reputation in the pioneering days of vehicle air conditioning, because its meticulous design and innovative technology meant the systems always fitted and worked properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easing an enabling the early adoption of technologies we now take for granted is a key part of Unicla\u2019s legacy: Today we expect the vehicles we travel in to be air conditioned and for our food to be transported by refrigerated truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woven into the human interest and swashbuckling business threads of Unicla and the Midnight Technician<\/em> are insights into various engineering and technical developments pioneered, redefined or perfected by Unicla over five decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australasia\u2019s pivotal role in the Unicla story is also described in the book, including Mitchell\u2019s own 38 years of involvement from customer to supplier and eventually major shareholder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnicla and the Midnight Technician is an inspirational story of people, dedication, leadership and enduring relationships, a story to be proud of.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>Ian Stangroome, President, Automotive Air Conditioning, Electrical and Cooling Technicians of Australasia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The term Midnight Technician comes from Unicla\u2019s company culture and design ethos, which has always been to embrace the plight of engineers and technicians who work in the field to install and maintain systems and keep them running, often late at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unicla\u2019s latest eDrive compressors, for the hybrid and electric vehicle era, were designed with the same level of consideration for the challenges faced everywhere in the world \u2013 late at night, by Midnight Technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a must-read story to understand the dedication, motivation, knowledge and hard work that is behind creating a company like Unicla.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>Michael R. Ingvardsen, President, MACPartners Europe<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As author Mark Mitchell put it: \u201cThis book acknowledges not just Unicla\u2019s unique technological achievements, but the people who worked on them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the author<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mark Mitchell began his involvement with Unicla as an Australian dealer in the early 1980s and became one of its owners in 2006. Today his job description with Unicla is Director \u2013 Global Marketing and Technical Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once a Midnight Technician<\/em> himself, Mitchell was often called out late at night to restore life to a refrigeration or air conditioning system on a passenger coach or a transport containing a valuable food cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His first book, The Sultan of Slide \u2013 a Privateer\u2019s Story<\/a><\/em> is a biography of his father, the late Bob Mitchell, who was the most successful Australian motorbike sidecar rider at a Grand Prix level in the history of international sidecar racing, achieved during the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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