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New Hampton Transfer and Storage
By Meagan Seele

New Hampton Transfer and Storage is located at 1970 McCloud Avenue on Highway 63 North in New Hampton, Iowa. The business was developed in 1968 supplying 5,000 square feet of storage warehouses, mainly for Sara Lee products. Since, they have expanded to over 115,000 dry square feet of warehouse space. Chip and Darlene Schwickerath of New Hampton own and manage Transfer and Storage and currently have 9 employees.

In simple terms, it is a "come-in and go-out" exchange business. They provide storage units and means of transportation for distributors not only in the mid-west, but across North America. New Hampton Transfer and Storage is within 300 miles of 6 large distribution cities such as Minneapolis/St. Paul and Chicago.

On the New Hampton site there are three warehouses. Each is USDA Approved and Inspected. There are products in the warehouses such as air filtration parts, corrugated boxes and milk powder just to name a few.

Another service that New Hampton Transfer and Storage offers are trailer units for storage and/or transport. They currently have 300 trailers along with a number of containerization units. These containers serve as storage compartments and are then loaded and delivered to other distributors throughout the country.

The most recent facility is located at the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad Siding in New Hampton. It is 
12,000 square feet of insulated, heated storage space with two loading docks, and a covered rail bay for all 
season loading and unloading.

Chip and Darlene and their business was recently selected by the University of Northern Iowa as the Small Business of the Year. Stop by and give New Hampton Transfer and Storage a visit.