Dick Cold Storage (DCS), Columbus, Ohio, and Tippmann Innovation (Ti), Fort Wayne, Ind., opened Global Cold Storage, a modern, 100,000-plus-square-foot, state-of-the-art refrigerated/freezer warehouse facility in Columbus, Ohio.

Industrial Info Resources, Sugar Land, Texas, said North American food and beverage companies are planning more than $2.2 billion in expenditures specifically aimed at warehouse and distribution centers.