As temperature control packaging companies develop solutions that answer tighter regulations governing wide-stability products, Clive Bryant, global product and marketing director for Softbox Systems, looks at the challenges they must face.
Temperature
It seems almost inconceivable in a sector so often lauded for its innovation and progress, that pharmaceutical companies could be left wanting for a low-cost, rudimentary parcel shipper that protects temperature-sensitive products below 30°C. But here we stand.
It would be jumping the gun to apportion blame and put packaging companies in the firing line. Their focus has typically been on developing solutions to answer increasing regulatory pressure that is being applied elsewhere in the cold chain sector. What is abundantly evident is that we are in the throes of a temperature compliance era that has accelerated in tandem with regulatory demand and industry growth. Next up: wide-stability guidelines.