The latest product and service developments, company announcements, and industry accolades.
Carrier Launches Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Cold Chain Program
As the world adjusts to a “new normal” the need for cold chain technologies to preserve, protect and extend the global supply of food, medicine and vaccines has never been greater. Today, Carrier launched the Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Cold Chain Program to help customers better determine which refrigeration solutions can help meet their increased demands and optimize their cold chain activities. The Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Cold Chain Program complements Carrier's Heathy Buildings Program, which launched in June with an expanded suite of advanced solutions to help deliver healthy, safe, efficient and productive indoor environments.
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Sensitech Inc. Marks 30th Anniversary and Introduces New SensiWatch™ Platform for End-to-End Real-Time In-Transit Visibility
For 30 years, Sensitech Inc. has helped leading companies in the food, pharmaceutical, industrial and consumer goods segments deliver higher-quality products, ensure consumer safety, comply with rigorous regulatory requirements, protect brand equity, and increase profitability. Today, Sensitech builds on this legacy with the announcement of a new state-of-the-art, end-to-end, real-time in-transit visibility solution – the SensiWatch™ Platform.
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Kicking Crime Out
This article from TAPA's Vigilant magazine quotes data from the SCIC's Brazil 2019 Annual Cargo Theft Report to show that while the number of cargo thefts may be high, the downward trend for the past two years shows Brazil is continuing to achieve its goal of tackling the country's cargo theft epidemic.
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Carrier Becomes Independent, Publicly Traded Company, Begins Trading on New York Stock Exchange
Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR) today debuted as an independent, publicly traded company after successfully completing its separation from United Technologies. Carrier is a leading provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, and fire & security technologies.
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Mexico Monitor
This article from TAPA's Vigilant magazine quotes data from the September 2019 edition of the SCIC's Incident Recovery Report, showing how Mexico continues to be one of the world's biggest hotspots for cargo crime, with an average rate of more than 55 crimes a day.
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Cargo thieves target containers rushed into U.S. ahead of threatened tariffs
In this article from DC Velocity, the SCIC's United States Q3-2019 Cargo Theft Report is referenced, talking about how storing containerized freight under lax security and unsecured parking had led to an increase in cargo theft this quarter, averaging $155,709 per incident.
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Former Sensitech CEO's new book approaches entrepreneurship as a liberal arts activity
In this article from Boston Business Journal, former Sensitech CEO Eric Schultz lets his background in business and liberal arts emerge in his latest book “Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway's Hamilton,” released in late October.
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Rigorous Quality Controls for Cold-Chain Drug Shipments
In this article from Pharma's Almanac, the author explains that while life science organizations invest heavily in quality and product integrity within the confines of their own facilities and the facilities of their contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) and contract packaging organizations (CPOs), those investments are for naught if drug makers fail to apply similar standards to the soft underbelly of their supply chain — transportation and logistics.
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Real-Time Temp Loggers Tell the Story
In the Australia summerfruit and table grape industries, many exporters currently use USB temperature loggers that are generally discarded, with no feedback of information to the exporter. This article explaines the benefit of using ‘real-time’ temperature loggers, like the TempTale® GEO Eagle—data is readily accessible 24/7 from cloud-based systems, so logistical and marketing decisions can be made instantly rather than having to wait for the consignment to arrive at the destination.
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Customer Testimonial for TempTale® GEO Eagle Real-Time Monitor
This article from Carlton Plants talks about how use of the TempTale® GEO Eagle temperature monitor allowed them to receive and analyze 100% of temperature data from products during transport. Previously only 40-60% of devices were returned, causing a lot of data to be lost.
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