Americold breaks ground on 6.5 million cu. ft. expansion in Clearfield

If your business has food stored in a temperature-controlled environment in Utah, chances are it is being handled by Americold. That will especially be true when the Atlanta-based company completes its current project to add 6.5 million cubic feet of warehouse cold storage in Clearfield.

Americold, which provides temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics to the food industry, has broken ground in Clearfield to expand its site located at 755 E. 1700 S. The project will bring the site’s available cold storage to 17.7 million cubic feet and together with its Salt Lake City facility, the expansion extends Americold’s market leadership within the greater Salt Lake City metro area to more than 50 percent of total available capacity, triple that of its nearest local competitor, according to a company release.

“We are excited to be able to provide the additional capacity in Salt Lake City that our customers have requested,” said Fred Boehler, president and CEO of Americold.  “The new building should be operational in time for our peak volumes during the fourth quarter of 2017. I thank the representatives of the city of Clearfield, Davis County and the state of Utah for their support in this project’s development.”

The Americold project will cost about $30 million to complete and bring 50 new jobs to Clearfield.

Americold’s new building will feature ammonia-free, self-contained refrigeration units with no engine room requirement. The system offers significant energy efficiency gains, zero water usage and is air-cooled, the company said. The new building will include a 34 F dock and adjustable temperature zones to minus 20 F.

“Clearfield recognizes the value which Americold brings to the city,” said Clearfield City Mayor Mark Shepherd. “This expansion signifies a continuation of a great partnership with Americold, as well as the beginning of new growth and vitality within the cCity. It is great to see business not only come to Clearfield, but to thrive in Clearfield.”

“Americold joins the list of great companies whose experience doing business in Utah has led to increased investment in the state,” said Theresa Foxley, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah. “We congratulate Americold on their expansion and commend Clearfield City and Davis County on creating such a business-friendly, local economy.”

Americold owns and operates over 165 temperature-controlled warehouses with more than 1 billion cubic feet of storage in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina and Canada. The company employs more than 11,000 worldwide.