Cryopak Cold Chain Packaging Success Stories
Success Story #1: Reusing materials and keeping product integrity
Situation:
A National Pharmaceutical Distribution Company needed to ship their products nationwide at 2-8 degrees C for up to 120 hours to meet manufacturing guidelines. Their product ships from their 3 main distribution to 8 secondary distribution hubs and finally to retail pharmacies. The customer specified that their existing reusable system be used to keep the costs to a minimum.
Solution:
Cryopak Engineers went to work to simulate the worst case temperature scenario. The products being shipped could experience up to 40 degrees C in a departure city in Southern California and see -20 degrees C in the arrival city in Utah or Colorado. We built a system that would tolerate up to 60 degree C ambient temperature variations while maintaining the product at 2-8 degrees C.
Our solution was a system that included 0 degree phase change and EPS insulation profiled to reduce air flow and maximize space in the customer's existing plastic tote at a minimal cost. Within 2 months, the customer was in business nationwide their product, helping the environment and their pocketbook at the same time.
Success Story #2: Provide localized manufacturing and warehousing of products
Situation:
Client is largest vaccine manufacturing site in France and is responsible for global shipping network with a total distribution packaging and transport budget exceeding 30MM USD. Objectives were:
1) Implement low cost, distribution solutions that can support marketing initiatives
2) Insure a just-in-time supply system ( 2 hour window) to support distribution packing operations (manual and robotic)
3) Manufacture locally in order to meet cost requirements
Solution:
Client purchased flexible insulated blankets (FIB) from Cryopak as a way to optimize existing pack outs.
As part of cost reduction initiative client initiated the development a hand loaded pallet shipping program. Customer selected the Cryopak Pallet Shipper with Phase 5(TM) in order to maintain 2-8C on fairly long international shipping cycles (up to two weeks transit time).
Client required local manufacturing solutions which TCP implemented within 6 months of contract by opening a satellite plant and testing center in Normandy.
As part of a consolidation effort TCP started the supply of third party sourced water based refrigerants.
In the second year, TCP acquired local manufacturer of refrigerants and started a Polyurethane molding operation. The site is now 60,000 square feet and will become a full service manufacturing site.