Georgia Freezer, one of the Southeast's largest Public Refrigerated
Warehousing (PRW) companies offering blast freezing and frozen food storage,
has completed a $7 million expansion that more than doubles the size of its
Cartersville facility. The original facility opened in September 1996.
Said Mike Williams, plant manager, "We're having to grow to better serve and
surpass increasing production needs (of our customers). Their success is
driving our success." The expanded plant equals roughly two football fields
in total area--100 yards long and 100 yards wide. The new construction added
17,000 pallet positions for a total of 25,000.. Another 16 dock doors also
were added, allowing up to 27 trucks to be served at one time, Williams said.
The blast freezers are able to handle up to 800,000 pounds of products per
day. Georgia Freezer is owned and operated by Associated Freezers Ltd. of
Toronto, the fifth-largest public refrigerated warehousing company in North
America. It operates 21 PRWs across Canada and the United States. The
Cartersville plant is one of three Georgia Freezer/Associated Freezer
locations in Georgia.