Cost-cutting, cold storage construction trends and technologies are a major focus of the 30th Annual International Association for Cold Storage and Construction (IACSC) Conference and Expo, Nov. 4-7, 2010.
China Merchants Americold Logistics Company Ltd. (CMAC), a 51-49 joint venture between China Merchants Holdings Co. International Ltd. (CMHI) and Americold Realty Trust, Atlanta, said it acquired a 70-percent stake in China Merchants International Cold Chain Co. Ltd.
Contract frozen vegetable processor Seneca Foods Corporation, Marion, N.Y., said it purchased the assets of Unilink, LLC from Pennsylvania Food Group, LLC and has purchased Lebanon Valley Cold Storage, LP.
Preferred Freezer Services, Elizabeth, N.J., said its newest, fully automated cold storage facility in Chicago earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Solar Nation, Portland, Ore., said it installed and commissioned a 200kW solar-electric system on a Gresham, Ore., public refrigerated warehouse operated by Henningsen Cold Storage Co.
Americold Realty Trust, Atlanta, said retailer Target Corp. selected Americold's Phoenix refrigerated warehouse as a regional cold storage and distribution center for frozen foods to area stores.
There are new leaders at two of the nation's largest public refrigerated warehousing associations -- the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) and an educational affiliate, the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO).
Henningsen Cold Storage Co., Hillsboro, Ore., said its Chairman and President Michael Henningsen Jr. was elected to the board of directors for the American Institute of Baking, Manhattan, Kan.
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