The Need To Ship Products With 2-8°C Temperature Control: A Historic Collaboration Was Formed

Elective business partnerships in recent history have resulted in companies with products and services that pioneered new industries and business models. As we move towards a more interconnected society, competitive advantage depends not only on what you can do, but also who you work with. Delivering patient safety requires active engagement with partners to ful"ll supply chain integrity.

Under stringent conditions for strategic partnerships, DHL seeks partners who can support and enable its strategies on a global, regional and local level. With a relationship of more than 10 years, Envirotainer and DHL have formed a special chemistry that has forged the way for the healthcare industry and active cold chain management.

The relationship ignited in 2001 as Envirotainer developed a cold chain packaging solution together with Lufthansa Cargo. At the time, DHL was launching its sector strategy and wanted to align with leading providers of cold chain transport to the pharma industry, which was a challenging task back then when only a handful of airlines had defined cold chain products and none among U.S. carriers. Together, Envirotainer and DHL collaborated on identifying industry needs and demands, carrying out pilot projects, and supporting the solution by developing processes that would bene"t both enterprises. The key catalyst to the partnership can be attributed primarily to customers who expressed a need to move 2-8°C products that were emerging in the market and required a high degree of temperature control handling.