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Saudia Cargo Agreement with Tower Cold Chain Extends Choice in Middle East Pharmaceutical Shipments
| Update : 18th April, 2023 |
Saudia Cargo has added Tower Cold Chain to its approved roster of temperature-controlled containers for shipping pharmaceutical, biotech and life science products, in a new global rental agreement.
The deal reinforces Saudia Cargo’s commitment to having the broadest possible selection of cold chain products (both in terms of cargo size and temperature requirements) to serve the growing requirements of pharmaceutical customers from around the world.
A key benefit of Tower Cold Chain’s technology is its reliability in maintaining product integrity without the need of electricity even in extreme heat, meaning that a robust solution is required to prevent temperature excursions.
“Given these conditions, we have an extra duty of care to customers to ensure due diligence in choosing our pharmaceutical cold chain partners,” commented Adel Elshazly Global Product Manager at Saudia Cargo. “Tower’s passive solutions are proven to maintain temperatures up to 120 hours, without any need for intervention or external power.
The Tower range offers effective physical and temperature protection for internal payloads from 3075 litres down to 26.4 litres – the latter made possible by the launch in 2022 of the KTEvolution, the company’s first hand-held container, ideal for small-batch, direct-to-patient shipments.
Tower containers ensure up to 120 hour protection for products that require an internal temperature of -80°C (ultracold), -60°C (ultracold), -20°C (frozen), +5°C (refrigerated) or +20°C (controlled room temperature).
“The breadth of the Tower range means we can extend our network and provide customers with greater choice, including the ability to ship pharmaceuticals on narrow-bodied as well as wide-bodied aircrafts” Adel Elshazly stated.
With hubs in Saudi Arabia’s three biggest airports – Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam – Saudia Cargo is a key partner for companies shipping pharmaceuticals into the Middle East. The European market in particular is a major source of pharmaceutical and life science cargo, a factor that was integral to Saudia Cargo’s selection of Tower Cold Chain.
“Tower has a growing network of hubs, including locations where much of our business hails from airports such as Frankfurt, Zurich and Milan. The proximity and availability of Tower containers at these hubs means we can offer seamless and direct delivery to our airports”.
Customers wanting to use Tower containers should discuss their requirements with Saudia Cargo, who will then lease the chosen solution using Tower’s intuitive 24/7 online ordering system.
“We choose our partners carefully and we know Tower is a pillar of the pharmaceutical container market, we are delighted to announce this partnership which will take us to new heights for global customer satisfaction” added Adel Elshazly.
Tower’s Chief Executive Niall Balfour said: “As a global company, this partnership is a vital part of our commitment to customers. Saudia Cargo gives us a valuable gateway into the Middle East, and in turn we are honoured to be able to help them meet customer demand for robust, reliable, and reusable pharmaceutical cold chain solutions.”
For more information on Tower Cold Chain, click here: www.towercoldchain.com
About Tower
Tower delivers proven physical and temperature protection for pharmaceutical and life science products and our robust, reliable, and reusable containers are the essential link in the stability of the cold chain.
Headquartered in the UK, we operate a global network ensuring availability and easy access to our products for all customers.
We are trusted by global pharmaceutical, logistics and airline companies and our experienced team, supported by a centralized quality-management system, reinforces customer confidence that our shipping facilities will meet requirements throughout the supply chain. Our patented design technology ensures our solutions meet the pharmaceutical industry performance standard, providing a minimum of 120 hours temperature compliance in any environment, anywhere in the world.
We work closely with our customers, realizing their requirements and how we can address emerging needs. and to deliver customer-focused innovation in temperature-controlled protection.
For Tower sales enquiries please contact:
Nick Gilmore, Global Head of Sales & Marketing
Caroline Suard, Global Marketing Manager
Email: Nick.Gilmore@towercoldchain.com
Email: Caroline.Suard@towercoldchain.com
For Tower media enquiries please contact:
Simon Kinnear, Rhiannon Hopper, Hannah Woods or Nielsen McAllister
Tel: +44 (0)1332 293939
Email: tower@nmpr.co.uk
About Saudia Cargo:
Saudia Cargo is contributing to the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia's Vision 2030 by developing a leading logistic hub and leveraging the country's strategic location. For more than seven decades, Saudia Cargo has been one of the world's most dynamic cargo carriers, connecting 900 destinations in 175 countries through its alliance with Sky Team Cargo, the world's largest group of air cargo airlines. The company's fleet of modern Boeing freighters and state-of-the-art facilities facilitate the transport of all types of cargo, from high-value shipments, dangerous goods, and perishables to pharmaceuticals and sensitive vaccines. For more information, please visit saudiacargo.com.
For Saudia Cargo media enquiries please contact:
Fahad Alzahrani
Saudi Airlines Cargo Company
Manager PR & External Communication
Tel: +966 55 577 7243
Email: falzahrani@saudiacargo.com
Reem Al Tajer
ASDA’A BCW
Email: reem.tajer@bcw-global.com
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Source : Tower Cold Chain
