The Controlled Environment Building Association (CEBA) has named Fisher Construction Group the winner of CEBA’s “Built by the Best” Award for its cold storage facility constructed for NewCold in Tacoma, WA. The project is NewCold’s first facility in the US, and it is reportedly the second high-bay, low-oxygen freezer in the country.

Tippmann Innovation of Fort Wayne, Ind. recently completed a cold-chain assessment for Wawa Inc., one of the nation’s leading convenience store chains. Over the last 60 years, Wawa has developed a reputation for the highest quality products in the country.

The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has released a report detailing the results of an 18-month long research initiative.

Just as the Internet makes use of hardware to relay data via the best routes regardless of who owns the hardware, a new “Physical Internet” for the Cold Chain (aka Cold PI) initiative is being developed by Tippmann Innovation (Ti) and Georgia Tech’s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute and the Physical Internet Center.

The association also compiled separate lists of the largest operators in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean, a testament to the strength of the global cold chain industry.

Recognizing outstanding young professionals in the global cold chain industry, the Global Cold Chain Alliance announced Joey Williams as the recipient of the 2015 Global NextGen Award.

With the rising investments in cold chain technologies and an increase in the demand for frozen food, the global cold chain market is projected to exhibit a CAGR of more than 11 percent through 2020, according to TechSci Research.

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) has released its 2014 Global Cold Storage Capacity Report. The report shows that the total capacity of refrigerated warehouses was estimated at 552 million cubic meters worldwide in 2014, an increase of 92 million cubic meters (20 percent) since 2012.

A number of leading companies that comprise the supply chain necessary to move cold food products around the world have launched a new organization known as the Global Food Cold Chain Council (GFCCC) to tackle environmental issues.