Hanson Logistics starts $2 million expansion

Hanson Logistics starts $2 million expansion    Hanson Logistics announced Wednesday a $2 million expansion to its Decatur, Mich., cold storage facility used by Dole Packaged Foods.
   Dole Packaged Foods uses the facility to mix frozen California fruit with Michigan fruit to reduce supply chain costs and better serve its customers.
   'We've had the opportunity to work closely with Dole Packaged Foods during the past several years, and to extend our agreement to 11 years is a great vote of confidence in all Hanson teammates and the Michigan infrastructure,' said Andrew Janson, Hanson's president.
   Dole Packaged Foods is based in Westlake Village, Calif., with its Frozen Foods operations in Atwater, Calif., and is a division of Dole Food Co. In addition to fresh fruits, Dole packages frozen foods such as blackberries, blueberries, dark sweet cherries, mixed berries, mixed fruit, pineapple, strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb, peaches, mango, tropical mixed fruit and wild blueberries.
   Hanson's network of Michigan warehouses will play a key role in supplying much of the fruit used in Dole's products. The Decatur facility has a capacity of 1.4 million cubic feet that includes food-processing space. The frozen and refrigerated facility can accommodate 7,500 pallet positions configured for bulk and processed fruit and vegetables.
   Decatur is one of eight Hanson temperature-controlled facilities in a network designed to support agricultural production and storage of food products.