A new construction project in Cartagena and the expansion of a facility in Bogotá will add 22,000 positions to the company's capacity in the country.

Emergent Cold LatAm, a temperature-controlled food storage and logistics solutions provider with a presence in several Latin American countries, will invest US$38 million to expand its storage infrastructure in Colombia with two projects that will add 22,000 new pallet positions to its capacity in the coffee-producing country.

The company will build a new warehouse in Cartagena, where it already has a facility. With a capacity of 9,000 pallets for refrigerated or frozen foods, this new warehouse will be located in the Parque Central Free Trade Zone. In Funza, in the metropolitan area of Bogotá, a recently acquired facility will be expanded to add 13,000 new positions.

“Bogotá and Cartagena are two strategic regions for our growth in Colombia. The capital, for being a large metropolitan area, and the coastal city for having one of the largest ports in Latin America. This is an important step in our expansion in the country, which represents the relevance of the Colombian market and our commitment to economic development and logistics infrastructure,” said Alain Eichmann, General Manager for the Caribbean region at Emergent Cold LatAm.

Emergent Cold LatAm began operations in Colombia in 2022 when it acquired Frigorífico Metropolitano (Frigometro), a national temperature-controlled storage network with facilities in four strategic regions of the country.

That same year, it completed another investment with the expansion of a warehouse located in Girón. In 2024, it finalized the acquisition of Red Polar, adding another warehouse to its operations. Currently, the company operates five warehouses in the regions of Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Buga and Cartagena.