Transfresh

What Transfresh does

Transfresh is a privately held company providing packaging services to the food, beverage, hotel, and restaurant industries. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Salinas, California, the company is positioned within the Salinas Valley, the operational heart of U.S. leafy greens and fresh produce, suggesting its core end-market is fresh produce shippers, processors, and downstream foodservice and retail buyers rather than a balanced four-industry footprint. The website domain is transfresh.com and no detailed product catalog, pricing, or go-to-motion information was disclosed in the input data.

The company's stated headcount of 1–10 employees is materially inconsistent with a 58-year operating history and recent M&A activity, indicating the figure likely captures only a narrow slice of the organization (for example, a specific legal entity, an HQ roster, or a recently formed subsidiary). On May 27, 2026, Transfresh acquired Hazel Technologies, a post-harvest shelf-life extension technology provider, for an undisclosed amount — the only concrete strategic action documented in the input. The acquisition signals a vertical move from pure packaging into the adjacent chemical and biological layer of produce preservation, expanding the service offering into shelf-life management rather than only transport-ready packaging.

No revenue, pricing model, customer logos, geographic footprint, leadership team, certifications, patents, or partnerships were disclosed in the available data. Ownership structure, parent-subsidiary relationships, and management composition are explicitly flagged as unknown in the source material. As a result, any commercial assessment of Transfresh at this stage is necessarily directional: a long-tenured produce-corridor packaging operator that has begun a capability-extending M&A program, but where most financial and operational fundamentals remain unverified.

Name

Transfresh

Legal name

Transfresh

Website

https://transfresh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Transfresh is a privately held packaging services provider for the food, beverage, hotel, and restaurant industries. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Salinas, California, the company acquired post-harvest technology firm Hazel Technologies in May 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cold Chain Packaging Services

NAICS

Packaging and Labeling Services (56191)

SIC

Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Engineered Transit Packaging & Packaging Design Services (IMALAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corrugated Packaging & Boxes (RSC, die-cut, bulk bins) (IMAMAHAA), Returnable/Reusable Transport Packaging (RTP) & Totes (Reusable Containers, Trays, Bins) (IMALAFAH)

Keywords

• Food packaging services
• Cold chain logistics
• Fresh produce packaging
• Post-harvest solutions
• Perishables distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Salinas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Core offering

Transfresh provides packaging services for the food, beverage, hotel, and restaurant industries. Founded in 1966 and based in Salinas, California, the company delivers specialized packaging solutions for businesses that handle perishable and temperature-sensitive goods. The recent acquisition of Hazel Technologies extends the company's footprint into post-harvest fresh produce technology.

Product overview

No product or service information available in the provided source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transfresh Packaging Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Regional players

• Veritiv Corporation: North American packaging and facility solutions distributor serving food, beverage, and hospitality. Comparable as a packaging services and supply peer operating across Transfresh's named verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Pactiv Evergreen: Major foodservice and food packaging producer (containers, cartons, cups) serving restaurants, hotels, and beverage customers. Directly comparable to Transfresh's food, beverage, hotel, and restaurant packaging services focus.
• Smurfit Kappa: Global paper-based packaging leader with strong corrugated and protective packaging offerings for food, beverage, and hospitality. Comparable as a packaging services incumbent in adjacent product categories.
• Sealed Air: Global packaging company with deep food and beverage customer penetration (Cryovac, SEE-branded protective packaging). Comparable as an incumbent packaging services provider serving the same F&B, hotel, and restaurant verticals, but at vastly larger scale.
• Americold Logistics: Public temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider serving food producers and distributors. Comparable as a cold-chain ecosystem participant supporting fresh-produce and F&B customers similar to Transfresh's end markets.
• Sonoco Products: Diversified global packaging manufacturer serving food, beverage, and hospitality with rigid containers, protective packaging, and packaging services. Overlaps directly with Transfresh's F&B/hotel/restaurant packaging services focus.

Emerging players

• Insulated Products Corp. Manufacturer of insulated and protective packaging for perishable food shipping. Comparable as a smaller specialized player in temperature-controlled packaging services overlapping with Transfresh's fresh-produce customer base.
• Hazel Technologies: Shelf-life extension technology provider for fresh produce, recently acquired by Transfresh (2026-05-27). Now part of the subject, but listed as a peer to document the integration target's market positioning versus independent shelf-life tech startups.

Direct peers

• Lineage Logistics: Leading cold-chain logistics provider with heavy Salinas Valley and fresh-produce exposure. Highly comparable as a cold-chain and produce-packaging adjacent operator serving overlapping agricultural customers from the same geography.
• Cold Chain Technologies: Specialty temperature-controlled and insulated packaging provider for food, pharmaceutical, and logistics applications. Directly comparable as a packaging services specialist focused on cold-chain and transit packaging design.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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