We have solutions suitable for bulk supply chain distribution and ecommerce shipments. Our thermal packaging range is perfect for protecting temperature sensitive products in transit. From pallet covers to postal envelopes, we have temperature controlled packaging for all aspects of your business.
Using an appropriate coolant will cold temperatures are maintained in transit, and Macfarlane Packaging can supply these too! Alternatively, if your products are sensitive to the cold, our temperature controlled packaging range can also be used for retaining heat during shipping.
Our specialist team can advise you on the temperature controlled packaging for your products. Macfarlane’s experts can also help you with packing processes to ensure that your products arrive in perfect condition to its final destination.
In addition to our “off the shelf” thermal packaging products, we can also help you with custom packaging design.
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If you want to brand your temperature controlled packaging or need a specialist design, we can help you with custom temperature controlled packaging. Contact us for more information.
We have a specialist team who can help you with everything to do with thermal packaging – from design through to testing and supply. Get in touch to see how they can help you.
Our book of packaging solutions contains our wide range of packaging materials to help find the best solution for you.
Chilled packaging is packaging that is designed to preserve the temperature of goods during shipping. It is used to protect products such as food (including meat, dairy, fish and prepared meals), drinks, pharmaceuticals and other temperature sensitive products.
You may also see this type of packaging referred to as temperature controlled packaging, as well as thermal packaging.
During use, thermal packaging will maintain an ambient, chilled, or frozen temperature within a pack, if paired with an appropriate coolant. This type of packaging is widely used in cold chain logistics (where goods throughout the supply chain require low temperatures).
Thermal packaging can also be used to retain heat, where goods are required to be kept at warm during shipping.
For more information about this kind of packaging, click to view our short guide.
Macfarlane Packaging has an extensive range of thermal packaging and temperature controlled packaging. The range includes:
If you aren’t sure which solution you need, contact us to learn more.
Whether or not your thermal packaging recyclable will depend on the composition of the material used in the pack.
If there is an outer box, the cardboard box will be recyclable at kerbside.
The liner used to the insulate the pack, may be made from a number of materials. These could include paper padding, metallic bubble, polystyrene, sheep’s wool and recycled fiber materials. Whether these can be recycled will depend on the local authority. Checking out websites like RecycleNow can also be useful in identifying whether or not packaging materials can be recycled.
Similarly, you should check locally if any coolants can be recycled. For example, you can empty the water from ice sheets one melted and see if the outer plastic material can be recycled.
You can have temperature controlled packaging solutions delivered to you from one of our regional distribution centres. UK delivery is available to and around the following locations:
Aberdeen, Aylesbury, Banbury, Barnsley, Bath, Bedford, Bicester, Birmingham , Bolton, Bradford, Bridgewater, Bridport, Bristol, Burton-upon-Trent , Cambridge, Chelmsford , Cheltenham, Chester , Chichester, Colchester Cornwall, Coventry, Crewe, Derby, Devon, Dewsbury, Dudley, Dundee, Durham, Edinburgh, Essex, Exeter, Fareham, Gateshead, Glasgow Glossop Gloucester, Grantham, Harlow, Heathrow, Hemel Hempstead, Hereford, High Wycombe, Horsham, Hull, Inverness, Isle of Wight, Kent, Kidderminster, Lancaster Leamington Spa, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool , London , Luton , Manchester, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norfolk, North Wales , Northampton, Nottingham , Oldham, Oxford , Plymouth, Reading, Salisbury, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Slough, Somerset , Somerton, South Shields, South Wales, Stafford, Stockport , Stoke-on-Trent , Stratford-Upon-Avon, Sudbury, Sunderland, Surrey, Sussex , Teesside, Telford, Uxbridge, Wakefield, Walsall, Warrington, Warwick , Watford, Wigan, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Wrexham, Yeovil, York.
You can also have temperature controlled packaging from Macfarlane Packaging delivered across Ireland and Continental Europe. Click to find your closest UK location or nearest Continental European site.
