NEWCOLD ADVANCED LOGISTICS
Project Description
Client: NewCold Advanced Logistics
Facility Type: Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS) | Distribution
Location: Lebanon, Indiana
Total Size: 843,562 SF Facility
Phase I – 460,765 SF | 25,443,228 CF
Phase II – 382,797 SF Facility | 33,226,000 CF
Largest Cold Storage in the US
Operating on Half the Energy of a Conventional System & Winner of CEBA Built By The Best 2023
The latest addition to NewCold’s growing portfolio of US facilities is NewCold Indiana, and is also the winner of the $35MM and up Built by the Best Award for 2023. The Netherlands-based cold chain logistics company is investing in a new, state-of-the art facility. Expanding its existing customer partnership with Conagra Brands, one of North America’s leading branded food companies.
The $300 million investment marks NewCold’s third facility in the U.S., and is now one of the largest and most advanced ASRS facilities in the world.
Having partnered with NewCold on their facilities in Burley, ID and Tacoma, WA, Fisher Construction Group had the experience to tackle the complex, large-scale automated cold storage project. It is approximately half the size of the mammoth Lucas Oil stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts. At 141 feet high, the facility boasts over 200,000 pallet positions.
The Indianapolis cold storage facility utilizes state-of-the-art technology including automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) to automatically move and store products in the ‘dark’ high-bay warehouse designed to operate 24/7 while enhancing energy efficiency by approximately 50% compared to traditional warehouses.
The equipment and operators will be directed by NewCold’s proprietary advanced software systems, while products are kept in optimal conditions with all cold store areas cooled down to sub-zero temperatures. This advanced cold chain solution ensures that processes are sustainable, traceable, fully integrated with the processes of NewCold’s customers, and always at the very forefront of technological developments.
Phase I of the facility was awarded CEBA’s Built by the Best Award in 2023.
