The FCL Advantage in Food Processing:
Cloverhill, a Hostess company and major supplier of individually wrapped pastry products, operated a large food processing facility outside Chicago and was looking to expand operations. When Cloverhill acquired their factory site’s back building, FCL helped adapt the structure to transform it into a 300,000 sq. ft. commercial bakery. Our four-phase plan enabled the existing plant to remain in operation during construction. We upgraded the acquired building’s plumbing, mechanical, and electrical infrastructure, installed an ammonia refrigeration system for the cooling production areas, and integrated spiral freezers and coolers, nitrogen freezing chambers, and a processing conveyor system into six new USDA compliant production lines.
| region | FCL | Midwest |
| type | Food Processing |
| size | 300,000 sq. ft. |
Vice President of National Cold Storage
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300,000 sq. ft. commercial bakery
Six USDA production lines
Ammonia refrigeration system for cooling production areas
Spiral freezers and coolers along with nitrogen freezing chambers are integrated in the production lines
Project phased over 4 years while production lines were in full operation
Food handling and processing conveyor system
