UPS Completes Acquisitions of Healthcare Cold-Chain Logistics Providers Frigo-Trans and BPL
January 08 2025 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
Acquisitions Accelerate Plan to Provide
Healthcare Customers with End-to-End Temperature-Controlled
Solutions Across Europe
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced that it has completed the
acquisition of Frigo-Trans and its sister company BPL, which
provide industry-leading, complex healthcare logistics solutions
across Europe.
The acquisitions further enhance the end-to-end capabilities
available to UPS Healthcare customers, who increasingly need
temperature-controlled and time-critical logistics solutions
globally. Frigo-Trans’ network includes temperature-controlled
warehousing ranging from cryopreservation (-196°C) to ambient (+15°
to +25°C) as well as Pan-European cold chain transportation. This
combined with the logistics solutions brought by BPL’s
time-critical freight forwarding capabilities further enhances UPS
Healthcare solutions for customers in Europe.
For more information about UPS innovations and customer-driven
solutions, visit about.ups.com.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is one of the world’s largest companies, with
2023 revenue of $91.0 billion, and provides a broad range of
integrated logistics solutions for customers in more than 200
countries and territories. Focused on its purpose statement,
“Moving our world forward by delivering what matters,” the
company’s approximately 500,000 employees embrace a strategy that
is simply stated and powerfully executed: Customer First. People
Led. Innovation Driven. UPS is committed to reducing its impact on
the environment and supporting the communities we serve around the
world. More information can be found at www.ups.com, about.ups.com
and www.investors.ups.com.
About UPS Healthcare
UPS Healthcare delivers unparalleled healthcare logistics
expertise to its customers around the world. UPS Healthcare has 17
million square feet of cGMP and GDP-compliant healthcare
distribution space globally. Services include inventory management,
cold chain packaging and shipping, storage and fulfillment of
medical devices and lab and clinical trial logistics. UPS
Healthcare's global infrastructure, UPS® Premier visibility
service, track and trace technology and global quality system are
well-suited to meet today's complex logistics demands for the
pharmaceutical, medical device and laboratory diagnostic
industries. Visit Healthcare.ups.com for more information.
About Frigo-Trans
Frigo-Trans provides an end-to-end warehouse and transportation
solution for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. Frigo-Trans does
this by utilizing best-in-class distribution facilities and a
pharmacy-focused, Pan-European, cold-chain transportation network.
Other value-added services include, but are not limited to,
packaging, handling and inventory management. Headquartered in
Fußg�nheim, Germany, Frigo-Trans’s network expands across all
countries in Europe.
About BPL
BPL offers individual transport management for GDP-compliant
shipping of time-critical and temperature-sensitive products. BPL
manages a high-quality network of air and ocean freight carriers
along with customs clearance to meet the complex, cross border
needs of customers. BPL prioritizes serving biopharma customers
with special temperature, quality and speed requirements. BPL is
headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.
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