Seafrigo, a US-based cold chain logistics service provider in the food industry, has officially inaugurated its fifth warehouse in Sweden.
The company aims to expand its operations in the Nordic region with the new facility which spans 10,000sqm and is located southeast of Stockholm in Katrineholm. The site features 30,000 pallet positions.
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This addition will enable Seafrigo to further enhance the variety of its regional services. This new platform joins the four Swedish warehouses already in operation in Helsingborg, Astorp, Hassleholm, and Landskrona.
The Katrineholm facility is Miljobyggnad Silver certified, per Sweden’s environmental building certification system. Additionally, Seafrigo operates fully electric trucks in the region, eliminating the use of diesel and further reducing the company’s carbon footprint.
The opening was attended by Seafrigo president and founder Eric Barbé, alongside Group CEO Bruno Plantaz, and chief projects officer Stéphane Desseigne.
They were joined by Seafrigo Nordics directors Peter Jönsson and Magnus Mohlin, along with customers and local councillors, for a tour of the state-of-the-art facility.
Peter Jönsson, managing director of Seafrigo Nordic, said: “This new development enables us to further enhance Seafrigo’s service offering across the Nordics and ensures we can better serve our customers’ precise, specialist needs.”
“Located close to major retailers’ national distribution centres, we can meet and exceed their requirements while maintaining our commitment to sustainability,” he added.
Seafrigo Sweden works in the protein logistics sector, handling beef, pork, and poultry. The company receives daily deliveries directly from slaughterhouses, blast-freezing products from 2°C to -18°C in preparation for export. The company mainly exports its frozen products to Asia and Africa. It also provides meat storage before distribution to Swedish retailers.
