Austin, Texas, USA: Tamara Palefsky, continuous improvement manager at United States Cold Storage, has been nominated for the World Food Logistics Organization’s Future Leader Award. “It’s an honour to win this prestigious award and to have competed with such an impressive group of my peers,” Palefsky said. “I’m excited to participate in the Next Gen …
Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA: Peli BioThermal ita relocated its Minnesota-based headquarters from Plymouth to Maple Grove, MN. The new space adds 40% more square footage, positioning the company to meet increasing demand for thermal packaging that maintains the efficacy of blood supplies, tissues, biologics, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and vaccines during transit, It says. “Covid-19 vaccines and …
Brussels, Belgium: Alejandro Delgado Tarin, solutions and project manager, Europe at Agro Merchants Group is the 2021 GCCA Europe Cold Chain Future Leader Award winner. “I am immensely proud to be recognized as a future leader in an industry that plays such a critical role in the movement of perishable products and product safety worldwide,” …
Figueruelas, Spain: Schmitz Cargobull Ibérica held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant in Figueruelas, Spain. The company is investing around €19m in the factory, scheduled to go into operation in August 2022, with production capacity of 60 vehicles per day. The new plant is three kilometres away from the existing factory, covers a total …
Durham, North Carolina, USA: Phononic has launched an intelligent actively-cooled tote for grocery retail. “Across industries, our solid-state solutions are delivering cold chain performance and sustainability that compressor-based systems or other thermoelectric approaches simply cannot match,” said Dana Krug, Phononic, Cold Chain Fulfillment. “Our Phononic tote technology and platform for grocery retail not only provides …
Brussels, Belgium: The Global Cold Chain Alliance will host its first face-to-face event in Europe since the start of the pandemic.
Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA: The majority of third-party logistics respondents plan to expand their cold chain capabilities and services, according a new report. The 26th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, by NTT Data, Penske, and Penn State says that “global population growth, increased consumer demand for fresh products, strong grocery e-commerce sales and a wider variety …
Paris, France: Renault has added an 18 tonne D Wide ZE to its electric range that includes 16 and 26-tonne models. The three axle chassis with rear steer suits temperature-controlled distribution. All Renault’s D range have a fridge-connection option, which supplies fridge power directly from the 600 V traction batteries. The 18 tonne D Wide …
Vreden, Germany: STI has taken its first all-electric Schmitz S.KOe reefer. The trailer has an electric transport cooling unit and generator axle for everyday operations in the multi-temp sector. This makes STI the first company in Germany to operate the S.KOe on coordinated routes in a field test. If the fully electric reefer semi-trailer stands …
Ulm, Germany: Iveco and Nikola, a US-based maker of electric heavy-duty trucks are set to begin manufacturing. The Nikola Tre electric heavy-duty trucks will be ready to start production by year end with the first models delivered to select customers in the United States in 2022. In addition to the battery-electric production model, the next …
Cape Town, South Africa: Mandisa Pakamisa, accounts receivable manager of CCS Logistics, is the recipient of the 2021 GCCA Africa Future Leader Award. The final round of the competition was held on 9 September 2021 with Pakamisa competing for the award with Miriam Camila Winna of Southern Shipping Services in Nairobi, Kenya. Each finalist was …
Brussels, Belgium: The Global Cold Chain Alliance has revealed the finalists for the 2021 Europe Future Leader Award. The finalists are Alejandro Delgado Tarin, solutions and project manager, Europe, Americold Logistics, Spain; Shane Meharg, group marketing and PR manager, Magnavale, England; Chris Smith, account manager, Agro Merchants Group, Northern Ireland. These three finalists qualified out …
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