UPS Healthcare Enhances Dry Ice Production Capabilities, Launches Mobile Freezer Storage Units
November 24 2020 - 12:45PM
- Enhanced capability allows UPS Healthcare to produce 1,200 lbs.
of dry ice per hour in the U.S. and Canada.
- UPS Healthcare is collaborating with Stirling Ultracold to
supply portable freezers for storage of vaccines at a range of
-20°C to -80°C.
- Services are in response to complex, urgent demands for
approved COVID-19 vaccine storage and distribution efforts when the
time comes.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced service enhancements to aid in
the massive distribution efforts for COVID-19 vaccines in the
coming months. As part of these enhancements, UPS Healthcare now
can produce up to 1,200 lbs. of dry ice per hour in its U.S.
facilities to support the storage and transportation of cold chain
products, such as frozen vaccines, in accordance with manufacturer
storage requirements. The increased production also allows UPS to
make dry ice available for U.S. and Canadian hospitals, clinics and
other points of care requiring dry ice to store vaccines locally.
Dry ice will be sourced at UPS Worldport® and can be available next
day.
A major spike in demand is causing logistics providers to plan
for what some analysts fear may be a dry ice shortage, as
pharmaceutical companies strategize getting hundreds of millions of
their vaccine doses safely to communities around the U.S. and
internationally.
“Enhancing our dry ice production capabilities increases our
supply chain agility and reliability immensely when it comes to
handling complex vaccines for our customers,” says Wes Wheeler,
president of UPS Healthcare. “Healthcare facilities in Louisville,
Dallas and Ontario will ensure we have the capability to produce
dry ice to sufficiently pack and replenish shipments as needed to
keep products viable and effective.”
In addition to dry ice production, UPS will also launch, in
collaboration with Stirling Ultracold, a joint effort to provide
portable ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers. These portable
freezers will be distributed and used in smaller point of care
facilities requiring a more permanent solution for longer term
freezer storage. UPS will be working with Stirling to offer the
Stirling ULT25 and Undercounter Model SU105 to thermally protect
critical vaccines requiring ultra-low temperatures ranging anywhere
from -20°C to -80°C.
“We are truly proud to partner with UPS in this critical effort.
As the leading manufacturer of small and portable ULT devices,
Stirling Ultracold freezers integrate well with UPS Healthcare
logistics to provide complete cold-chain of custody for COVID-19
vaccines from the drug manufacturers to medical facilities,” says
Dusty Tenney, CEO of Stirling. “This program will help ensure
vaccines remain effective next year, and for years to come, as
future vaccines and biologics are developed to keep the world
healthy and safe.”
About UPS Healthcare
UPS Healthcare operates 128 facilities in 32 countries which are
regulated under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). UPS Healthcare
services include: inventory management, temperature-controlled
packaging and shipping, storage and fulfillment of medical devices,
labs and clinical trial logistics. UPS Healthcare’s global
infrastructure, its newest UPS Premier® visibility service, its
track and trace technology, and its global quality system are
well-suited to meet today’s complex logistics demands for the
pharmaceutical, medical device and laboratory diagnostic
industries. Visit ups.com/healthcare.
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