PolarThermal in Innovation Award!

Clive Lawrance, long-term associate of Polar Thermal and MD of Omnia Management winner of the 1st Cool Logistics ‘Innovation in Perishable Logistics’ Award

LONDON, 19.09. 2019 Clive Lawrance, Omnia Management, was announced yesterday as the winner of the 1st Cool Logistics ‘Innovation in Perishable Logistics’ Award at the 11th Cool Logistics Global Conference in Valencia.  The winner of the award was selected by an international panel of stakeholders with an interest in furthering perishable supply chain excellence. Omnia Management was recognized for its contribution and adding value to the cold supply chain.  

Omnia Management has set the standard for innovation in the cold supply chain “It was a great honour to receive the award at Cool Logistics Valencia.  True recognition of my Shortest Route to Market using innovation to remove outer packaging in the Logistic supply chain” said Clive Lawrance, Omnia Management.

Omnia Management implemented a packaging project in three countries, working with growers and major retail importers.  Polar Thermal covers were used to maintain fresh produce temperature integrity throughout the supply chain instead of typical packagings such as cardboard, plastic or polystyrene. This reduced wastage at the point of destination. Straight-line temperatures were maintained throughout the journey of the fresh produce together with significant cost reductions in packaging and waste disposal.  Reducing waste packaging waste is an issue of global interest, and in this case, the waste packaging reductions were achieved in the air freight cold chain.  Packaging, reducing waste and the use of plastic packaging have been major themes through Cool Logistic Global 2019 so the judging panel was delighted to recognize and acknowledge the importance of Omnia Management’s initiative

The Award was kindly sponsored by Martico, a leading freight forwarder. Specialists in the management of any type of load at controlled, refrigerated or frozen, Martico covers the entire logistics chain and exports and imports reefers by sea, land and air.

11th Cool Logistics Global

17-19 September 2019
Hotel Meliá
Valencia, Spain
www.coollogisticsglobal.com

Getting Greener

Polar Thermal is known for its ethos of reuse whenever possible, but we are looking to back our commitment to the environment in every project we take on.

Paul Harrison, CEO of Polar, is widely respected for his stance on sustainability without reduction in performance, and believes that we are entering into an exciting phase – the methods and mantra he has been pushing for years are now coming of age.

Currently we are developing a number of “last mile” solutions that will make a big contribution to ethical deliveries, but we should also remember that the PolarTherm™ Fibre that is a core component of many of our systems is mainly produced from recycling plastic bottles – 20 are used for each kilo of fibre.

We are also interested in using material produced from recycling plastic in the ocean – in Spain, Ecoalf have already recovered over 400 tonnes since 2015 – at Polar we look forward to incorporating even more sustainability into our products.

Supporting the NHS

Polar Thermal will be at P4H England on Thursday 4th July at the NEC in Birmingham. Come and see us on Stand 4 in the NHS Procurement Pavilion.

This year Polar Thermal is a Bronze Sponsor of the event – more and more NHS Trusts are plugging in to our framework agreement and taking the products that scored 100% in NHS Testing.

We will have a range of our NHS Approved products on display and will be offering our new online purchase order system to all qualified oraganisations – just ask Jemma or Alex when you get there.

If you haven’t already registered go to https://www.p4hengland.co.uk and get it done!

Star of the Show

Paul Harrison, MD of Polar Thermal, found himself and company mascot Marco Polo in demand at the Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution Exhibition in Peterborough this week.

Media, trade visitors and exhibitors focused in on Polar’s green credentials with PolarDotBox™, PolarPod™ and PolarLD3 all creating a stir.

Air Cargo News Conference & Awards

The 35th Air Cargo News Awards
Over 240 industry figures came together on Friday 26th April at the Runnymede on Thames Hotel near Heathrow to honour and celebrate those companies who have invested in providing great customer service, operational excellence and innovative technologies.

Polar Thermal were well represented, showcasing their PolarPod modular system for the first time.

Both the conference and awards were organised by Air Cargo News. 
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