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Star delivers for Lineage

25/10/2019

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Star Refrigeration has completed the manufacture and installation of a 75,000m3 cold store facility for Lineage Logistics at its new site in Great Haddon, near Peterborough. The project consists of 15,000 pallet spaces of frozen warehouse capacity as Lineage plans for future growth.

Temperature-controlled logistics specialist Lineage has over 1.4 billion cubic feet of storage capacity worldwide, with 200 facilities in seven countries across North America, Europe and Asia.

Rapid response cooling solutions

30/7/2019

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Breakdowns can be catastrophic for cold storage warehouses, and require a fast and effective response to avoid the damaging consequences associated with rising temperatures in rooms where products are stored. Matt Watson, sales manager at Aggreko, explains how emergency cold storage units offer warehouse owners and operators a swift, reliable solution in these circumstances.

Cold stores can contain millions of pounds worth of stock at any one time and are reliant on chilling systems to keep air temperature at -22°C or below, ensuring product integrity. If these systems were to break down, any influx of ambient air into the cold store can have a major detrimental effect on this stock. Indeed, if store temperature increases by just a few degrees any stored frozen goods may need to be thrown away, at large financial cost.

Father and daughter boost ISD in Scotland

10/6/2019

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Demi-Leigh and Martin Paul of ISD Solutions

A father and daughter team have completed a successful first year developing business in Scotland for cold store, firewall, cladding and single envelope specialist ISD Solutions.

Martin Paul, who has run his own composite panel installations company in Glasgow since 2003, was appointed to develop and manage business in Scotland for ISD Solutions in April last year. He was joined by his daughter Demi-Leigh, who is now a trainee estimator, and the past 12 months have seen ISD Solutions almost doubling its workload in Scotland, taking on 42 projects compared to 13 the previous year, with contract values rising by 89.5%.

Showtime for CTI

8/5/2019

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Carter Thermal Industries (CTI) will make its debut at the Temperature Controlled Storage and Distribution Show in Peterborough on June 25-26.

As well as sponsoring the inaugural World Refrigeration Day, which takes place on the second day of the show, the company says it will be showcasing the expertise of its divisional companies with the main focus on the part it plays in environmental technology and solutions, particularly with regard to natural refrigerant solutions with low global warming potential such as hydrocarbon and CO2-based systems.

ISD starts work on distribution centre

29/4/2019

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Willie Scanlon of Farmfoods, left, with Richard Bowden of ISD Solutions

ISD Solutions has started work on a new distribution centre in Scotland for frozen foods supermarket chain Farmfoods.

The warehouse in Cumbernauld will have a total floor area of more than 17,000m2, with a -22ºC freezer, a +4ºC chiller and an ambient storage area.

Flexible coldrooms from Williams

25/3/2019

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Williams Refrigeration says its new modular dual temperature coldrooms offer a flexible solution when kitchen space is at a premium.

The coldrooms are available in a range of options, including different floors, doors and refrigeration systems, ande modular design allows operators to make maximum use of space. Both fresh and frozen products can be stored in a single room, which can also be located outside if required.

Williams says it has seen a big demand for coldrooms that can be sited front of house. They can be clad in a range of finishes and can have feature windows built in to display product to the customer – such as wine, meat or cheese.

www.williams-refrigeration.co.uk

Management changes at ISD Solutions

21/1/2019

From left, Gareth Ross, Andy Moon, Adrian Smith and Tony Wall of ISD Solutions

Cold store specialist ISD Solutions has announced a senior management reshuffle due to a change in role for company CEO Andy Moon.

The Gloucester-based firm, a trading division of The P&M Group, employs more than 100 staff and trades across the UK and internationally.

Securiton for cold store

18/7/2018

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A Securiton aspirating smoke detection (ASD) system has been selected as the fire protection method for a new cold store to be operated by one of the UK’s major supermarket retailers.

The new 68-truck bay, 30,000 square metre hub in Pineham, near Milton Keynes, has been built alongside an existing 58,000 square metre distribution centre. Located next to Junction 15A of the M1, it will operate as a national frozen food distribution point.

New lease of life for cold store

9/7/2018

Star Refrigeration’s Leeds branch has replaced an unused cold store plant, allowing the owner to lease it to a third party.

The Ice Co Storage and Logistics site, in Newark, had originally belonged to the ice manufacturing branch of the business but, due to expansion at other sites and a streamlining of production, had become unused. Looking to lease the plant to a third party for refrigeration, storage and distribution purposes, the company invited Star to assess the costs of making it operational again.

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