MACFARLANE Packaging has announced a new partnership with eutecma to bring its ICECATCH and PROTECT cold chain solutions to the UK.
Through the partnership, Macfarlane will offer its UK customers access to eutecma’s PROTECT modular packaging system, used together with its ICECATCH cooling elements. Together, the two solutions are designed to support safe and efficient transport of temperature-sensitive goods across pharmaceutical, healthcare and food supply chains.
Developed in Germany, eutecma’s PROTECT system is a reusable insulated box solution. Customers will be able to adjust packaging configurations to suit different shipment sizes and temperature requirements.
Macfarlane said PROTECT helps reduce unused space within shipments, cutting costs associated with transporting unnecessary volume or ‘shipping air’. When paired with ICECATCH cooling elements, the system delivers temperature stability for up to 120 hours.
Alongside its reusable packaging systems, the company has developed retecma, a cold chain reverse logistics process that supports circularity through recovery, reconditioning and recycling.
Brad Fisher, sales manager – temperature controlled packaging at Macfarlane Packaging, said, “Together, Macfarlane Packaging and eutecma are bringing highly innovative and sustainable cold chain solution to customers. By combining the modular PROTECT system with ICECATCH cooling elements, our customers can achieve guaranteed temperature performance while also reducing shipping costs using smarter packaging design.
“We are excited to be able to offer our customers in pharmaceutical, healthcare and food supply chains industries a wide variety of specialist temperature-controlled packaging solutions that delivers efficiency and sustainability for their business.”
Kevin Grogan, CEO, eutecma GmbH, added, “We’re pleased to be working with Macfarlane Packaging to make eutecma’s modular cold chain solutions more accessible in the UK. In healthcare supply chains, progress depends not only on innovation, but on real time availability of products and packaging solutions. That is what makes this partnership so important to us.”
