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.
The Tippmann Group, Fort Wayne, Ind., said it completed a 160,000-square-foot distribution center attached to Agro Farma's Chobani Greek yogurt plant in New Berlin, N.Y.
National cold storage and logistics service provider United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., announced two personnel moves to strengthen Midwest operations.
Performance Food Group, Richmond, Va., said it will add 35,000 square feet to its 80,000-square-foot multi-temp foodservice distribution center in Springfield, Mo.
Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, said its Vilter Manufacturing LLC business opened a $2 million technology and innovation center at its Cudahy, Wis., headquarters.
When it comes to material handling automation, there is a general industry perception that if you are going to consider automation it has to happen when you are planning a project.
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.
U.S. Foodservice, Rosemont, Ill., said it expects by July 2011 to complete a $33 million expansion at its Central Florida food distribution center in Port Orange, Fla.
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.
Hanson Logistics, St. Joseph, Mich., said it expects by July to complete an expansion at its temperature-controlled Chicago Consolidation Center in Hobart, Ind.