# Americold

> Americold is a publicly traded cold-storage property owner and logistics operator serving food producers, retailers, distributors and direct-to-consumer brands. It combines refrigerated warehouses, handling, transport coordination and inventory technology across an international network, earning storage and service fees.

- **Founded:** 1903
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** Ernest Woodruff (Origin-era consolidator of predecessor ice and cold-storage businesses)
- **Products:** Temperature-controlled warehousing, Value-added food handling, Transportation and consolidation, i-3PL, EDI integration
- **Notable:** More than 120 years of corporate heritage., Second in GCCA’s 2026 global capacity ranking of member operators., Russellville facility received the 2024 CEBA Built by the Best award and 2025 Cold Storage Facility of the Year recognition.

## Products & services

- **Temperature-controlled warehousing** — Refrigerated and frozen storage linked to production, distribution and retail supply chains.
- **Value-added food handling** — Blast freezing, tempering, picking, packaging, labeling, kitting and cross-docking; availability varies by facility.
- **Transportation and consolidation** — Refrigerated transport coordination and consolidation services for less-than-truckload and other food flows.
- **i-3PL** — Customer portal for network inventory visibility, order management, reports, alerts and carrier appointments.
- **EDI integration** — Electronic exchange of supply-chain information with customer business systems.
- **Design-build-operate and automation** — Customer-specific infrastructure development and selected automated storage and retrieval systems.
- **Direct-to-consumer fulfillment** — Consumer-order preparation, packaging and shipping supported by SmarTrakr inventory and shipment visibility.

## Achievements

- More than 120 years of corporate heritage.
- Second in GCCA’s 2026 global capacity ranking of member operators.
- Russellville facility received the 2024 CEBA Built by the Best award and 2025 Cold Storage Facility of the Year recognition.
- Opened its Kansas City import-export hub in August 2025.
- Closed the EQT cold-storage joint venture in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Grand openings for retail hubs at Halwyn, Christchurch and Prospect, Sydney, according to the development-projects page.
- **2026-06** — Announced the opening of its integrated cold-chain facility at Port Saint John.
- **2026-07** — Signed the ADUSA termination and wind-down agreement; Lancaster operations are to end and Plainville operations will not commence.
- **2026-08** — Reported Q2 revenue of $662.9 million and net loss of $342.8 million, with impairment charges a major driver.
- **2026-08** — Highlighted direct-to-consumer capabilities and its work with Good Ranchers.
- **2026-08** — Closed its EQT joint venture on August 31, receiving approximately $1.1 billion in net cash proceeds intended for debt repayment.

## Links

- Website: https://www.americold.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/americold-logistics/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/americoldtweets
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREd0SFlxKQ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americold

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Last updated: 2026-10-03