pressure gauge หน้าปัด 2 นิ้ว and logistics service provider Cold Solutions, says it will invest USD 70 million to construct the most important 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 environment friendly in the region. The chilly chain facility is flexibly designed to cater for numerous temperature ranges from +26 to -40 C and multiple product ranges, from contemporary fruit and vegetables, to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, meats and poultry, and frozen foods.
Cold Solutions Kenya is a portfolio company of ARCH Cold Chain Solutions East Africa Fund, a non-public fairness fund advised by ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited (ARCH).
“Cold Solutions’ one-stop-shops are designed to allow companies to keep track of products in real-time and facilitate transportation throughout East Africa via temperature-controlled trucks, both within the inside metropolis or to long-haul destinations,” 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 earlier than it reaches a consumer. This can 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 chilly storage advanced to Tatu Industrial Park, which is home to greater than 50 Kenyan, East African and multi-national companies constructing best-in-class amenities in Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone.”
Tatu City is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use improvement with houses, faculties, workplaces, a purchasing district, medical clinics, nature areas, a sport and entertainment complicated, and manufacturing area for more than one hundred fifty,000 residents and tens of 1000’s of day visitors. Schools and businesses are already open at Tatu City, and a range of houses suits all incomes. Tatu City represents a new way of living and pondering for all Kenyans, creating a novel live, work and play surroundings that’s free from site visitors congestion and long-distance commuting.
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