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HGP – Richmond-based Startup TemperPack Inks Deal with Albertsons to Use Recyclable Packaging
The Richmond-based startup company TemperPack has inked a deal with one of the nation’s largest food and drug retailers to use its recyclable packaging.
TemperPack, a maker of sustainable packaging for perishable goods, plans to announce Tuesday that Albertsons Cos. Inc. will start using TemperPack’s ClimaCell brand of packaging to ship pharmaceuticals.
The deal is the largest yet for pharmaceutical use of ClimaCell, a proprietary insulating material that can keep temperature-sensitive products cool for up to 80 hours. It can be recycled with curbside waste, replacing Styrofoam packaging.
“It is a special formula that is unique to our company,” said John Briney, TemperPack’s director of marketing. “It is composed of bio-based materials and paper, and it has certain traits that increase thermal performance, moisture resistance, and a couple of other features that the team at Albertsons was interested in. Curbside recycling is a huge selling point when you are currently shipping Styrofoam.”
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