Active Cool Boxes
Cold chain packaging enquiries
Start with the payload. Plan around the journey.
Portable boxes with powered cooling for temperature-sensitive loads. Select the box around the required conditions, usable capacity, and power available along the route.
Check how the unit will be powered in transit and at each handover. Confirm the required setpoint, usable capacity, and contingency plan if power is interrupted.
- Payload fitProduct & quantity requirements
- Route basedJourney & handling review
- ConfiguredPackaging options agreed for your enquiry
What guides the selection
Connect the packaging with its intended use.
A useful packaging enquiry establishes what will be packed, the conditions needed, and how the consignment will be handled.
Payload & usable space
Provide the product dimensions, quantities, and any secondary packaging so the required internal space and packing arrangement can be discussed.
Required product conditions
Define the conditions your goods need and any handling restrictions. Use those requirements when reviewing the proposed packaging and its supporting information.
Journey & handovers
Describe the planned route, expected duration, handling stages, and possible delays so the discussion reflects the journey you need to prepare for.
Environmental records
Discuss a suitable data logger where temperature or humidity records are needed, with device selection and placement considered alongside the packing procedure.
Packaging requirements
Define the configuration before selecting the box.
Dimensions and performance are specific to the selected packaging option. These are the requirements to establish for your enquiry.
- Power and cooling
- Confirm the selected cooling system, power source, and any backup requirements for the route
- Payload
- Product dimensions, quantity, and secondary packaging supplied for review
- Internal dimensions
- Confirmed for the proposed box and packing arrangement
- Required conditions
- Established from the products and intended handling procedure
- Journey profile
- Route, duration, handling stages, and expected delays discussed at enquiry
- Packing configuration
- Confirmed with the selected option and its supporting instructions
- Performance information
- Reviewed for the proposed configuration and intended application
- Recording equipment
- Data logger options discussed where environmental records are required
Planning the pack-out
Agree the requirements before dispatch.
Use the instructions for the selected packaging system alongside your product handling and shipment procedures.
Describe the consignment
Share the payload, required conditions, destination, planned journey time, and handling arrangements. Explain the records needed at dispatch and receipt.
Review the selected configuration
Confirm the proposed box, packing instructions, and supporting performance information for the application. Agree any recording equipment and placement requirements.
Pack & review the journey
Follow the selected system instructions and your handling procedure. Review any accompanying environmental records at receipt and act through your established product procedures.
Temperature-sensitive consignments
Assess the option against the goods and route.
Suitability depends on the particular packaging configuration and the conditions required for the planned consignment.
Pharmaceutical distribution
Discuss packaging for pharmaceutical products using their specified conditions, payload, and handling requirements to guide the enquiry.
Food & perishable goods
Review the packaging needs of a defined food consignment, including the product quantity, planned journey, handling arrangements, and required records.
Life sciences materials
Share the material requirements, secondary packaging, and route when discussing a shipper option and the environmental recording equipment it may need.
Shipper box enquiries
Tell us about the goods and their journey.
Share the payload, required conditions, route, expected duration, and quantity of boxes. We can discuss suitable options and the information needed to assess the proposed configuration.
Enquire about active cool boxesWhat temperature range and journey duration can a shipper box support?
These depend on the selected packaging system, payload, packing arrangement, and the conditions it encounters. Share your required product conditions and route so the proposed option and its supporting performance information can be reviewed for that application.
What information is needed to discuss a shipper box?
Provide the product dimensions and quantity, secondary packaging, required conditions, destination, expected journey time, and handling stages. Include any performance documentation or recording requirements your team needs to review before selecting a packaging configuration.