United States Cold Storage Inc. (USCS) expects by spring 2025 to complete a 107,200
square-foot addition at its Lebanon, IN, public refrigerated warehouse, northwest of Indianapolis. In conjunction, Gorton’s Seafood, Gloucester, MA, will construct its own attached seafood processing facility, which is scheduled to open in late 2025 and employ as many as 160 people.
“We set a goal to be strategic provider and build long-term production support capabilities with specific customers to our portfolio,” says David Butterfield, USCCS Executive Vice President. “Today is just one wonderful step in fulfilling that goal. Gorton’s and USCS have a 40-year relationship of working together as a distribution network and this greatly enhances that relationship in everything from raw material management to delivering of finished goods. It has been a great collaboration of efforts from both groups to truly create and design a state-of-the-art production facility with an automated warehouse to support all Gorton’s functions.”
“This year marks 175 years of Gorton’s spreading the goodness of the sea to households across America, so it’s fitting that in 2024 we can share this incredibly exciting news,” adds Kurt Hogan, Gorton’s Seafood CEO. “Our investment in this new facility, in partnership with US Cold, will allow us to continue our production hub while the new Lebanon facility will drive further growth with incremental production capabilities and distribution efficiencies.
“We are excited to welcome Gorton’s Seafood to Indiana and are confident they will find success here in partnership with United States Cold Storage,” said Ann Lathrop, chief strategy officer at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC). “United States Cold Storage is advancing the state’s reputation as a logistics leader, helping manufacturers deliver essential products – from food to cars to life-saving medicines – to customers across the country and around the world.”