Portabull Cold Storage Acquires Portable Refrigeration Storage, Inc.

WillScot Mobile Mini Acquires Portabull Cold Storage

July 22, 2025

Logistics & Distribution

WillScot Mobile Mini has acquired Portabull Cold Storage, a provider of portable cold storage solutions and a portfolio company of Jones Capital. The acquisition expands WillScot’s portable storage and cold-chain capabilities to better serve customers across food & beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and industrial end markets nationwide.

Preston Refrigeration Acquires Panatrol Corporation

September 23, 2022

Industrial Services

Preston Refrigeration has acquired Panatrol Corporation, a Burr Ridge, Illinois-based controls integrator; the transaction closed on September 23, 2022. The acquisition adds controls design, programming and systems integration capabilities to Preston’s industrial refrigeration services and was advised by Generational Equity.

CR Fuels Acquires Portabull Fuel Services from Jones Capital

July 9, 2024

Energy

Jones Capital has sold Portabull Fuel Services, LLC, a Purvis, Mississippi-based mobile fuel management and equipment rental company operating across 22 states, to CR Fuels, a wholesale fuels provider based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The sale transfers Portabull's fleet, fuel-management technology, and customer relationships (heavy construction, pipeline and renewable projects) to CR Fuels; Butler Snow served as legal counsel to the sellers.

WillScot Mobile Mini Acquires A&M Cold Storage and Cold Box

August 10, 2023

Logistics & Distribution

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. has acquired A&M Cold Storage (Ohio) and Cold Box (California), expanding its temporary cold storage and refrigerated-container capabilities. The acquisitions add roughly 3,500 climate-controlled containers, walk-in freezers, and refrigerated trailers to WillScot’s fleet and strengthen its service offering for temperature-sensitive end markets.

Vertical Cold Storage Acquires Lone Star Cold Storage Facility in Richardson, TX

January 4, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Vertical Cold Storage, sponsored by real estate asset manager Platform Ventures, has acquired Lone Star Cold Storage’s 227,331 sq. ft. temperature-controlled facility in Richardson, Texas. Terms were not disclosed; the acquisition expands Vertical Cold Storage’s U.S. network and provides Dallas–Fort Worth coverage, enabling reach to more than two-thirds of the U.S. within a two-day drive.

Controlled Environment Systems Acquires Coldroom Systems, Inc.

January 5, 2022

Construction

Controlled Environment Systems, LLC (CES) acquired Coldroom Systems, Inc. (CRS), a regional provider of thermal envelope and low-temperature construction solutions, as CES's third acquisition of 2021. The deal expands CES's Structures division by adding CRS's project management, insulated metal panel (IMP) installation expertise and underfloor heating capabilities and strengthens CES's foothold in the U.S. Southeast.