Kool Pak is pleased to announce that Brisa Rosentritt was awarded the Safety Professional of the Year at the Oregon Trucking Association (OTA)’s annual Spring Safety Conference. Brisa is an integral part of Kool Pak’s Safety team and is our Equipment and Compliance Administrator. She received the award from the OTA in the Large…
Nicole Hawks-Morse, CDS, our Director of Safety, was awarded the Safety Professional of the Year at the 71st Oregon Trucking Association’s Annual Convention in Bend, Oregon on August 17, 2022. This is the second time Nicole has won this award. She was previously awarded the Oregon Trucking Association (OTA)’s Safety Director of the Year at the…
We are happy to announce that Jenny Hall, Dispatch Department at Rancho Cucamonga branch has recently accepted the position of Fleet Manager. Also, Yedith Barraza from the Quality Department at Clackamas recently shared her interest in advancing her career with the company and has been promoted to OSD Supervisor. Jenny has been with Kool Pak…
COVID-19 and the resulting impacts have required that we analyze every part of Kool Pak’s business. As a result, the hardest hit area of our system is northern California. After careful study, we have decided to close the Patterson, CA facility effective March 5th, 2021. Northern California is still an important market for us and our customers. We will continue to service…
At Ness Holding Company, we’re celebrating 80 great years of serving the food industry. Starting in 1939 in Portland, Oregon, Ness Holding Company Co. Inc., has been involved in manufacturing, importing, brokerage, distribution, warehousing and transportation services, all focused on excellent customer service and the safe handling of food and temperature-sensitive products.
In July, Kool Pak°® was proud to receive an award from United States Cold Storage, called the “Milkman Regional Carrier of the Year”. According to management at US Cold, “At US Cold Storage we uphold our vendor relationships with great pride. It is because of our strong vendor partnerships that we’re able to maintain…
In mid-July, Kool Pak was pleased to sponsor the 2018 KeHE Golf Outing to benefit Young Life in Chicago. Proceeds from this year’s event help Young Life to continue to provide critical support to the South Suburban Chicago chapter, as well as a newly launched partnership with New Moms (a residential facility for teenage…
The 12th annual Kool Pakº Driver of the Year Awards banquet was held on May 7 in Clackamas, in the Oak Banquet Room at Denny’s. There were plenty of hugs and happy people celebrating their accomplishments and successes at this year’s event. Personalized leather jackets were awarded to proud recipients of the 1st year Driver…
I am very excited to announce that Jose Barraza will assume the position of Terminal Manager for the Clackamas facility. Katie will return to her prior position as Director of Quality Control. We are fortunate to have a person in our company that has tremendous experience and who has been a member of the Kool…
Kool Pakº supports the Electronic Logging Device / ELD initiative that went into effect in December 2017. We believe ELDs are an important security measure which ensures more controlled driver logging as well as overall driver and truck safety. The benefits are critically important for us as a safety-conscious carrier and it’s our belief that…