HSH Cold Stores Limited, part of Constellation Cold Logistics and a market leading provider of temperature-controlled storage and distribution solutions across the UK, today announced reaching agreement to acquire Associated Cold Stores & Transport Limited, a subsidiary of Camellia PLC. The transaction is expected to close on 10 January 2023.

The acquisition of ACS&T will expand HSH’s strategic presence across the UK, increasing the Company’s storage capacity to include ACS&T’s facilities in Grimsby, Tewkesbury, and Wolverhampton, and grow the Company’s storage offering to around 140,000 pallet positions. In addition, the acquisition will boost HSH’s offering of temperature-controlled distribution services, which grows to 75 LGV lorries when including HSH and ACS&T’s existing fleets.

Anthony Howard, Managing Director at HSH noted the strategic benefits of HSH’s acquisition of ACS&T: “We are enormously proud and excited to welcome ACS&T to the HSH family, the acquisition will provide a unique opportunity for HSH to expand its storage and distribution services for our new and existing customers. Having co-founded HSH nearly 20 years ago, I am extremely proud to see how our Company has grown over the years and would like to extend my gratitude to our team on reaching this milestone. I look forward to collaborating with the team at ACS&T to accelerate our growth and develop new high quality cold chain solutions.”

Founded in 1921, ACS&T Logistics provides temperature-controlled storage and distribution services for customers. In addition, ACS&T also provides an extensive range of value-added services to provide customers with an end-to-end storage and distribution solution.

ACS&T’s temperature-controlled storage facilities operate from three strategic locations across the UK, Grimsby, Tewkesbury, and Wolverhampton. In addition to temperature-controlled storage services, ACS&T also provides high quality distribution services to customers.

HSH Coldstores is a subsidiary of Constellation Cold Logistics, the third largest provider of cold storage in Europe, offering over 500,000 pallet spaces across 21 facilities in six countries: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

HSH is one of the UK’s market leading providers of temperature-controlled storage and distribution solutions. The Company currently operates five storage sites and has a fleet of over 40 LGV lorries which collectively travel over two million miles per year.

HSH offers customers a complete end to end temperature-controlled storage and distribution solution, complete with value-added services which can be tailored to meet the customer’s requirements.