Cold & Frozen Storage Warehouse Logistics
Many different types of products and materials need cold storage to maintain freshness and viability for safe consumption and use. Progressive Logistics is a third-party logistics solution that can store and transport goods that require preservation at specific cold or frozen temperatures.
Please contact Ed Rodgers, VP of Business Development for any additional information.
PL Cold Storage Facilities
Our new 298,000-square-foot cold storage building has operating temperatures of -10 degrees to 35 degrees Fahrenheit that can be adjusted to customers’ specific requirements. We have a 65,000-square-foot cold dock, 223,000 square feet of cooler and freezer space, an office area, and an ALTA Refrigeration EXPERT system. We specifically cater to the food industry with SQF, AIB, and Organic certifications. In addition, PL Cold is also USDA & FDA Approved.
Other features of our facility include:
- Location: Less crowded than other larger cities, Indianapolis is situated at the crossroads of Interstates
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- Safety: We take the safety of customer products and our employees seriously with elements such as 3-inch curbs that will stop a forklift from driving into racks and synthetic cooling air (not ammonia) to maintain the environment.
- Efficiency: We make transport easy with our industry-first 80-foot deep loading dock that allows a driver in and out within 30 minutes and proximity to our dry storage building for combined pick-ups and drop-offs.
PL Cold Chain Services
We can provide unique cold and frozen warehouse logistics, such as picking by single case or pallet, stretch wrapping, and pallet identification markings. Other services that we provide include:
- Transloading
- Cross docking and load consolidation
- USDA import and export inspections
- State-of-the-art radio frequency, warehouse management systems, and electronic data interfaces
- Short-term storage, typically three days or less
We have a 24-hour secure customer web portal that allows you to access information such as lot histories, pending and shipped orders, inventory reports, and HTML or CSV query report files. Customers can track their orders in real-time from receipt to shipment with our customizable WMS, as well as specify preferences for documentation and special picking.
Industries Served
PL works with industries to provide a controlled environment for the following:
- Food and beverage: Store perishable foods, such as fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood, and frozen foods, at specific temperatures
- Seafood and fisheries: Maintain freshness and safety of seafood products from the point of harvest to consumption
- Retail and distribution: Ensure quality and longevity of cold and frozen products for supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants
Additional Features
- Case Weight Taking: RF bar code scan to retrieve and tally catch weight boxes with recap total
- Clamp Equipment Loading / Unloading: Forklift mounted attachment used for the mechanical handling and palletizing of product
- Cross Dock / Trans-loading: Receiving product in full pallet quantities to be staged for immediate reshipment
- Hand-stack Loading / Unloading: Manpower provided to palletize or floor load individual cases/units
- Labeling / Stamping: Product packaging or cases that need to be specially stamped or labeled
- Re-Palletizing, Spreader: Insertion and removal
- Short Hold Storage: Intact customer orders received and held in storage for short periods (usually less than 3 days) prior to pick-up or re-shipment
- Slip-sheet Loading / Unloading: Pallet quantities of the product received or shipped using slip-sheet and forklift equipment with special attachment
- Stretch Wrapping: Plastic stretch wrapping of palletized product for extra protection while in transit or while being stored
- Retrieval of full pallets or individual cases as specified
- Order assembly: Single case order picking, stretch wrapping, and marking of the pallet with shipping identification
- Pallet Module Building: Customized rainbow pallet assembly of specific products to accommodate specific shipments
PL Cold Time Lapse
With more than 30 years of experience, Progressive Logistics has grown their expertise in cold and frozen food storage and logistics. PL Cold has the experience for your frozen and cold storage needs, supplying services globally and having a facility size of 300,000 square feet of freezer/cooler space, 38,000 pallet locations, and an ALTA Refrigeration Expert System!
Why Progressive Logistics
