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Chambersburg Cold Storage
Chambers-5 Business Park
1480 Nitterhouse Drive
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201
Phone: 717.261.1288
Fax: 717.261.1399
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 Background Information:
- Opened on June 26, 1995 and expanded in both 1997 and 2000, tripling it's capacity to over 9 million cubic feet
- Located in the Chambers-5 Business Park on 19.5 acres
- Logistically situated at the Exit 14, Interchange of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania, 25 miles north of Interstate 70 in Maryland and 35 miles south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
- Convenient to the Inland Port of Front Royal, Virginia
- Completely palletized and racked with 44,000 pallet positions including three order staging areas within a -20 degree Fahrenheit freezer
- +40 degree Fahrenheit refrigerated docks consist of 26 sealed truck loading/unloading doors and 9 canopied and sealed rail loading/unloading doors
- Our own on-site locomotive switch engine for handling rail cars
- Free of charge drop trailer program is accomplished through the use of our own yard tractor
- Independent ownership with experienced, on-site daily management for quick and responsive service flexibility
- Freezer employees work inside the convenience of a heated cab reach truck, increasing plant productivity and efficiency
Transportation Options:
- Customer flexibility of dual rail service providing competitive rail rate negotiations for shippers
- CSX Transportation Railway
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Daily spotting by CSXT and Norfolk Southern
- CSX Intermodal Yard less than one mile away
- Cryo-Trans Logistics truck transportation services
 MIS/Communication Information:
- Intra-plant radio communication system and pneumatic tube paper transportation system in place
- Proprietary computerized inventory tailored to customer needs by an on-staff programmer
- Truck entrance kiosk system that allows for video recorded communication and paper transportation without the driver having to leave their vehicle
- RF Technology and real time inventory are in development
Plant Security:
- Central monitoring of all security, fire and refrigeration systems 24 hours a day
- Exterior recorded and interior plant video surveillance system
- Computerized refrigeration monitoring and control
Government Approvals:
- USDA Export Approval for meat and poultry, including Russian Approval
- USDA Off Premises Blast Freezing Approval for meat and poultry
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange Approved for the storage of Frozen Butter, Frozen Boxed Boneless Beef, Spot Call Butter, Frozen Pork Bellies, and Frozen Hams
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