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 At the
IARW-WFLO European Council Meeting held before the European Cold Chain Logistics
Education Program & Trade Show in Bucharest, Romania, an historic agreement was
reached by the IARW European Council and the European Cold Storage and Logistics
Association (ECSLA) to jointly create one new European association of cold store
and logistics providers, as well as national associations, to be affiliated with
GCCA. The ECSLA board met to discuss and sign a final agreement and the IARW
European Council simultaneously endorsed the agreement to be presented for final
approval by the IARW and WFLO Boards. Benefiting from the leadership of ECSLA
Chairman Wim van Bon and IARW Council Chairman Robert McNamara, this agreement
will lead to one strong European organization representing the refrigerated
warehouse and logistics industry in Brussels and delivering services throughout
the EU. This new organization, retaining the ECSLA name, will be a GCCA
Affiliate and be lead by a representative body.
Held 21-22 September, the European Cold Chain Logistics Education Program &
Trade Show brought together members of the IARW European Council, members of
ECSLA, and industry members from Romania and other Eastern European countries.
Delegates benefited from programs on distribution, transportation, facility
design, risk management, EU regulations, markets analysis, doing business in
Eastern Europe and much more. The official meeting of the IARW European Council
was held just prior to the conference and was chaired by Robert McNamara. During
the meeting, Paul Shortt was elected as the new Council Chairman. |
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 On 17-19 September,
IARW members in the southeastern part of the U.S. came together for two days to
learn about key issues in the industry such as business continuity planning,
government affairs, fire protection technology, advances in automation, and ways
to partner with contractors when disaster strikes in the warehouse. The
Southeastern Chapter Meeting was held in Amelia Island, Florida, USA. Nearly
fifty members attended the meeting including representatives from Eskimo Cold
Storage, Richmond Cold Storage, U.S. Cold Storage, and New Orleans Cold Storage.
Look for information in the future about how you can participate in next year’s
IARW North American Chapter Meetings.
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 With a booming
agribusiness and a slew of enticing government incentives, India is primed for
significant cold chain growth over the next five years. This autumn, the Global
Cold Chain Alliance is proud to be hosting ICE 2009 - India’s first
refrigerated warehousing, cold storage construction, refrigerated logistics and
transportation event. The event, being held 10-12 November 2009 at the Ashoka
Hotel in New Delhi, India, will feature five technical sessions with over 20
presentations covering everything from modernization of cold stores to
transportation infrastructure in India. The top leaders in refrigerated
warehousing and logistics, cold storage design-build, food processing, and food
science from India and beyond will be there to learn and network. Download the
registration
form. Learn more at
www.indiacoldchainexpo.com. There are still expo booths available! Reserve
your space now! Expo booths are available to international participants for USD
$1,800. |
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Filling out export paperwork correctly is essential to reduce problems, avoid
delays at borders and ports, and save money. IARW members may be interested in
attending one of three USMEF Export Document Seminars to be held 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
local time in the following locations:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Tuesday, 20 October at the Westin Airport Hotel;
Omaha, Nebraska, USA - Wednesday, 21 October at the USDA FSIS, Edward
Zorinsky Federal Building; San Francisco, California, USA - Thursday, 22
October at the Westin Airport Hotel.
USMEF has designed the seminars to seek solutions to minimize errors. The goal
is to train facility staff to fill out export documents with a minimum of
mistakes. Alejandra Valdez, USMEF Monterrey manager, technical services, and
staff from the Denver headquarters export services department will conduct the
seminars.
To sign up, fill in the
Registration Form and e-mail it to
aspaeth@usmef.org or mail to the address listed on the form.
For more information, contact Ann Spaeth in the USMEF Denver office at +1 303
623 6328 or e-mail aspaeth@usmef.org.
Individual registration fee is $100 for USMEF members and $175 for non-members.
Registration includes lunch and course materials. For information on hotel
accommodations please contact Ann Spaeth. |
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 The IARW insurance team has
recently received several requests for all risk property damage coverage on the
product which is being stored in PRWs. Please remember that we do have the
capacity to handle this coverage and we would be more than happy to offer a
quote to your customers. Click here to see the new
IARW Insurance Brochure. If you need any type of assistance contact Connie
Phipps at cphipps@lockton.com or +1 816
960 9946. |
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Next Tuesday, 29 September 2009, marks the deadline to reserve ad space
in the November/December issue of COLD FACTS magazine. Advertising in
COLD FACTS allows you to specifically target warehouse operators,
cold storage contractors, and transportation specialist all at the same time!
Don’t miss your last chance in 2009 to advertise in your association’s magazine.
Download your space
reservation form or full
GCCA Media Kit.
Questions? Contact James Rogers at
jrogers@gcca.org or call +1 703 373 4300.
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ICS Logistics
will build a 500,000 sq. ft. warehouse in LaPorte County, Indiana, USA
bringing hundreds of jobs to the area.
See full story from South Bend Tribune.
Americold
has begun expansion of its Fremont, Nebraska, USA facility to accommodate
customer and market demand. Pallet capacity will increase by 5000, bringing the
total facility capacity to 18,679 sq. ft.
See full release from Business Wire.
Henningsen Cold Storage made a substantial
contribution to the Oregon Food Bank’s new $3 million building in Beaverton
Oregon, USA. Henninsen Cold Storage is a long time donor to the program.
See full story from News Times.
The first of five buildings in the former Richmond Cold Storage complex in
Virginia, USA has been transformed into a 37-unit apartment building.
See full story from The Richmond Times Dispatch.
Starting in October, Benjamin
Milk, long-time Vice President of IARW, will write a monthly column about
logistics for Frozen & Dairy Buyer magazine.
See full release.
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Business
Pilgrim’s Pride announced that it
had agreed to sell a majority stake of itself to a Brazilian beef producer
as part of plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
See full story from The New York Times.
A massive beef shortage in Argentina is due to the worst drought in a
century, which is drying up pastures and crops in 80 percent of the
Argentine Pampas.
See full story
from Cattle Facts.
Tons of Israeli kosher chickens may soon be on their way to the U.S. kosher
market.
See full story from Israel Faxx.
The scientific panel of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
are calling for a cut of up to 50 percent in the bigeye tuna catch in the
central and western Pacific Ocean due to overfishing.
See full
story from The Japan Times.
Tasmanian beef producers have set a challenge to their mainland counterparts
- to achieve beef production of 2,000 kilograms liveweight gain per hectare
per year.
See full story from Meat International.
New Products
Edmonton, Canada-based Aqua Screen
Corporation is testing technology that produces test results within minutes
for bacteria including listeria, salmonella and E. coli.
See full story from The Globe and Mail.
The Food Marketing Institute and
GS1 U.S. launched the Rapid Recall Exchange, an online service to facilitate
information exchange between retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers about
food and product recalls and withdrawals.
See full release.
Jack Daniel's has partnered with
Completely Fresh Foods on refrigerated meat entrees made with Jack Daniel's
Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey.
See full story from Brandweek.
Trends
Sara Lee Corp. is reporting that
it has reduced its water usage by more than 21 percent in four years and
reduced the amount of waste sent to landfill by 18 percent.
See
full story from Trading Markets.
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U.S. President Obama sat down with Chinese President Hu Jintao in New York
City, USA amid rising tensions between their two nations over recent trade
decisions.
See full story from ABC News.
The UK's biggest retailer, Tesco, backed the Conservatives' party campaign to
ensure food labels have better information to tell consumers where meat
products come from.
See full story from The Independent.
The Thai Food and Drug Administration notified WTO of its change in the
Ministerial Regulation to require licensed food importers to have their
products available for inspection at the port of entry.
See full report.
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