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Paper-based packaging company, Ranpak Holdings, has introduced a sustainable thermal liner for packaging. Designed to meet cold chain shipping demands across a wide range of end markets, the RecyCold climaliner is a paper-based packaging solution that maintains products within their optimal temperature range for up to 48 hours. According to the company, climaliner's thermal liner paper is "thinner and far more flexible" in comparison to current technologies that offer similar performance, resulting in a solution that allows for various configurations and box size flexibility while maintaining cold temperatures, reducing food waste and improving cost and sustainability. The technology can support three distinct temperature ranges: One for ambient products kept near room temperature, another for chilled products commonly stored in refrigerators and a third for frozen products below 0°C. This represents critical shipping requirements across the meal kit, ready-to-use meals, online grocery and speciality foods segments. Omar Asali, chairman & CEO of Ranpak, said: “The global launch of RecyCold climaliner represents our latest innovation in the sustainable shipping space, highlighting the efforts Ranpak has made to deliver cost savings, efficiency gains, and an aesthetically attractive total Cold Chain solution". He continued: “The increase in shipping of temperature-controlled items increases the need for scalable and sustainable technologies. We are pleased to include climaliner among our growing portfolio of sustainable solutions to help our customers improve their supply chain performance, lower their labour costs, reduce food waste and meet their sustainability goals.”