The World Group, a strategic partnership of independent North American providers of frozen and refrigerated warehousing and logistics services, has elected a new slate of officers headed up President Ernie Ferguson of MTC Logistics.
Other officers tapped for executive service are Jim Henderson of New Orleans Cold Storage (NOCS), vice president; Stan Bigford of Trenton Cold Storage, secretary; and Ron Buford of Premier Refrigerated Warehouse, treasurer.
Since being founded in 1978, The World Group has offered the food industry competitive supply chain solutions tailored to clients’ market-specific needs. Its wide range of global experience and regional expertise encompasses a network of more than 75 refrigerated warehouses in the United States, Canada and Mexico. As the fifth largest cold storage entity on the planet, The World Group collectively possesses over 275 million cubic feet of multi-temperature storage space in addition to significant multi-temperature transportation services.
Current World Group partners are American Cold Storage, Frialsa Frigorificos (Mexico), Great Lakes Cold Storage, Henningsen Cold Storage, MTC Logistics, NOCS, Nor-Am Cold Storage, Premier Refrigerated Warehouse, Sierra Pacific Warehousing Group, Trenton Cold Storage (Canada) and US Growers Cold Storage.