What is temperature-controlled packaging?
Temperature controlled packaging (TCP), also known as thermal or chilled packaging, is designed to preserve the temperature of your products. This helps temperature sensitive goods, like chilled or frozen food, stay in the best possible condition during shipping. A temperature controlled packaging solution often contains an outer cardboard box, an insulating liner and a coolant (e.g. ice packs). Which services need chilled packaging? When you think about which products are shipped in chilled packaging, most people think about food. And while food is perhaps the most common temperature sensitive product shipped in this specialist packaging, it can be used to protect a wide range of goods, such as pharmaceuticals and chilled / frozen pet products. Chilled packaging can also be used at various points in the supply chain: Cold chain airfreight – For the shipment of perishable goods throughout the airfreight supply chain. Perishable goods delivery – For the shipment of food, ...