Lineage Logistics completes U.K. cold-storage warehouse expansion

Lineage Logistics has completed the expansion of its Heywood Northern Superhub, making Manchester home to the United Kingdom’s most advanced cold storage facility. The upgraded warehouse will play a key role in U.K. food distribution and consume 75 percent less energy than the European average, as it features the latest technologies that maximize warehouse space utilization.

The cold storage facility will provide storage for major food manufacturing, service and retail brands, cementing Manchester’s role as a distribution hub for food products in the United Kingdom. Following the 12-month expansion, the facility will boast 425,000 square feet of space and a total of 78,000 pallets across the site on Hareshill Road. This is part of the three-phase expansion of Lineage’s original facility into a Northern Superhub, with prior phases adding 100,000 square feet of space and 28,000 pallets. The expanded facility became operational during the summer.

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