A truck built to transport perishable goods at certain temperatures is referred to as a refrigerated truck, refrigerated trailer or chiller lorry. These trailers are typically used to transport food-grade cargo. Negative temperature trailers are provided for transporting frozen food goods, and positive temperature trailers are offered for cooled ones. Also, a range of refrigerated trailers based on features including load capacity, pallet capacity, length, and number of decks are readily accessible. Perishable goods including fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, flowers, dairy, and poultry items are transported in refrigerated trailers. They also carry specialist drugs that must be transported in a specified temperature range.
The market for Refrigerated Trailers is anticipated to reach US$ 2001 million in 2021 and grow at a CAGR of 5.1% during the following five years.
Key Companies in the Refrigerated Trailers industry:
1. Kögel Trailer GmbH & Co.KG
One of the biggest producers of commercial vehicles, Kögel Trailer GmbH & Co.KG makes semi-trailers and trailers among other things. It was established in 1934 by Franz Xaver Kögel and had its main office in Gersthofen. Truck trailers are made by Koegel Trailer GmbH & Co. KG. The company sells truck cabs, buses, trailers, and demountable systems for flatbeds and turntables. Worldwide clients are served by Koegel Trailer. Kögel Trailer GmbH is a sponsor of the Logistics Hall of Fame and continues to promote the documentation of top logistical achievements. From 2019, the organisation has supported the Logistics Hall of Fame.
2. Wabash National Corporation.
The company Wabash National Company creates, produces, and provides trailers. The business provides truck bodies, flatbed, drop deck and dump trailers, as well as stainless steel vessels, as well as dry goods and refrigerated vans. North American consumers are catered to by Wabash National. Wabash (NYSE:WNC) is a pioneering provider of engineered solutions for the logistics, distribution, and transportation sectors that is Transforming How the World Reaches You®. The Lafayette, Indiana-based business helps customers succeed by offering foresight into the future and giving workable solutions now to take everything from the starting point to the finishing point. In addition to dry goods and refrigerated trailers, flatbed trailers, tank trailers, dry and refrigerated truck bodies, structural composite panels and products, trailer aerodynamic solutions and specialty food-grade processing equipment, Wabash designs, manufactures and offers services for a wide range of products.
3. Randon SA .
Randon SA Implementos E Participacoes, a Brazilian business founded in 1949, specialises in the production of heavy vehicles and their components. The following business segments are operated by the company: auto parts and services, specialty vehicles, and road / railway equipment. The company produces a range of waggons, including platform, tank, sider, and telescopic models. It also produces off-road vehicles, truck bodies, trailers, and semi-trailers, as well as braking and transmission systems. Road, railroad, and specialist vehicle segments account for the majority of the company's revenue.
4. Great Dane Trailers Inc..
Great Dane, formerly known as Great Dane Trailers, is a company located in Chicago, Illinois that produces flatbed semi-trailers, dry vans, and refrigerated vans. J.P. and T.H. Wheless founded the company in 1900. Our dry vans, refrigerated, and platform trailers are well known across the industry as the best in terms of quality and sturdiness. Great Dane has established a reputation as the industry leader in terms of technology, innovation, and quality. With its main office in Chicago, Illinois, Great Dane also has division offices in Savannah, Georgia, a parts distribution facility, and nine strategically placed production facilities all throughout the United States. Trailers and aftermarket parts are distributed across North and South America via the wide network of company-owned branches, full-line independent dealers, and parts-only independent dealers operated by Great Dane.
5.Gray & Adams.
In the UK, Gray & Adams is the industry leader in the production of custom, temperature-controlled cars. Our family-run firm, which was founded in 1957, has 750 workers and is headquartered in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. We also have operating facilities in Doncaster, Dunfermline, and Newtownabbey around the United Kingdom. The success of the firm has been attributed for more than 60 years to the experienced teams that create and construct remarkable items that are expertly engineered and of the highest construction quality. They have a long history of innovation as a consequence, and their product line includes anything from clinical waste vans to refrigerated double deck trailers.
6. Utility Trailer Manufacturing Compan.
American semi-trailer truck dry van, flatbed and refrigerated van trailer manufacturer Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company was established in 1914. Its headquarters are in the City of Industry in Los Angeles County, California, and it also operates a sales office in Alpharetta, Georgia, and a parts distribution centre in Batavia, Ohio. Trailers and other goods for transportation are designed and produced by Utility Trailer Manufacturing Corporation. The business provides curtain-sided trailers, flatbeds, reefers and dry goods vans. Across the United States, Utility Trailer Manufacturing provides customer service.
7. LAMBERET.
LAMBERET was established in 1935 and is currently THE European bodywork expert for refrigerated trucks. Its selection is appropriate for all products transportation ranging from 1 to 100 m3 and includes boxes and trailers, vans, platform-cabs, and chassis cabs for utility vehicles as well as bodies for rigids, truck trailers, semi-trailers, and swap bodies for industrial vehicles. It exports 4500 automobiles a year from this distinctive range to 35 nations in Europe and the Middle East. 600 employees work for the firm in Europe, which has annual sales of more than 120 million euros, of which half are for export. Financially speaking, LAMBERET SAS is in excellent standing and has no debt.
8. Hyundai Translead.
For the North American transportation business, Hyundai Translead is a top producer of domestic containers, converter dollies, dry and refrigerated van trailers, and container chassis. Hyundai Translead was founded in 1989 and is a fully-owned subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company Korea. Its headquarters are in San Diego, California, while three of its cutting-edge manufacturing facilities are in Tijuana, Mexico. The business received ISO:9001 Certification in 1996, making it the first significant North American manufacturer of trailers to do so. Since then, it has been re-certified annually.
*Definition: A refrigerated truck or refrigerated trailer or also referred to as chiller lorry is a truck designed to transport perishable goods at specific temperatures.
