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Running on Ice: Watch out for those EPA violations 

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Photo: Roller news release

Roller, a cold storage cooler manufacturer, has introduced a range of narrow air coolers for commercial refrigerators, refrigerated cabinets and counters. The new space-saving design allows the coolers to be...

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RLS Logistics grows cold storage footprint in Midwest

Cold storage operator RLS Logistics announced it has added Merchants Cold Storage to its network of facilities.

Kentucky-based Merchants operates a 250,000-square-foot temperature-controlled warehouse near Cincinnati. The site has nearly 8 million cubic feet of storage space serving frozen and refrigerated food manufacturers in the Midwest. In addition to warehousing, Merchants provides cross-docking and blast freezing services. The facility has rail access via a two-car siding that is serviced...

Running on Ice: Cool investments

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Source: Ember news release

Carrier Global Corp., a global provider of intelligent building and cold chain solutions, has invested in Ember LifeSciences, a pharmaceutical cold chain. Ember LifeSciences is a spinoff of Ember Technologies....

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Running on Ice: Acquisitions in Florida saving citrus trees

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IMG Citrus, a fresh citrus company, has acquired J&J Fresh Produce in Vero Beach, Florida. This purchase includes a new 185,000-square-foot cold storage and packaging facility and 1,000 acres of farmland. We’re...

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Cold storage operator RLS Logistics plants 2 flags with latest deals

Cold storage space still high on shopping lists

New Jersey-based RLS Logistics announced Wednesday it is now among the nation’s top 10 providers of temperature-controlled storage space and logistics networks following two acquisitions. Through its affiliate RLS Partners it recently acquired Hutt Trucking and Logistics and Performance Cold Storage.

Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Both companies were renamed with the RLS moniker, becoming RLS Hutt and RLS Performance.

Holland, Michigan-based Hutt Trucking offers cold...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cold-storage-operator-rls-logistics-plants-2-flags-with-latest-deals

Cold chain 3PL RLS Logistics sees big expansion in 2022

Cold storage M&A to remain hot in 2022

One of the most active consolidators of cold chain facilities is a relatively new venture with old roots.

Founded in 1968, RLS Logistics started as a family-owned mushroom farm. It added a cold storage facility and then grew to include multiple facilities over time. Through a joint venture RLS Partners was formed with outside industry veterans a year and a half ago. The group has been actively rolling up family-owned cold chain warehouse and logistics providers since.

The need for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cold-chain-3pl-rls-logistics-sees-big-expansion-in-2022

RLS Logistics advances plan for national cold chain network

Cold storage deal flow remains hot

Cold chain third-party logistics provider RLS Logistics announced Thursday that Premier Refrigerated Warehouse has joined the network. The addition expands RLS’ footprint into the Texas Triangle region, Oklahoma and Arkansas, as well as other Southern states.

Premier Refrigerated Warehouse has been renamed RLS Premier and will soon be operating out of a new 200,000-square-foot facility with 28,000 frozen and refrigerated pallet positions south of Fort Worth, Texas. RLS Premier’s prior space...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rls-logistics-advances-plan-for-national-cold-chain-network

RLS Logistics expands into New England

RLS Logistics adds New England facility

Cold chain provider RLS Logistics announced Wednesday plans to build an 83,000-square-foot temperature-controlled facility in central Massachusetts.

The Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company plans to build the facility through its affiliate RLS Partners. The announcement is the latest in the company’s efforts to build out a national network of family-operated cold storage facilities, or its Partnering Regional Operator (PRO) network. RLS is working with real estate funds and banks to acquire...

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5 warehousing sustainability trends for 2021

Warehousing trends include sustainability and automation.

Warehouse and logistics companies are trying to shore up their sustainability efforts as they struggle to change their inventory strategies from just in time to just in case during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five trends in sustainable warehousing to look for when the dust settles.

Automation

As warehouse labor gets progressively tougher to find and the pandemic continues, warehouses are shifting to technology and automation to do some of the work. Wearable devices, such as those provided by...

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Inside RLS Logistics’ plan to build a national network of cold chain warehouses

On Wednesday morning, July 22, RLS Logistics, a family-owned cold chain warehouse operator headquartered in New Jersey, announced an ambitious plan to build out a national network of family-owned cold chain facilities.

RLS Logistics was founded in 1968 and offers a diverse array of cold chain solutions, including truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, warehousing, packaging, re-packing and e-commerce fulfillment. 

By teaming up with what it calls Partnering Regional Operators (or...

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