Bangkok--28 Aug--Grayling (Thailand)
Healthcare Customers in Asia to Benefit from New OptionFor Shipping Goods that Require Refrigeration
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today that it has expanded its temperature controlled packaging (TCP) portfolio to include a new “cold shipping” packaging option for customers that require a refrigerated environment of 2-8? Celsius up to 96 hours for their shipments. The new packaging is currently available in 13 markets across the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, andwill be of particular benefit to the healthcare industry, as it is easy to use, reliable, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly.
The patented system, built by NanoCool, achieves a temperature of 4?C in less than five minutes without the use of gel packs or dry ice. The packaging device maintains its exacting “cold ship” temperature requirements with a special cooling system that evaporates water over time, a process that is activated by merely pushing the button inside the box.
“We are seeing increasing demand for temperature-controlled shipping that is matching the rapid growth of the healthcare sector across Asia Pacific,” said David L. Cunningham Jr., president, Asia Pacific, FedEx Express. “As medical technology continues to advance, so does the transportation technology FedEx offerscustomers. The two most critical factors affecting healthcare transportation are time and temperature. Whether our customers are shipping pharmaceuticals, lab samples, devices or other critical items, they depend on us to offer time-definite, temperature-controlled solutions. Customers in the healthcare industry will benefit from our portfolio of specialty services coupled with our extensive global network.”
FedEx not only delivers a reliable, cost-effective method to transport temperature-sensitive shipments—it provides these services with easy use for customers. The convenient benefits of the system include:
Reliable maintenance of a 2-8?C environment for up to 96 hours from activation without gel packs or dry ice
Simple, easy-to-use product with no refrigeration, frozen preparation or “pre-conditioning” steps required
Smaller, lighter packaging that weighs less than half of some gel-pack systems
No complex assembly needed; the package arrives ready for use
Packaging that’s easier to dispose of than gel packs and produces less packaging waste
Regulatory compliance for both infectious substances (UN3373 only) and non-infectious clinical samples
The packaging, which can also be used in combination with the SenseAwareSM technology and FedEx Priority Alert services, is part of the broad portfolio of FedEx healthcare solutions designed to meet even the most sensitive shipping needs of FedEx customers. For temperature-controlled shipments, FedEx recently introduced new features for its FedEx Deep Frozen Shipping Solution, a service that maintains a temperature of below
-150?C for up to ten days. The FedEx Thermal Blanket Solution, also available to customers via its global Healthcare Solutions division, is designed to maintain controlled room temperature requirements during transit.
To learn more about FedEx cold shipping solutions, visit http://www.fedex.com/us/healthcare/.
For further information please contact:
Benjarat Limpasurat or Gatenipa Chantem of Grayling (Thailand)
Tel:+66 2635 7151, Fax: +66 2635 7155
Emails:
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