Orion – Reusable Temperature-Controlled Shipping, Simplified.
Reusable Cold Chain Packaging
Orion™ is a turnkey reusable cold chain packaging rental service for life sciences, biopharma and healthcare.
You ship your product – we pre-condition, deliver, retrieve and refurbish the boxes.
No fleet to buy, no warehouse to fill, no assets to manage.
Two shippers. One Service. Pick the one that fits your lane.
Both run on the proven Orion™ rental service model. The difference is the journey they are built for.
Orion™
Global – Multi-temp
The multi-temperature workhorse for medium-to-high volumes of high-value product and uncertain lanes. Robust EPP shell, vacuum-insulated panels and PCM deliver up to 144 hours of protection.
Temperature: Ref · CRT · Frozen
Sizes: 5 · 10 · 20 · 40 L
Performance: Up to 144 hrs
Standard: ISTA 7D
Not sure which one fits?
Orion™ Express
Right-Duration Domestic
Engineered for real door-to-door transit – not theoretical worst case. Excess material is designed out for a lighter, leaner shipper that’s ideal for urgent, domestic shipments.
Temperature: 2–8°C (Ref)
Sizes: 1 · 3 · 7 L
Performance: 65+ hrs
Standard: ISTA 7E
Reusable Cold Chain Packaging: How it Works
Orion™ Rental Parcel Packaging Program: Behind the Scenes at a Global Reclamation Station
The part everyone asks about: getting the boxes back.
This is where ThermoSafe’s expert service in sustainable cold chain packaging comes in. Once your customer receives the shipment, ThermoSafe takes over the return, inspection and refurbishment.
- Closed-loop returns managed end to end – no labels to chase
- Every box is sanitized and quality-checked to like-new before reuse
- A prepaid return path included with each rental use
<< Watch the reclamation steps in practice
How Orion™ cold chain packaging rental model works
- You place an order
- Ready-to-use, pre-conditioned box is delivered to your site on demand or to your schedule
- You pack & ship
- We manage returns
- Refurbish, quality control & redeploy
< < Watch the step by step video
Why ThermoSafe‘s Rental Service?
Sustainability with Orion™
Want to learn more about reusable cold chain packaging?
Let’s calculate your shippers, your lanes, your savings.
Tell us what you’re moving and where.
We’ll recommend Orion or Orion Express, and show you the sustainability impact of going reusable.