Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it will provide full design-build services for Keystone Foods' new 185,000-square-foot chicken processing facility in Gadsden, Ala.

United States Cold Storage, Voorhees, N.J., expects by April to open a temperature-controlled distribution center in Wilmington, Ill.

Design, engineering and construction services supplier Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it completed a 260,000-square-foot expansion in Tulare, Calif., for United States Cold Storage (USCS).

Atlanta-based AmeriCold Logistics, the nation's largest public refrigerated warehouse and logistics services provider, said it hired Jos Opdeweegh as chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods: Let’s say that a temperature-controlled building operator – a food processor or cold storage warehouse – hasn’t purchased industrial lighting for some time. In what ways have lighting technologies changed?

Neal Verfuerth:   Prior to 2001, HID (High Intensity Discharge) lighting was standard in food processing plants and warehouses.

United States Cold Storage, Voorhees, N.J., said it expects by July 2009 to open the first phase of a new refrigerated and frozen food distribution center in Turlock, Calif.

Henningsen Cold Storage, Hillsboro, Ore., said Chris Marsh, chief executive officer for Pulse Health, joined the company's board of directors.

Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, Pa., expects to double frozen chicken and beef processing once it relocates from a 75,000-sq.-ft. plant in Gadsden, Ala., to a larger 184,000-sq.-ft. facility.

Cloverleaf Cold Storage Co., Sioux City, Iowa, said it purchased a cold storage warehouse in Columbus, Ohio, giving the company 11 public refrigerated warehouses in the Midwest.

The International Organization for Standardization, (ISO) Geneva, Switzerland, released ISO 15743:2008, a "comprehensive methodology for assessing risk and managing work in cold environments" including food processing and cold storage facilities.