Lineage Logistics LLC acquired Auscold Logistics, a South Australian transport and warehousing company. The acquisition includes a cold-storage warehouse in Adelaide and a fleet of more than 70 GPS-tracked, temperature-controlled trucks that provide chilled and frozen transport to Australia’s capital cities and major regional centers.

Vertical Cold Storage, a South Dakota-based developer and operator of temperature-controlled distribution centers, purchased Lone Star Cold Storage of Richardson, Texas. The 227,331 ft² cold-storage facility in Richardson includes 17,982 pallet positions and 40 dock doors.

Stellar, a fully integrated design-build firm, completed its design-build project for Fairlife LLC in Goodyear, Ariz. Fairlife, a unit of Coca-Cola Co., produces ultra-filtered milk and other dairy products.

Meel Corp, a frozen food company, will invest $5.7 million to relocate a production facility in Oxford, N.C. The expansion, which will create 24 new jobs, includes a cold-storage facility.

A cold-storage facility in Colton, Calif., became the first of its kind in Lineage Logistics’ network to generate 100 percent of its energy consumption on-site.

 

Emergent Cold Latin America, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider, acquired Brazil’s Martini Meat S.A. The acquisition adds four cold-storage facilities to Emergent LatAm’s regional network.

Lineage Logistics opened its newest fully automated cold-storage facility located near the Port of Virginia’s Virginia International Gateway in Portsmouth, which offers an integrated network of highways, air, rail and sea services.

Vertical Cold Storage, a developer and operator of temperature-controlled distribution centers, acquired Liberty Cold Storage from West Liberty Foods.

FreezPak Logistics broke ground on a new cold-storage facility in Woodbridge, N.J. Scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2022, it will consist of approximately 209,500 ft² of freezer space and a 45,760 ft² cool dock.

Arco broke ground on a 374,560 ft² cold-storage facility for Cold Creek Solutions in Denton, Texas.