Zero Zone Opens New Warehouse as Business Partnerships Grow
Press Release
Mukwonago, WI—July 12, 2023
Zero Zone has opened their new 183,200 square foot warehouse in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, which reflects the growth of the manufacturer and their customers. This warehouse will serve as a space for finished refrigerated display cases before they are shipped to retail stores across the United States.
“Our customers are growing, and we are proud to grow alongside them,” said Chief Executive Officer Glenn Kormanik.
Zero Zone builds all of its display cases at nearby production facilities in Waukesha and North Prairie. The finished display cases are moved to Mukwonago, and then the team in Mukwonago ships the display cases to supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, dollar stores, and drug stores.
“We appreciate being able to triangulate and have a third facility close by our production facilities,” said vice president and general manager Don Klenk. “This gives us an opportunity to be more efficient and responsive to our customers.”
This new facility marks the latest in a story of consistent growth. From humble beginnings in a rented dairy barn in 1961, Zero Zone has grown and now occupies four production facilities and a distribution warehouse. Ground broke in September 2022, and the new warehouse was completed in March 2023. After months of diligent work, Zero Zone houses their entire warehousing operation in this expanded facility, which is a grand total of 183,200 square feet.
Kormanik described this building as a “significant milestone. Zero Zone is in the business of preserving customer valuables through refrigeration. Most of the time, this involves making products cold or frozen, whether that be from systems in the back room or display cases that shoppers like you and me grab food from every day. But it also involves preserving other resources, like their time, their schedule, their capital, and their precious human resources. We have industry-leading 12-week lead times for display cases and industry leading 97% on-time delivery. This facility allows us to respond to the needs of our customers, maintain their schedules, save their money, and save their resources by delivering when we say we are going to deliver. This is another tool in our toolbox to deliver on that promise to our customers.”
About Zero Zone
Established in 1961, Zero Zone is a respected manufacturer of refrigeration systems and display cases with facilities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Zero Zone products serve retail customers such as supermarkets, drug, dollar, and convenience stores, and Zero Zone sells equipment to industrial customers such as cold storage warehouses, food processing facilities, distribution centers, blast freezers and chillers, food and beverage production, ice arenas, and pharmaceutical and medical storage. Zero Zone employees are committed to preserving customer valuables through refrigeration. Visit www.zero-zone.com.