Debut for Sofrigam iBox at Cold Chain Global Forum in Boston

Monchy-le-Preux, France: – Cool chain packaging specialist Sofrigam will be a prominent presence at October’s Cold Chain Global Forum in Boston, North America’s biggest event for the temperature controlled logistics industry.

Sofrigam is both a sponsor of the event and prominent exhibitor, with ‘Stand Sofrigam’ showcasing a wide range of the company’s many insulated shipping and temperature controlled packaging solutions for the pharma and biotech industries, ranging from to compact pouches to the XXL Pallet Shipper optimized for palleted air cargo, revolutionizing cold chain logistics.

iBox debut

A star of the show will be Sofrigam’s new iBox cold chain packaging solution, making its North American debut in Boston. The iBox is a new generation high technology semi-active container that combines an autonomous temperature-controlled container, independent of power supplies, with thermal regulation technology to maintain products at between +2 and +8°C whatever the outside temperature.

Sofrigam has specifically designed iBox to lower overall total cost of ownership (TCO) in the pharmaceutical cold chain by making it robust, with a service life of at least three years, and reusable supporting rental applications.

Stand Sofrigam will also exhibit a new insulated pouch designed for patients to transport their heat sensitive medicines from the pharmacy or the hospital to their home. The pouch keeps their medicines at +2/+8°C for up to one hour, eliminating risks of breaching the cold chain or freezing the medicines.

Win an iPad

Stand Sofrigam will also feature a lottery competition offering five prizes including an iPad. Visitors who can correctly answer all questions about cold chain shipping packaging solutions will have their entries submitted for the prize draw, to be conducted at the end of the first day of the show.

A team from STP, the US-based subsidiary that manufactures and sells Sofrigam insulated packaging in North America, will staff the stand.

The team will conduct numerous on stand demonstrations, showing how Sofrigam products work and how to use them most effectively.

“This is the biggest cold chain event in the United States, and therefore the world,” said Sofrigam Marketing Director, Laetitia Perche.

“Sofrigam is pleased to be a sponsor of the Cold Chain Forum, which provides a great platform for exchanging knowledge and best practice throughout out our industry. This is also the ideal place to meet the temperature management decision makers of pharmaceutical and biotech companies,” said Ms. Perche.

About Sofrigam

French company, Sofrigam S.A. designs and manufactures cool chain pharmaceutical shipping solutions and insulated boxes for the life sciences industries as well as for distribution and logistics companies.

The company was founded in 1979 by an industrial pharmacist and initially developed eutectic painkillers before specializing in the design and manufacture of insulated and refrigerated packaging, including pre-qualified insulated shipping solutions. The company is headquartered in Ile-de-France with a production site at Arras.

Sofrigam offer solutions for the cold chain logistic problems experienced by the pharmaceutical industry. It offers a range of standard and made-to-measure thermal packaging products as well as customized services designed to achieve secure, cost effective and ecological cold chain logistics.

Sofrigam has become one of Europe’s leading cold chain specialists, sharing its expertise via seminars, publications and R&D collaborations. It also offers customized products and services designed to achieve cold logistics that are secure, cost-effective and comprehensively compliant.

Sofrigam partners with Ater Métrologie, a French-based ISTA and ISO 9001 certified laboratory that specializes in testing, validating and pre-qualifying temperature-controlled packaging and cooling systems. The laboratory carries out some 2,000 tests each year.

About Cold Chain Global Forum

The Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Logistics Global Forum (Cold Chain Global Forum) is the most important event for the USA and for the temperature controlled logistics industry worldwide.

The 13th Cold Chain Global Forum will be a five day event, opening October 5 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

The 2015 conference will examine all key aspects of the modern cold chain with some 95 speakers covering topics such as expanded use of ocean freight, global Good Distribution Practice (GDP) updates and best practices, application of data analytics to temperature controlled supply chain, stability budgeting and track & trace solutions.

The 2014 Forum attracted more than 750 delegates from some 22 countries worldwide. Delegates included supply chain directors, engineers and regulatory authorities with almost three quarters of primary market representatives representing pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical preparation & manufacturing, biotechnology and medical device companies.

The event is organized by IQPC, with more information at: http://www.coldchainglobalforum.com