SuperCool Group, Australia, partnered with Griffith University, Australia, to develop SuperSense Smart Solutions, a range of products designed to improve standards and practices for the transport and storage of refrigerated and frozen foods.

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA), Alexandria, Va., announced its new Cold Carrier Certification.

The fruit and vegetable processor selected the SwiTrace I-Plug family of data loggers, which are specifically designed for cold chain temperature monitoring.

Lizard Monitoring, Carson City, Nev., developed automated data collection for the cold chain, enabling detection and prediction of refrigeration failures for food retailers, manufacturers and distributors.

OCEASOFT, France, developed two innovative tools to streamline the high-volume management of its Bluetooth-enabled dataloggers.

ACH Foam Technologies, Westminster, Colo., debuted the DuraTherm PLUS+, an advanced cold chain shipping solution.

SecureRF Corp., Shelton, Conn., introduced LIME Tag NY01, which is a secure near field communication (NFC) battery-assisted sensor tag that actively provides authentication and encrypted reader-tag communications.

Well-run supply chains require effort, but they are key to ensuring that customers have what they need when they need/want it.

PakSense, Inc., Anaheim, Calif., introduced AutoSense, a tool designed to automatically deliver cold chain temperature data to smartphones.

Cold storage may be pricey, but by being smart from the beginning, you can dramatically save on energy costs and support a more energy efficiency environment for your temperature-sensitive product.