Sofrigam’s high profile presence at CCGF Boston

Rueil-Malmaison, France: – Temperature-controlled logistics and pharmaceutical cold chain packaging specialist Sofrigam S.A. will showcase its new iBox and insulated packaging ranges at the Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Global Forum in Boston in late September.

Sofrigam has been a leading sponsor of the event for more than five years and will be a high profile presence at the 2016 CCGF conference, with its cold chain experts leading several plenary and workshop sessions.

“Our aim at this event is always to provide attendees all the tools they need to optimize their cost-effective packaging solutions and decrease total cost of ownership (TCO) across their cold chain logistics estate,” said Sofrigam SA Marketing Director, Laetitia Perche.

New iBox

Sofrigam will also be an exhibitor at CCGF 2016. Its stand at Booth 316 will showcase the new generation high-tech cold chain iBox, a semi-active temperature controlled container with inbuilt temperature regulation system and on-board electronics to ensure the maintenance of exact temperature as well as provide accurate monitoring across shipment.

Sofrigam will also show its new Initial and Elite collections of ‘ready-to-ship’ packaging solutions, designed to offer lower TCO by optimizing shipment volumes and providing greater operational efficiency and simpler handling.

“These cold chain boxes have been designed to respond to pharmaceutical logistical standards for volumes, performance and qualification to optimize our clients’ global logistical costs, while guaranteeing perfect maintenance of constant temperature,” said Ms. Perche.

International cold chain force

“We also want to underline that we are an international force in temperature-controlled packaging solutions, said Ms Perche.

“Sofrigam insulated shipping packaging are used by the major pharmaceutical companies to transport millions of medicines every year. Our US-based subsidiary manufactures and distributes Sofrigam cold chain packaging solutions across North America to the highest quality standards. These American-made cold chain packaging solutions ensure high security for the cold chain transport of biotech and orphan drugs with the best quality/price ratio, always optimizing the TCO of cold chain logistics,” she said.

About Sofrigam

Founded in 1979, Sofrigam is the leading European provider of refrigerated packaging solutions dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry. Sofrigam offers a complete range of customized, pre-qualified temperature-controlled packaging solutions for heat-sensitive biopharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and cosmetics products.

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.

The company is headquartered in Ile-de-France with a production site near Arras.

Following 2014/2015 expansion, the design and manufacturing plant for Sofrigam insulated packaging located in Monchy-le-Preux in France is now the biggest site in the world dedicated exclusively to temperature-controlled packaging solutions.

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 annual Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Logistics Global Forum (CCGF) is an annual conference that focuses on the specialized needs of the temperature-sensitive supply chain.

Hosted in the USA, it is the world’s largest event for temperature-controlled pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare supply chains.

The 14th Annual CCGF conference is a four-day event opening September 26 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

It is expected to attract more than 850 delegates and will feature more than 100 speakers.

CCGF 2016 features a significantly expanded range of focus topics, session formats, speaking faculties and vendor options.

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