{"id":8262,"date":"2019-10-16T10:13:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T08:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolpack2025.webdeveloperz.nl\/uncategorized\/tempex-boxes-how-to-use-them\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:49:51","slug":"tempex-boxes-how-to-use-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/blog\/tempex-boxes-how-to-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempex and EPS boxes: here&#8217;s how to use them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you ever need to transport products refrigerated? For example, medicines, vegetables\/fruit, worms, insects, meat or fish? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/cooling-packaging\/polystyrene-boxes\/\">Styrofoam boxes<\/a> are ideal for this purpose. In this article you will read what Styrofoam boxes are and how they can help you with the refrigerated transport of your products.   <\/strong><\/p><h2>What are tempex boxes<\/h2><p>Tempex, also known as EPS or Styrofoam, consists of expanded polystyrene. This material is ideally suited for refrigerated transport of products. Tempex boxes are generally perfect for a transport route of up to 48 hours at temperatures between 2 to 8 degrees. The exact insulation value is determined in part by the thickness of the box. The thicker the wall of the box, the better it insulates. Furthermore, goods can be conditioned even longer in combination with gel packs.     <\/p><h2>Benefits Tempex:<\/h2><ul><li>It has a high insulation value. Thus, the products remain chilled for a long time. <\/li><li>It has great impact resistance. So your products are well protected. <\/li><li>It is user-friendly and lightweight.<\/li><li>It is impervious to UV radiation, moisture and mold.<\/li><li>It is not harmful to health.<\/li><\/ul><h2>Applications EPS boxes<\/h2><p>Tempex boxes are very versatile. You can use them for single-use shipping of food, fish, pharmaceuticals and medical products. <\/p><h2>Pharmacy and medical sector<\/h2><p>In the medical sector, tempex boxes are often used to transport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/kennisbank\/medicijnen-voor-dieren\/\">medicines<\/a> and blood samples. This is usually done in combination with refrigerated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/cooling\/gel-packs\/\">gel packs,<\/a> cooling elements and absorbent mats. <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gelpacks-medisch-vid-1024x516-1.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gelpacks-medisch-vid-1024x516-1-600x302.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gelpacks-medisch-vid-1024x516-1-600x302.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gelpacks-medisch-vid-1024x516-1-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gelpacks-medisch-vid-1024x516-1.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Tempex boxes are suitable for refrigerated transport of medicines and blood samples.<\/p><h2>Fish<\/h2><p>Styrofoam boxes are also commonly used for transporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/blog\/fish-transport\/\">fish.<\/a> When fish are transported with shard ice, tempex boxes with leak holes are usually used. This allows melt water to drain away. When the fish is transported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/blog\/refrigerated-transport-per-air\/\">airplane<\/a>, fully sealed Styrofoam boxes are usually used. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/cooling\/gel-packs\/\">Gel packs,<\/a> pallet covers and absorbent mats are also often used in this process.   <\/p><h2>Custom solution<\/h2><p>We also often deploy tempex boxes as part of a custom solution. No question is too crazy for us. Are you facing a challenge? Let our specialists advise you.   <\/p><h2>Coolpack<\/h2><p>Unsure which refrigerated solution is best suited for your logistics challenge? Then contact one of our experts. Coolpack has been providing packaging solutions for conditioned transport of numerous products for over 25 years. In addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/cooling-packaging\/polystyrene-boxes\/\">tempex boxes,<\/a> pallet sleeves and absorption mats, we also supply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/cooling\/gel-packs\/\">gel packs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/cooling\/cooling-elements\/\">dimensionally stable cooling elements, for example .<\/a>   <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever need to transport products refrigerated? For example, medicines, vegetables\/fruit, worms, insects, meat or fish? Tempex boxes are ideal for this purpose. This article will tell you what tempex boxes are and how they can help you transport your products refrigerated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[493,490,500],"tags":[514,515],"class_list":["post-8262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-knowledgebase","category-webshops-en","tag-general","tag-webshops-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8262"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26504,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions\/26504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolpack.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}