VersaCold

VersaCold
Public
Founded 1946
Headquarters Vancouver, British Columbia
Key people
 Doug Harrison, President & CEO
Number of employees
 2600
Website www.versacold.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

VersaCold is Canada’s largest supply chain company focused exclusively on the handling of temperature sensitive products.[1]

Overview

VersaCold started in 1946 as B.C. Ice & Cold Storage Co., serving Vancouver’s fishing industry. In the decades that followed, the company expanded steadily east. By the ‘80s the company had established a strong base in the west with eight facilities in BC, Alberta and Washington. A series of mergers and acquisitions throughout the ‘90s put VersaCold on the continental and, by 2005, global map, as the purchase of P&O Cold Storage added operations in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

In 2010, VersaCold sold its offshore operations and returned to its Canadian roots. VersaCold is jointly owned by Toronto-based private equity firm KingSett Capital and Quebec-based investor Ivanhoé Cambridge. Today, VersaCold operates the largest temperature sensitive logistics network in Canada,[2] with 31 temperature controlled warehouses and distribution centres and a fleet of trucks providing local, regional, national and international transportation across Canada and the United States.[3]

Services

VersaCold delivers a suite of fully integrated logistics services through its national network of facilities, transportation fleet and advanced technologies.

References

  1. ↑ "VersaCold cements food-distribution dominance with CPX acquisition". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  2. ↑ "VersaCold cements food-distribution dominance with CPX acquisition". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  3. ↑ "About Us | VersaCold | Canada's largest supply chain company focused exclusively on the handling of temperature sensitive products". www.versacold.com. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
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