# Where we engineer your shipping success.

Proving Ground is TemperPack’s innovation hub—an ISTA®-certified thermal transport lab where we create, design, optimize, and test new packaging solutions.

## Science that builds better packaging.

We built Proving Ground to solve what other labs can’t: make packaging that performs as well as legacy plastics, without the footprint.

We work with you to design solutions based on your criteria, applying expertise in materials science, process engineering, and packaging design to deliver gains in performance, efficiency, and sustainability.

## We create, test, and prove the future of packaging.

Proving Ground is where our engineers turn ideas into validated performance, designed to hold up under the toughest real-world conditions.

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### Validated Performance

**Packaging engineered for shipments that can’t afford to fail.**

- ISTA®-certified thermal testing and live shipment validation
- Simulation-first process to predict and beat worst-case scenarios
- Qualified to hold 36–72+ hours across frozen, CRT, and 2–8 °C lanes

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### Industry-Leading Expertise

**Partnership built for QA, Ops, and Procurement.**

- Thousands of tests across industries, millions of data points analyzed
- Clear validation reports to speed audits and decision-making
- Custom protocols built around your payload, product, and lanes

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### Operational Efficiency

**Smarter design to save you time and money.**

- SKU consolidation and DIM-weight optimization
- Coolant reduction and thermal-mass optimization
- Flat-pack formats for faster fulfillment and reduced freight

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### Purpose-Driven Design

**Packaging made for performance today, and responsibility tomorrow.**

- Optimize for less waste, fewer reships, and lower emissions
- Reduce material impact and Scope 3 footprint
- Aligns with evolving ESG and EPR standards

## Customer relationships, by TemperPack.

Listen: What are your challenges and requirements? From pack-out performance to operations, we want to hear it all.

Explore: We develop initial ideas and designs to meet your needs.

Iterate: Together, we test, learn, and refine the best ideas, validating them with simulation, chamber, and live trial testing and feedback.

Implement: We ramp up, deliver on time and on budget, and help educate stakeholders on integrating the new solution.

Partner and optimize: We collaborate with you to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and optimize the effectiveness of our solutions.

## Sustainability without compromise.

As one of only eight ISTA®-certified thermal transport labs in the U.S., Proving Ground offers both testing rigor and problem solving for sustainability.

Proving Ground, built to develop sustainable materials that perform.

Independent labs, built to test, not to solve.

Legacy packaging labs, built to optimize EPS and other plastics.

## Packaging outcomes proven in the lab. And in the field.

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### Specialty Pharmacy

Developed turnkey URAC-compliant shipper system.

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### Biotech

Replaced EPS across global supply chain.

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### Animal Health

Extended duration shippers to expand delivery geography.

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### Frozen Pet Food

Developed coolant curve to reduce unnecessary coolant.

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### Ready-to-eat

Reduced reshipments from warm-on-arrivals.

## We don’t guess. We prove it.

A full suite of testing capabilities, including simulation, chamber and live shipments and protocols:

ISTA® certified since 2019

New material innovation

6 thermal chambers

Shipper design and optimization

Simulation

Proprietary thermal models fueled by thousands of lab tests.

Dynamics testing

## Smarter packs. Lighter footprints. Proven performance.

Let’s prove your packaging, before it ever ships.

### Talk to a specialist

If you’re looking to improve your customer experience, bolster packaging performance, reduce total costs, or move away from plastic, we’d love to talk.