TemperPack

About TemperPack

TemperPack is a materials engineering and manufacturing company specializing in sustainable thermal packaging solutions designed to replace single-use plastics like Styrofoam® in the cold chain logistics market. The company was founded in 2015 by Brian Powers, James McGoff, and Charles Vincent. The founding emerged from the materials engineering program at McGill University, where McGoff and Vincent started it as an internship project in 2014 before being joined by Powers. McGoff's background is in materials engineering, with prior experience at Boeing, while Vincent also studied Materials Engineering and worked in the EV industry. Powers, a childhood friend of McGoff, came from a finance background.

The company's business model centers on manufacturing and distributing proprietary, bio-based materials for businesses that ship temperature-sensitive products. Its target clients operate in the perishable food and life sciences industries, including meal-kit companies, grocery delivery services, pharmaceutical distributors, and biotech firms. TemperPack generates revenue by selling its packaging solutions directly to these businesses. Notable clients have included HelloFresh, Albertsons Companies, and Marley Spoon.

TemperPack's flagship product is the ClimaCell® thermal liner, a plant-based, curbside recyclable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam. ClimaCell is engineered to provide comparable thermal protection to EPS, capable of maintaining frozen, refrigerated, or controlled room temperatures for shipments lasting 24-96 hours. The material is made from a combination of paper and corn starch. In addition to ClimaCell, the company acquired Green Cell Foam, a compostable and water-soluble packaging material made from U.S.-grown corn. TemperPack operates manufacturing facilities in Virginia and Nevada to serve clients across the United States, Canada, and Europe.