USCS on track for opening PRW to better serve Midwestern USA.

United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Cold Storage (USCS USCS United States Code Service
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USCS United States Customs Service
USCS Unified Soil Classification System
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USCS Universal Ship Cancellation Society ) plans to open its latest Midwest project, a major warehouse and distribution center in Wilmington, Illinois Wilmington is the name of two places in the U.S. state of Illinois:

Wilmington, Greene County, Illinois
Wilmington, Will County, Illinois

See also

Wilmington (disambiguation)''

, this April as scheduled.

"With the addition of a new warehouse in Wilmington, we are greatly expanding our ability to provide customers with access to markets throughout the Midwest by serving as a hub for their specialized distribution requirements," said Diane Stewart, vice president-area manager for the Voorhees, New Jersey-headquartered company's Midwest facilities.

Phase One of the development consists of a 5.7 million cubic foot facility with a 65-foot wide refrigerated re·frig·er·ate
tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates
1. To cool or chill (a substance).

2. To preserve (food) by chilling. shipping and receiving dock that is accessed by 22 dock doors for truck activity. The warehouse will be fully racked with 16,700 pallet positions, and has been specially designed with separated storage space engineered to maintain temperatures from -20[degrees]F to +55[degrees]F. The Wilmington facility is situated just off I-55 at 800 Kankakee River The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 90 mi (144 km) long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. At one time the river drained one of the largest wetlands in North America and furnished a significant portage Drive.

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Title Annotation:	Warehousing World
Publication:	Quick Frozen Foods International
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1U3IL
Date:	Jan 1, 2009
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