Cold-storage specialist va-Q-tec is significantly expanding its fleet of 2,500 rental containers to meet growing demand to transport COVID-19 vaccines that need to be kept as low as -70 degrees Celsius , its chief executive said.
The German company is in talks with all the major pharmaceutical manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines, CEO Joachim Kuhn told Reuters in an interview.Kuhn said the company would"significantly expand" its fleet of rental containers in the coming year. He did not specify how many extra containers were planned, though said it would not be to the extent of doubling the fleet.
The company's turnover has increased by 30per cent annually over the past 10 years."We expect this growth to continue in a similar form," said the CEO, adding that global vaccine distribution might take several years. It manufactures"passive" containers, which use dry ice to keep the contents at ultra-cold temperatures for up to five or six days, as opposed to"active" containers that also use electric motors for cooling.
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