Lineage Logistics Expands Cold Storage Network With New Acquisition

Cold storage giant Lineage Logistics has acquired Hanson Logistics, the twelfth largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider in North America, according to the International Association of Refrigerated Warehousing. 

Hanson’s network includes seven distribution facilities reaching over 60% of the US population. Its facilities include 46 million cubic feet of capacity across Michigan and Indiana. In addition, the company has integrated business segments in warehousing and transportation solutions and a frozen food consolidation program.

Ken Whah, president and CEO of Hanson Logistics, says that joining the Lineage family makes the company better positioned to serve mid-market food processors and large global customers. 

Earlier this year, Hanson made five other North American acquisitions. The company also welcomed Villeneuve, a direct-to-store distribution service in Montreal, and Orefield Cold Storage, comprising three locations in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Lineage’s North American facility network consists of more than 250 facilities in 35 states and two Canadian provinces, spanning over 1.7 billion cubic feet of temperature-controlled capacity.

The REIT has made a number of acquisitions in recent months to help build out this presence, including, at the start of the year, its purchase of Cryo-Trans, the largest refrigerated and insulated railcar fleet in North America. That deal gave Lineage Logistics an even greater competitive foothold in the cold-storage market as it was able to start providing insulated railcar service.