| Los Angeles, CA -The use of insulated packaging | | | | Here, reflective foil materials have been |
| is central to the survival of many e-commerce | | | | incorporated with plastics to produce bubble |
| companies today. Many businesses on the web | | | | insulation. Such a material is further converted into |
| today would be left flat footed, without a reliable | | | | insulated bags, pouches, rolls and even pallet |
| cold packaging method. | | | | covers. |
| Out with the old | | | | The CooLiner line of products offers the |
| Chocolate & confectionary, frozen meat, | | | | protection of Styrofoam products, like inserts, |
| cheese and other fresh gourmet food companies | | | | without the bulk and breakage as they are |
| have made a sizable impact on the food business | | | | foldable and flexible. Also, they allow shippers to |
| landscape by raking up billions of dollars of | | | | move refrigerated products using something |
| business annually, selling their goods on the web. | | | | greener than Styrofoam coolers. |
| These companies produce fresh and frozen foods | | | | Even newer |
| that require some sort of protective insulation | | | | Although effective, CooLiner products have a big |
| during shipping to prevent spoilage or melting. | | | | brother: The GreenLiner. Obviously |
| Once a “standard” in cold packaging, | | | | “green” the GreenLiner is a |
| newer materials have been developed that have | | | | high-performance liner that fits inside a carton; like |
| rendered Styrofoam coolers as practically archaic | | | | the CooLiner. The difference is that the |
| relics of the past. | | | | GreenLiner is made of low density recycled foam |
| Space-Age Solutions | | | | that is packaged inside reflective foil envelopes. |
| The use of reflective materials as insulators was | | | | The dual effect is spectacular. IPC has enjoyed |
| developed by NASA in the 1970’s and | | | | abundant success with new clients whom |
| 1980’s. Such materials, in contrast to | | | | approach them for options to replace their |
| Styrofoam coolers, offer a space efficient | | | | Styrofoam coolers. |
| method of temperature control. Wherein most | | | | Sustainable |
| insulators are by default space-inefficient, | | | | GreenLiner is also space efficient as the panels |
| reflective materials are very, very thin. | | | | fold down much smaller than the fully assembled |
| Styrofoam coolers are no exception in that their | | | | size, so again, they save space for the sender |
| bulk is hard not to notice. | | | | and the recipient. GreenLiner is also 100% |
| Styrofoam coolers present the following | | | | recyclable, IPC has set-up an online-system |
| challenges: they arrive assembled: large & | | | | wherein a party, anywhere in the country, can |
| boxy they take up tons of space in the shipping | | | | look-up a local recycling depots using their zip code |
| area and warehouse. Also, such coolers are very | | | | where the materials can be turned in. |
| difficult to dispose of, and in lieu of today’s | | | | A better tomorrow |
| “Green Movement” such products can | | | | IPC has opened the door to a new way to |
| tarnish the image of companies that use them to | | | | package and ship. The various insulation products |
| ship their products. | | | | manufactured by IPC have a few common |
| In with the new | | | | features: high performance, space efficiency and |
| Enter reflective materials...these materials have | | | | environmental friendliness. |
| now been embraced by the packaging industry, | | | | When it comes to protecting refrigerated and |
| wherein they have been used as components to | | | | frozen goods, small such as a box of chocolates |
| boost the insulation characteristics of other | | | | or frozen meat or large like a pallet of produce, |
| materials. | | | | IPC has it covered. IPC’s custom in-house |
| Insulated Products Corp of Los Angeles CA has | | | | manufacturing helps them accommodate a host |
| utilized such reflective materials to augment the | | | | of custom size requirements as well. |
| insulation characteristics of bubble wrap materials. | | | | A newer line of gel-pack replacement material is in |
| IPC has developed a material called CooLiner. | | | | the works. No surprise that it is green too. |