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Allen Lund Company , La Canada, CA Web site: www.allenlund.com Year founded: 1976 Number of employees: 390+ Area(s) served: North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) Asset/Non-asset: Non-asset Worth noting: Allen Lund Company received the TIA 3PL Good Samaritan Award for 2011, the 2013 "Best in Cargo Security Award," and was placed in Transport Topics' "2013 Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms." In 2014, the company earned a spot on the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100. Allen Lund Company managed over 288,000 shipments in 2013. Alliance Shippers , Englewood Cliffs, NJ Web site: www.alliance.com Year founded: 1977 Number of employees: 500 Area(s) served: North America, International Asset/Non-asset: Both Worth noting: Alliance Shippers Inc. offers worldwide transportation and logistics services via rail, highway, air and waterborn carriage, all managed by the company's Perfect Shipment® program, a process for providing on-time delivery for customers' shipments. The company's web page is updated monthly for current actual performance. Americold , Atlanta, GA Web site: www.americold.com Year founded: 1903 Number of employees: 12,000 Area(s) served: International Asset/Non-asset: Asset Worth noting: Americold owns and operates 177 temperature-controlled warehouses in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina and Canada. The cold storage network includes a total capacity of over 1.1 billion cubic feet of storage. The warehouses are an integral part of the supply chain connecting food producers, processors, distributors and retailers to the end consumer. The company provides a web-based performance management system (i-3PL) to track inventory. Americold provides customers with supply chain optimization studies to ensure distribution points of presence fully minimize transportation costs. C.H. Robinson , Eden Prairie, MN Web site: www.chrobinson.com Year founded: 1905 Number of employees: 11,703 Area(s) served: International Asset/Non-asset: Non-asset Worth noting: In 2013, C.H. Robinson executed approximately 12.7 million shipments for more than 46,000 active customers and 63,000 contract carriers. The company received the Top Supplier, Collaboration and Service Award from Brookshire Grocery Company in 2013 and was named the #1 Best Place to Work for large companies by the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Business Journal. CaseStack , Santa Monica, CA Web site: www.casestack.com Year founded: 1999 Number of employees: 200+ Area(s) served: North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico) Asset/Non-asset: Non-asset Worth noting: Thousands of suppliers turn to CaseStack for innovative consolidation programs, efficient warehousing systems and streamlined transportation management, all of which are centered on the company's proprietary, real-time inventory and order technology. This enables customers to realize cost savings and achieve the performance levels of their larger competitors for less investment. Cold Storage Solutions , North Las Vegas, NV Web site: www.coldstoragesolutions.com Year founded: 2012 Number of employees: 10 Area(s) served: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and surrounding areas Asset/Non-asset: Both Worth noting: Cold Storage Solutions offers customers "Cold Storage Simplified." The company offers more than 165,087 square feet of cold and dry storage. Cold Storage Solutions features online order entry, cloud storage of data and online temperature monitoring in real time. The company serves Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and surrounding areas. Columbia Colstor, Inc. , Kennewick, WA Web site: www.columbiacolstor.com Year founded: 1983 Number of employees: 467 Area(s) served: U.S. Asset/Non-asset: Both Worth noting: The McGraw family has been in the logistics industry for over 80 years. The company's international, intermodal warehouse has more than 220,000 square feet of temperature-controlled loading and storage space. Columbia Colstor offers domestic and international shippers an alternative intermodal transshipment and cross-docking operation located in a convenient, highly-efficient and cost-effective inland port. Columbian Logistics Network , Grand Rapids, MI Web site: www.columbianlogistics.com Year founded: 1896 Number of employees: 260 Area(s) served: U.S. Asset/Non-asset: Both Worth noting: Columbian Logistics Network earned the Michigan Safety and Health Achievement Recognition 22 AUGUST 2014 • FOOD LOGISTICS www.foodlogistics.com S P E C I A L F E A T U R E Food Logistics' 2014 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers A growing list to accommodate growing capabilities and players. B y E D I T O R I A L S T A F F T here's good news for transporters of temperature-controlled food and beverages: the number of top third party logistics and cold storage providers keeps growing. In reading about the top providers' capabilities in Food Logistics' annual list in the next several pages, there is even better news: their expertise in food and beverage handling keeps improving, year after year. Third-party logistics and cold storage providers play an important role in today's challenging cold supply chain. To help logistics professionals know who they can turn to for help with temperature-controlled transport, Food Logistics offers its annual Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers, an up-to-date list of providers and a summary of their capabilities. This list provides a handy resource to transportation decision makers, giving them a snapshot of the capabilities of these companies and the geographic region(s) they serve. The fact that the Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers list grows every year speaks to the companies' improving expertise. The providers are keeping up with the latest temperature monitoring technologies, transportation management systems and warehouse management systems, among others. Their capabilities have become as diverse as the customers they serve—from small local producers to global food manufacturers—all of whom have unique requirements. This year's list has familiar names and newcomers. The alphabetized profles contain basic information, while details on each company's service offerings are provided on the accompanying graphs.