Kool Pak was founded in 1968 by industry veteran Paul Harris with a vision to provide refrigerated services to the meat processing industry in Portland and Seattle. Harris started the business with five employees and a few old Freightliner trucks. In September of that year, he leased space in the old cold storage plant of…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsAt Kool Pakº, we’ve had a significant increase in demand since mid-October. Freight volumes have increased dramatically, holding up through the holidays and appears, this will continue through the winter and beyond. Holiday freight typically declines following the heavy holiday period however we are anticipating ongoing heavy demand. We have struggled with weather issues, a…
DetailsIn 2017, the trucking industry experienced change in many ways. From enforcing regulations to new products being introduced, this has been a transforming year among all trucking companies. Fleet Trailer, LLC, just released their transportation industry recap. We invite you to read it now.
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…
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Kool Pakº LLC received a Mérieux NutriSciences Audit Participation for scoring 96.5% on a Distribution Center Food Safety and Quality Systems Audit performed at its Clackamas, Oregon facility on November 14, 2017. According to Kool Pakº CEO Steve Ness, “This was a comprehensive audit of our terminal and established procedures. The entire Kool Pakº team…
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As published in the November 2017 issue of Refrigerated Transporter magazine, Kool Pakº has embraced the technology of the Koolº Shield to protect your temperature-controlled products from exposure to high temperatures during the trailer unloading process. This article highlights the use of the Koolº Shield in our trailers which ensures the safety of your goods…
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In support of the many areas impacted by Hurricane Harvey, Kool Pakº is pleased to be working with one of our customers to provide relief donations. We donated the use of a truck and driver along with the freight and transportation services to Houston. Working with our generous customer, Wheat Valley Bakery donated pallets of…
DetailsIn June 2012 and 2014 Kool Pak opened two California facilities; one in Ontario and the other in Patterson, to better serve the California markets. After 5 and 3 years respectively we can say that these additions opened many new opportunities to serve more customers and offered storage and transportation services through- out the west…
DetailsApril 2016 – The Oregon Trucking Associations (OTA) Safety Council’s Spring Safety Conference was held on April 21st in Eugene, OR. KOOL PAK once again received the 1st Place Safety Award for Common Carrier – LTL – 1-5 million miles. This transportation safety award was presented by Great West Casualty Company and the Oregon Trucking…
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