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Airclima has completed an expansion of eleven large cold stores for Cuppen Logistics, bringing the company's total to 67 facilities with around 40,000 pallet spaces. The new stores use CO₂ refrigeration with a combined cooling capacity of approximately 750 kW, designed for precise storage of strawberry and raspberry planting stock at −1 to −2 °C.
The revised rule permits HFC-based equipment with GWP below 1,400 in retail food and cold storage through 2032, while the AIM Act phasedown will cut U.S. HFC production and consumption to 70% of baseline by 2029 and 85% by 2036. EPA analysis projects that HFC demand will exceed available allocations starting in 2029, and international experience shows legacy HFC prices rose over 1,000% in Europe and nearly tripled in Australia after quota reductions.
Construction has begun in Dushanbe and the Sino district of Tajikistan on an agro-logistics center and a cold storage warehouse by LLC Marmari, each with a capacity of 2,000 tons. Both facilities were among seven projects reviewed by President Emomali Rahmon on October 30, 2026.
Kazakhstan's 941 vegetable storage facilities hold 2.56 million tonnes, but geographic concentration and a widening gap between planted areas and storage infrastructure are squeezing farm-gate prices, particularly in the potato sector.
Heuer Logistics has inaugurated its "Fresh World" cold storage center in Bremerhaven, a 5,500 m² facility converted from a former banana ripening plant at an investment of approximately 3 million euros. The center provides multi-temperature storage from 2 to 15 °C with capacity for up to 3,500 pallets and dedicated climate-controlled boxes for sensitive goods.
Tanzania's Agriculture Ministry is exploring low-cost refrigeration for agricultural produce markets to cut post-harvest losses. The Mamsera Market in Kilimanjaro is 70% complete, and the Holili International Grain Market near the Kenya border is set to break ground in April 2027.
FCC Economics reports that Canadian refrigerated warehouse capacity rose roughly 27 per cent between 2023 and 2026, driven by record vegetable harvests, a 48 per cent jump in frozen food manufacturing revenue, and expanding export volumes. Two new projects in Atlantic Canada and Quebec represent more than C$100 million in additional investment.
Catalytic Generators is launching a wireless generation of SmartRipe, its connected ethylene monitoring and control platform, that gives commercial fruit ripeners real-time remote visibility of generator status, Ethy-Gen II reservoir levels, and ethylene conversion rates via a smartphone or web interface. The system uses sub-GHz LoRa technology to operate reliably in ripening-room environments and is scheduled for worldwide availability in early 2027.
Italian company Marvil Engineering demonstrated its Dynamic Controlled Atmosphere and Ultra Low Oxygen systems at Fruit Attraction in Madrid (October 6–8), offering real-time cellular respiration monitoring to extend fruit and vegetable shelf life without invasive chemical treatments.
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