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Last mile food deliveries to the customer

The E-Grocery sector is growing rapidly, which poses new challenges for companies in the food retail sector, especially when it comes to last-mile delivery. One of the biggest hurdles is maintaining the cold chain to ensure a constant temperature throughout the transportation process.

At the same time, companies need to optimize delivery costs and ensure product quality as customer expectations for product variety and freshness increase. In order to remain competitive, costefficient and quality-oriented solutions are essential.

va-Q-tec offers a perfect answer to these challenges with its innovative, passive packaging solutions. Our technologies enable a constant temperature without additional energy source. This eliminates the need for dry ice and refrigerated vehicles, which leads to a significant reduction in electricity and operating costs. The cold chain remains intact without any gaps, while the quality of the food is maintained throughout the entire transportation process. This results in fewer complaints and greater customer satisfaction.

Overall, these solutions offer a sustainable, cost-efficient and high-quality delivery that optimally meets both, the customer demands and economic requirements.

Products & specifications as individual as your requirements

With the passive cool box solutions from va-Q-tec, we can optimize your existing logistics processes or individually design and implement them according to your requirements.

va-Q-box

The va-Q-boxes are particularly lightweight. The ice packs with special PCM integrated in the lid set the required temperature for fresh or frozen products.

va-Q-tray &
va-Q-lid

These box-lid combinations are ideal for the E-Grocery sector. The boxes are robust, easy to clean and simple to integrate into automated logistics processes. The integrated ice pack in the lid adjusts the temperature in the box to the fresh or frozen temperature range, depending on the application.

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Advantages

Developed for transporting frozen or refrigerated food without refrigerated vehicles and dry ice
Self-sufficient temperature holding time of up to 48 hours in the frozen and fresh food range
Elimination of dry ice and independence from refrigerated vehicles saves costs and reduces the CO₂ footprint
Safe technology enables food law-compliant cold chains and minimizes the risk of spoiled goods and customer complaints
Process optimization and reduction of errors thanks to intelligent box design with ice packs integrated in the lid
Comprehensive consultation and support during the implementation process
Development service: Customized solutions or thermal upgrades of existing solutions possible
Available as a purchase or rental option
Manufactured in a globally CO₂-neutral company

Upgrade or develop customized solutions

va-Q-tec offers the option of upgrading customers‘ existing transportation solutions with the highly efficient Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIPs) and lids including Phase Change Materials (PCMs). All adaptations enable reliable temperature control and optimize the transportation process, according to the specific needs of our customers.

In addition to upgrading existing transport boxes, va-Q-tec offers customized solutions for the E-Grocery sector. This involves creating fully customized boxes that are tailored to the customer‘s requirements and needs in close cooperation with them. The development of these solutions follows a clearly defined and proven process. This ensures that each solution is optimally tailored to the customer‘s specific requirements.

We work closely with our customers to develop individual and customized solutions for the e-grocery sector, systematically following a proven process.

Analysis & Concept Development

va-Q-tec analyzes the current process and develops a tailor-made concept that takes size, temperature requirements and special requests into account. This also includes comprehensive advice on the required pre-cooling. The developed concept is tested with proven in-house simulation software and adapted if necessary.

Prototypes & Tests

An initial prototype is produced in order to compare it with the current processes and to check its performance, handling and efficiency in initial tests. Based on the test results, the concept is optimized to further improve functionality and efficiency. If required, the concept can be qualified in the inhouse laboratory with over 30 climate chambers or by independent partners.

Production

After concept validation, the production phase begins at va-Q-tec. During this phase, customers receive comprehensive on-site support, including implementation assistance, staff training, video tutorials and information material to ensure smooth integration of the solution into existing operations.

Post-live Operation

After the initial operating phase, a results analysis is carried out to evaluate the performance of the solution. Furthermore, additional services such as repair and maintenance processes can be implemented to reduce future costs and offer a comprehensive service.

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