Food

Optimising food transport:
innovative solutions from va-Q-tec

Food requires special attention during transport in order to maintain its freshness and quality. Food transport, especially over the last mile, is therefore a challenge in logistics. At va-Q-tec, we offer you customised solutions for efficient and reliable cold chain logistics – whether for chilled or frozen goods. This allows you to ensure that your products always arrive at their destination under optimum conditions.

High-Tech Temperature Controlled Transport Solutions for the Food Industry:  When transporting food, a safe and uninterrupted cold chain is of the utmost importance as various standards and legal regulations must be met during shipment, and safe consumption must be guaranteed. With our innovative thermal boxes, a wide variety of foods, such as dough and other bakery products, fruits and vegetables, and meat and fish, can be shipped at constant temperatures without an external supply of energy. Our thermal boxes are specially adapted to the requirements and needs of the food industry: they are easy to clean, stackable, and food safe.

Efficient solutions for food transport

The logistics sector is confronted with increasing food law requirements in the area of food transport. For grocery delivery and home delivery in particular, it is important that the products reach the end customer in perfect condition. Our solutions focus on optimising passive transport processes to meet your requirements.

With our innovative thermoboxes, a wide variety of foodstuffs, such as dough pieces, fruit and vegetables or meat and fish, can be dispatched at the required constant temperatures. Our solutions are specially adapted to the requirements of the food industry. This means that they not only keep food optimally fresh, but are also easy to clean, stackable and, of course, food-safe.

Solutions for e-grocery

For the e-grocery sector, we implement customised packaging solutions for our customers along the entire demand chain – including tailored external and internal dimensions, as well as adapted temperature retention times and loading capacity.

Products

Seamless cold chain all the way to the customer

When transporting food, a safe and, above all, uninterrupted cold chain is of the utmost importance. Various standards and legal regulations must be complied with when shipping all types of food, but especially fresh food. Only in this way can safe consumption be guaranteed at all times.

The cold chain is therefore a critical factor in food shipping. It includes all steps from the production site to the consumer, during which the ideal temperature must be kept constant.

The va-Q-tec range of cold chain solutions for foodstuffs ensures that your products not only remain fresh throughout the entire transport process, but also retain their quality.

  • Cooling boxes are ideal for transporting perishable foodstuffs.
  • Temperature monitoring systems provide constantly updated temperature monitoring data during transport.
  • Insulated packaging protects against extreme temperatures and ensures the quality of your goods.

Efficient food shipping

In today’s world of e-commerce, online food shipping has long been a central component of retail. It is always crucial to deliver products quickly, safely and, above all, as freshly as possible. va-Q-tec offers solutions that have been specially developed to meet these challenges of modern food transport. Our intelligent packaging solutions protect your products and minimise spoilage and loss due to temperature fluctuations.

The va-Q-boxes are characterised by very high insulation performance. Special vacuum insulation panels as all-round inner panelling, which have already proven their worth in the aerospace industry, offer ten times greater insulation performance than conventional insulation materials.

The va-Q-trays are specially designed for the transport of very sensitive foodstuffs. Thanks to their standardised dimensions, these highly efficient flat insulated boxes can be easily integrated into existing logistics processes. Here too, high-tech vacuum insulation panels ensure maximum insulation performance – without any additional energy supply.

In addition to the packaging itself, we also offer comprehensive logistics advice. This allows you to optimise your existing processes with the help of our expertise.

Advantages

Highest level of reliability
Minimum temperature loss and optimal temperature distribution
Space, weight, and energy saving solution
Improved energy balance
Reduced energy consumption and reduction of carbon footprint
Long service life
In-house production and development of the key components (PCM) and systems

Active vs. passive transport of foodstuffs

There are two main transport methods in food logistics: active transport and passive transport. Both have their specific advantages, which can be utilised depending on the requirements of the products. Active transport uses active cooling techniques with energy consumption to ensure precise temperature control.

Passive transport uses insulating materials to keep the products cool during transport. External energy sources are not used. va-Q-tec relies on this sustainable variant in its logistics products for food transport. High-tech insulation technology now makes it possible to transport even very sensitive foodstuffs in compliance with food regulations.

Sustainability and
innovative strength at
va-Q-tec

Our cold chain logistics solutions are not only designed for efficiency, but also for sustainability. With innovative technologies and environmentally friendly materials, we help to reduce the ecological footprint of food transport and thus of your company.

Application Examples

Bakery Raisch
The Raisch bakery, a family-run business from Calw in Baden-Württemberg, has been using va-Q-tray boxes…
Bakery Peter Schmitt​
The “Bakery Peter Schmitt”, a regional, medium-sized family business from Reiterswiesen in Lower Franconia, is…
Kullmanns’s Diner
Kullman’s Diner restaurants located in Würzburg use the innovative transport box va-Q-tray for their catering…

Other business areas of va-Q-tec

In addition to the food industry, va-Q-tec offers comprehensive solutions for various business areas. Our portfolio includes pharmaceutical logistics, where we provide specialised packaging for temperature-sensitive medicines. For the automotive industry, we develop innovative solutions for transport logistics. In the chemicals sector, we also offer protection and transport of chemicals under controlled conditions.

Find out more about our services and discover how we can master your logistical challenges.