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in focusArdboe Coldstore Ltdat the very heart of the food industryIn many ways Ardboe Coldstore is one of the Irish food industry’s best kept secrets. The company is currentlyone of the leading third party logistics providers in this country. It’s often overlooked that without blast freezingand cold storage facilities, effectively preserving the nation’s food, Ireland’s £15 billion food sector would grindto a halt. The Irish food sector exports 80% of the food it produce to countries around the world. However,without the services of an effective cold store and food preservation sector, all of this could not be sustained.Ardboe Coldstore is locatedin the South Tyronevillage of the same nameoverlooking Lough Neagh. To saythat the company is at the heartof the food sector is true froma number of perspectives. It isphysically located within 15 milesdriving distance from a selectionof Ireland’s largest dairy, pork andredmeat processing businesses.However, this is only a peripheralscratching the surface when oneconsiders the range of serviceswhich the company suppliesto its growing client base.A quick look at the map willalso confirm Ardboe Coldstore’sproximity to both motorwaynetworks in Northern Ireland,whilst occupying a centrallocation in the province. Thecompany is equidistant fromboth the M1 and M2.In both cases the drive to accessboth these arterial routes takesabout twenty minutes. As aconsequence, deliveries to Ardboecan be easily facilitated fromany location on the island ofIreland. And, of course, onwarddistribution from Ardboe issimilarly straightforward.Ardboe Coldstore was establishedby its current managing directorEugene Carson almost twentyyears ago. The interveningperiod has been characterisedby an ongoing investmentprogramme, the most recent facetof which was the completionof a £2.5 million extension atthe company’s main site.“Irish food businesses haveinvested £millions overrecent years in modernprocessing facilities, makingthem amongst the mostefficient in the world,”confirmed Eugene Carson.“Our objective from day one wasto ensure that these businessescould rely on cold storageand blast freezing facilitieswhich had the same degree ofsophistication and reliability.“In other words, we provide atwenty first century solution tothe challenge of ensuring thatall aspects of product quality,preservation and traceabilityare maintained, once foodis entrusted to our care.“Our recent expansion meansthat we are now able to offer atemperature controlled storagecapacity of 6 million cubic feet,or 16 thousand tonnes.“We offer a comprehensive rangeof services from blast freezing andtempering facilities, to warehousingand distribution solutions.”“Ardboe Coldstore is perfectlypositioned to provide food sectorEugene Carson, Managing Director, Ardboe Coldstoreclients of all sizes with a full rangeof logistical solutions. In otherwords, we provide a total-packagestorage and distribution solutionfor the entire food sector.”Eugene Carson continued:45Ardboe Cold Stores 3pgs.indd 45 19/03/2012 16:51