A revolutionary new wool packaging product, which is set to save lives across the globe and create jobs in Stone, will be launched to the world’s pharmaceutical companies at an international exhibition later this month.
LifeGuardian, by Stone-based packaging experts Woolcool, exceeds World Health Organisation standards for transportation of medicines and vaccines. This means that temperature sensitive medicines can be kept in optimum condition during transportation, solving a problem that has led to around 50% of vaccines being unusable on arrival at their destinations.
“Woolcool is making pharmaceutical companes rethink their packaging and this will save lives,” said Managing Director Keith Spilsbury.
The wool based, eco-friendly packaging system is being officially unveiled at the Temperature Controlled Logistics Europe event, following three years of extensive scientific testing. The Frankfurt based event, described as the Cool Chain Logistics Summit, takes place between 25th and 28th January.
Meeting World Health Organisation standards designed to deliver vaccines to health bodies in a usable condition is only part of the challenges being phased by the pharmaceutical industry, explained Keith.
He added: “Pharmaceutical companies are desperate to find a valid cold chain packaging solution as they now have to prove compliance with new European Union Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines.
“We are confident that Woolcool gives companies the solutions they have been waiting for. Woolcool is taking the need for temperature controlled packaging out of the equation. Our LifeGuardian insulated packaging liner can keep high risk medicines at the correct temperature for twice as long as industry standards. It hugely outperforms synthetic insulation, such as polystyrene and is extremely environmentally friendly”
“Add to that the facts that, when compared to a standard box using polystyrene insulation, a LifeGuardian box is 25% smaller, 50% lighter and still has 25% more space inside for the product.”
The new developments are set to be hugely beneficial to Stone. Pharmaceutical boxes currently make up around 10% of Woolcool’s business but forecasts state it will quickly overtake food, resulting in yet more new jobs at Woolcool’s base on Stone’s Walton Industrial Estate.
