A leading Kenyan warehouse and logistics service provider Cold Solutions, says it’ll make investments USD 70 million to assemble the largest cold chain facility in East Africa to deal with challenges that face transportation of perishable goods.
Cold Solution’s 15,000 sqm flagship facility in Tatu City Special Economic Zone in Nairobi would be the largest, most superior and efficient in the region. The chilly chain facility is flexibly designed to cater for numerous temperature ranges from +26 to -40 C and a quantity of product ranges, from recent fruit and greens, to prescribed drugs and vaccines, meats and poultry, and frozen meals.
เกจวัดแรงดันไทวัสดุ is a portfolio company of ARCH Cold Chain Solutions East Africa Fund, a private fairness fund suggested by ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited (ARCH).
“Cold Solutions’ one-stop-shops are designed to permit businesses to maintain track of products in real-time and facilitate transportation throughout East Africa via temperature-controlled trucks, either throughout the inner city or to long-haul locations,” mentioned Jared Irving, Managing Director, ARCH.
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The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that over 40% of meals in Sub-Saharan Africa perishes before it reaches a consumer. This may be as high as 60% for fresh produce in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Chris Barron, Kenya Country Head for Rendeavour, Tatu City’s owner and developer, says, “We are delighted to welcome Cold Solutions’ transformational cold storage advanced to Tatu Industrial Park, which is house to greater than 50 Kenyan, East African and multi-national businesses building best-in-class facilities in Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone.”
Tatu City is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use development with homes, schools, offices, a purchasing district, medical clinics, nature areas, a sport and leisure advanced, and manufacturing area for more than 150,000 residents and tens of thousands of day guests. Schools and companies are already open at Tatu City, and a spread of houses fits all incomes. Tatu City represents a new way of life and pondering for all Kenyans, creating a singular live, work and play surroundings that is free from site visitors congestion and long-distance commuting.
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