Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration, a Carrier Transicold dealership, is helping address hunger and food waste in the Indianapolis area by donating the installation of a new X4™ 7500 trailer refrigeration unit to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions.
Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration installed the unit on a 35-foot trailer that entered service last month. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana partners with more than 300 pantries, shelters, senior centers and other organizations to relieve hunger in 21 counties across central Indiana. Its fleet of trailers and box trucks also provides a mobile pantry for families and individuals who fall outside the reach of its network.
“Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration has regularly serviced our Carrier Transicold refrigeration units and allows us to reliably distribute more than 55 million meals a year, including nearly 5 million meals through our mobile pantries,” said Joe Slater, Chief Operations Officer at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. “Nearly 78% of the food we distribute is fresh produce, lean protein, dairy or other perishables. Reliable temperature control and dependable transportation are essential in the movement to end hunger.”
Gleaners works with nearly 15,000 volunteers a year, including employees at Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration. The Carrier Transicold dealer’s newest facility is across the street from Gleaners’ food bank and on-site pantry in Indianapolis.
“Our support for Gleaners goes beyond installing and servicing their refrigeration units. We’re literally neighbors. We see the lines at the pantry,” said Shawn Aitken, Vice President and General Manager, Carrier division, at Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration. “We’re proud to equip their new trailer with Carrier Transicold’s most efficient, highest-capacity refrigeration unit and help make fresh, healthy food accessible in our community.”
The X4 7500 is the second Carrier Transicold refrigeration unit Crosspoint Power & Refrigeration has provided to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. In 2023, Crosspoint donated an X4 7300 unit for a 35-foot trailer.
Carrier is a supporter of Feeding America, a network of more than 200 hunger-relief organizations across the United States, including Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. Carrier provided $200,000 in grants to food banks affiliated with Feeding America near Carrier facilities, spanning nine U.S. states, for use throughout 2024 – $20,000 of which was directed to Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana.
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana is the largest food bank and hunger relief charity in the state, serving Indiana’s most vulnerable populations. It also operates Fresh Connect Central, a regional produce distribution center for Feeding America and member food banks in 43 states. For information, visit gleaners.org.
About Carrier Transicold
Carrier Transicold helps improve transport and shipping of temperature-controlled cargoes with a complete line of equipment and services for refrigerated transport and cold chain visibility. For more than 50 years, Carrier Transicold has been an industry leader, providing customers around the world with advanced, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable container refrigeration systems and generator sets, direct-drive and diesel truck units, and trailer refrigeration systems. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. For more information, visit trucktrailer.carrier.com. Follow Carrier Transicold on LinkedIn, on Facebook and on Twitter: @SmartColdChain.