OREANDA-NEWS. November 20, 2012. Mr. Bill Hudson, the President of the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) is expected as the special guest at the event, to visit Ukraine for the first time. The special guest is to share the world urgent trends in cold supply chains and the practices of implementation of new technologies in the US cold logistics

Among the key issues at the conference are:

Selection of a transport vehicle: comparison of margin rates while acquiring new fleet and exploitation of used fleets

Energy efficiency: reduction of energy losses and application of new technologies

Monitoring of a temperature regime. Efficiency of temperature monitoring systems used in Ukraine. Leading companies' best practices and recommendations

Retail: leading retailers' best practices in building up the systems of delivery of chilled and frozen goods

International conference №1 'Cold Logistics in Ukraine 2012' is expected to disclose all the relevant urgent and valuable information for the market players as well as to prove the useful platform for networking in the sector

The event usually gathers over 200 top-managers of the local cold chain operators – production and distributution companies of chilled and frozen products, chilled / frozen equipment suppliers, LSP's, chilled / frozen warehouse operators, transportation companies and retailers in Ukraine

During the conference there expected presentations from the local market leaders, such as Kraft Foods Ukraine, Ferrero Ukraine, Danone, UVK, Thermo King, Fresh Point, Transicold, Fozzy Group, Metro Cash&Carry, Raben, Auchan, Tekhnoholod and others.