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Less coolant means lower shipping costs.

Aerocore BEATS OTHERS COLD.

No other material combines insulating power, light weight and reusability like Aerocore. And no other company partners with you like American Aerogel to engineer a custom solution that maximizes your savings. For more information, and a free cost analysis based on your shipping needs, call us today at 1-585-328-2140, or visit us at www.aerocoreshipping.com.

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Nothing ships cold for less.

Aerocore. NOTHING SHIPS COLD FOR LESS.

250,000 shipments. 100% success rate.
In the world of cold-chain shipping, vacuum insulated panels have been viewed as a niche technology too expensive or hard to use for all but the rarest of high-value products. American Aerogel customers know different. They ship thousands of temperature-controlled payloads each month in our Aerocore VIP boxesfrom tissue samples packed in dry ice, to lab-test kits shipped at controlled room temperature. In more than seven years of continuous use and a quarter million shipments, no payload has ever failed to maintain temperature.

Savings you can pocket.

Instead of paying to ship large containers mostly full of coolant, Aerocores vastly superior insulating properties allow you to ship lighter, smaller boxes over a longer period of time. With less insulating material, you can fit larger payloads into each box. All of this adds up to reduced charges every time you shipas much as 71 percent less per shipment compared to polyurethane containers. The chart below illustrates the savings one biomedical products company achieved by switching from polyurethane to Aerocore.

The science behind the savings.

Protected by U.S. and international patents, Aerocore is the only organic-based monolithic aerogel in use today for temperature-controlled shipping. Here are some key advantages: S  uperior thermal insulation minimizes the need for coolant and reduces costs two wayslower package weight and extended shipping time without risk of spoilage.
Teperature (C)

In addition to all these advantages, the chart below shows how Aerocore boxes maintain temperature over time more effectively than other solutions.

Performance test: 28 degrees Celsius

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Custom solutions designed to match product dimensions and minimize DIM weight. S  olid, machinable panels for well-formed boxes with tight corners that minimize heat gain or loss through the seams. D  urable material that can withstand rough handling and allow customers to reuse the same VIP containers dozens or hundreds of times.

Upper limit 8 C (46.4 F)

Insulating material Box volume Products per box Coolant Shipping cost* Shipping cost per sample
* Next-day air 850-mile transit

Standard Frozen Shipping Polyurethane 2,977 in

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Aerocore Shipping Aerocore VIP 1,631 in 5 8.8 lbs. dry ice $106.00
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Savings with Aerocore

Lower limit 2 C (35.6 F)

0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

45% lower volume 150% more payload 56% less coolant 27% less cost

Time (hrs.)
Polystyrene Polyurethane Aerocore

2 20 lbs. dry ice $145.00 $72.50

$21.20

71% less cost per sample

* Aerocore is a registered trademark of American Aerogel Corporation.