At Woolcool®, we understand that transporting and distributing pharmaceutical items is often a matter of life and death. Whether it’s drugs, medicines, serums or apparatus, the importance of issues such as sterility, robustness and temperature control are of paramount concern when it comes to choosing packaging options within the pharma sector. It’s no wonder that Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is enshrined in law around the world. In Europe, GDP describes the minimum standards that a distributor must meet to ensure that the quality and integrity of medicines is maintained throughout the ..read more

In 2002, Woolcool® was invented, and the pioneering journey to revolutionise insulated packaging began.  Fast forward to today, our commitment to environmental responsibility remains unwavering, driven by a purpose to create high-performing chilled packaging solutions that use natural materials to minimise our impact on the planet. We’re leading the pack towards a better future. We aren’t jumping on any bandwagons or scrambling to create natural solutions to make a quick buck from consumer trends. Our approach involves decades of extensive research and development, striking a balance ..read more

Happy New Year! As we begin 2024, we are looking forward to an exciting year of new products, additions to our ever-growing team, new markets and new horizons. As an award-winning business that was built on a ‘eureka’ moment – when our founder Angela Morris first recognised the potential of using pure sheep wool to insulate packaging – Woolcool has always been driven by innovation and opportunity. 2024 is no exception to this and is already shaping up to be an exciting year in our journey. What better way to start off than with a product launch? Following its first reveal and soft launch ..read more

It’s been quite a year! The last few years have brought ‘ups and downs’ for the business community, from the economic fall-out from the pandemic and Brexit to rises in energy prices, but as we look back over the last 12 months, 2023 was when we perhaps began to see light at the end of the tunnel. Of course, there are still challenges ahead, but at Woolcool® we are now looking forward to 2024, developing new products and identifying exciting opportunities. In every challenging time, there are also opportunities, after all Woolcool® was born out of the chaos of 2008! So, what were the stand ..read more

Winter is here – and the colder weather it brings can produce challenges for shipping your temperature-controlled goods – but Woolcool’s adaptability offers the perfect product range to tailor your solution to the colder climate. After all, our multi-award-winning packaging products utilise the remarkable properties of 100% pure wool, a natural smart fibre, which has been developed in nature’s own laboratory over thousands of years – evolution. Naturally, wool has impeccable ‘green’ credentials. It’s recyclable, reusable, compostable, renewable and abundant. But, after investing millions ..read more

Woolcool® CEO Angela Morris joins ancient company of Woolmen. At Woolcool®, we’re proud to have been honoured by all kinds of accolades over the years. Since being founded in 2009, our packaging company has been recognised with numerous awards, as founder Angela Morris’s ‘eureka’ moment was transformed into an innovative company. That flash of inspiration was back in 2002, when the highly respected packaging consultant realised that Natural Wool – a ‘super fibre’, developed through millions of years of evolution – was the perfect material to insulate chilled food products while ..read more

The last ten years have seen a renaissance in insulated packaging for food and pharma, whether that’s delivering frozen goods, sending medical supplies via courier or transporting large shipments in refrigerated vehicles. Changing consumer habits, environmental concerns, breakthroughs in technology and the growth of online shopping have seen more and more companies look to find the right temperature controlled packaging solution for their products. But while the many factors involved in designing chilled packaging seem complex, the basic principles behind temperature controlled packaging ..read more

Let’s be clear from the start: Woolcool® is a packaging company. We’re all about packaging. Packaging is our thing. So, it goes without saying that we believe in the importance of packaging. However, we understand the need for a review: a cold, hard and honest look at how the industry operates and the purpose of packaging within a supply chain, a chain that is demanding more environmental accountability. Now, as the most visible symptom of worldwide pollution, packaging waste has become the focal point of public concern about single-use materials. The packaging industry, so expe ..read more

Although great insulation is the difference between a product arriving fresh and a product arriving spoilt, ice packs, gel packs, ice blocks, frozen packs or whatever you refer to them as, are an essential part of passive packaging in the temperature-controlled logistics cold chain. Woolcool® has been at the forefront of this challenging sector for over a decade. With so many complexities to consider, from product conditioning to freezer types to the challenge of varying climates, we strive to simplify our solutions as much as possible. To provide an expert point of contact in challenges ..read more

Responsibility is one of our key values and we strive for this to be reflected in how Woolcool® operates as a business, from how we collaborate with our partners and colleagues to our innovative Circular Economy scheme, which enables customers to return their wool insulation to us for re-use. As a company dedicated to sustainability, namely 100% real wool as insulation in temperature-controlled packaging, that sense of responsibility also naturally extends to championing ecological issues and sharing the scientific research we support into the benefits of all natural m ..read more