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Expanded Manufacturing Capacity Under General Manager, Bob Bohne

Holliston, Massachusetts: July 05, 2007 - Increasing capacity and improving its lean operation has gone on a fast track at Cold Chain Technologies with the addition of Bob Bohne as General Manager. A Cornell University-trained mechanical engineer, Bob has 25 years of experience managing manufacturing and engineering operations serving the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical instrument, and academic laboratory markets. Bob is applying his experience and knowledge of the stringent requirements of these market segments to drive improvements designed to help Cold Chain better serve its customers. He’s overseeing the company’s continued growth in capacity, enhanced service levels, and efficiency gains in production and distribution.

According to Larry Gordon, Cold Chain Technologies’ President, “Bob is an extremely capable, thoughtful manager with a superb background in operations, engineering, finance, and quality assurance. We’re very pleased that Bob has joined our team at Cold Chain.”

INCREASED CAPACITY - Cold Chain’s expanded manufacturing facilities will support increasing demand for KoolTempTM insulated containers, Koolit® refrigerants, and its growing line of pre-qualified thermal solutions. According to Bob, “We’re very excited that Cold Chain is expanding its production, warehousing and distribution in both Tennessee and Massachusetts.”

Cold Chain’s reach is further spread by its partnerships with Foam Fabricators, a leading molded EPS foam manufacturer with locations across North America, and Topa Verpakking, a European-based manufacturer and distributor of Cold Chain’s products. Bob comments, “We recognize the impact of being close to our customer’s distribution network. As our business grows, we’re committed to expanding our presence even further in the U.S. and Europe.”

ENHANCED SERVICE LEVELS AND EFFICIENCY GAINS – High on Bob’s list of priorities at Cold Chain is developing an enhanced world-class operations and distribution network that will further cement our position as the premier solutions provider to the cold chain market. At Cold Chain, Bob is focusing on:

• Increasing service levels and back-up capacity, while decreasing customer’s
  freight costs;
• Implementing infrastructure improvements with business system software that will enable better communications between customers and our plants;
• Supporting customers with additional services and tools that will improve logistics, delivery and inventory management; and,
• Enhancing quality and lean principles in operations that will further ensure consistency and excellence across all locations.

“The more you know about Cold Chain Technologies, the better you’ll understand how we can meet the demanding needs of the critically important cold chain market with outstanding products, services and technical support,” says Bob. “If you have any questions, please call us at 800.370.8566 or email us at info@coldchaintech.com.”

ABOUT COLD CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES

Cold Chain Technologies, headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, globally provides shipping solutions for the distribution and transport of temperature-sensitive products, and is an ISO 9001:2000 registered company. For more information, visit our website at www.coldchaintech.com.

Cold Chain Laboratories, an affiliated company, designs innovative thermal packaging solutions and conducts thermal testing in its state-of-the-art environmental chambers. Four thousand thermal tests have been performed for a diverse customer base including pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, and medical device manufacturers.