Pharmaceutical companies are under relentless pressure to reduce pharmaceutical shipping costs and ensure their products are handled properly throughout the cold chain. To meet the industry’s stringent requirements, AcuTemp develops insulated shipping containers that provide the Peace of Mind™ of uncompromised hold time performance while offering a low total cost of ownership.
CSafe Signs Master Lease with Cathay Pacific Airways to Further Enhance Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Transport
Wed, 2010-06-16 01:00
DAYTON, OHIO (June 16, 2010) – CSafe, LLC, www.csafellc.com, manufacturer of the AcuTemp® RKN active temperature controlled cargo container, and Cathay Pacific, one of the world’s top ten international providers of air cargo services, have signed a master lease agreement for CSafe’s active temperature controlled containers.
The agreement enhances the product offerings provided by Cathay Pacific’s PHARMA LIFT service in meeting the needs of healthcare and pharmaceutical customers that require strict temperature control of their products during transport. The FAA and EASA approved AcuTemp RKN offers the superior performance needed for shipping products with temperature requirements between +4 degrees Celsius to + 25 degrees Celsius.
“We have had much success with the use of the AcuTemp RKN and with it, have been able to offer our customers satisfied performance benefits of the unit,” said Jack Lo, Cargo Product and Marketing Manager of Cathay Pacific. “The heating and cooling capability of this unit, plus its ability to operate in extreme ambient conditions without the use of dry ice has been a welcome addition to our worldwide PHARMA LIFT product offering,” he said.
“Cathay Pacific offers their customers a strong global network of wide body aircraft and shipping lanes, and we are extremely pleased to have them as a CSafe airline partner,” stated Brian Kohr, General Manager of CSafe.
“Their success with our unit has shown that they are very qualified to handle the most important temperature controlled products,” he added.
The superior performance of the CSafe AcuTemp RKN can be attributed to the thermal capabilities of ThermoCor® insulation which provides extended operating efficiencies as well as the unit’s proprietary air movement, heating, and cooling systems that allow the AcuTemp RKN to maintain a consistent user-selected payload set-point across ambient temperatures as extreme as -30 degrees C up to +49 degrees C. The operating efficiency of the unit allows for a full load of product inside the container without the need for secondary packaging. This makes the AcuTemp RKN a cost effective solution compared to dry ice and other passive solutions.
Pharma/Biotechnology
Medical Device
AcuTemp’s ability to adapt to unusual insulated packaging requirements affords our medical device customers with the benefit of having fully customized insulated shipping containers. Not only do medical devices come in all shapes and sizes, they also have very specific thermal management requirements and may require very specific protective packaging strategies.
Public Health
With a reputation of superior hold time performance, AcuTemp insulated shippers, carrying cases, and mobile refrigerator/freezer units are entrusted to maintain exacting temperature ranges in the transport of vaccines, drugs, specimens and other bio-medical materials. Some of the world’s largest organizations rely on AcuTemp insulated containers to provide precise temperature control and superior hold time performance throughout the cold chain distribution cycle.
Military Medical
AcuTemp’s mobile refrigerated units are designed with specific military applications in mind. When it comes to providing reliable thermal management in the delivery of blood, plasma and medicines in the harshest of conditions, even on the field of battle, AcuTemp delivers. Designed in accordance with the military’s strict standards (such as MIL-STD 810F), our actively powered insulated containers provide the superior hold time performance necessary for the potentially life-saving applications in which they are used.
Transportation Logistics
Designed to meet the most stringent air cargo shipping protocols, AcuTemp’s versatile cold chain solutions enable freight forwarders, airlines, 3PLs and logistics providers to ship temperature critical materials around the world with greater assurance than with any other thermal management provider.