Cool chain equipment specialist CSafe Global has opened a new full service centre serving the Basel, Switzerland area in partnership with ULD handler and repair service provider Airplane Equipment Services (AES).

The service centre is a new location for AES, which also supports CSafe in Frankfurt and Cologne.

CSafe provides a range of passive packaging and active containers for temperature-sensitive products, including pharma.

Brian Kohr, president and chief executive of CSafe Global, said: “The use of the CSafe RKN (one of its refrigerated ULD products) continues to grow out of Switzerland and we are very excited about adding to our relationship with AES.

“The opening of the new service centre meets our strategic timeline in expanding our CSafe RKN service and maintenance network to support and growing customer demand in Basel.

"Where we were able to provide some services and stocking of containers in Basel in the past, the new location is capable of performing repair work.”

AES managing director Willy Reinhardt commented: “Having gained extensive experience over the last eighteen years in assembling, modifying and carrying out various programs on ULD equipment manufactured by all significant manufacturers, AES is proud and honoured to play a role in the new service support centre for our partner CSafe in Basel.

"It is our mission to see to it that the CSafe RKN’s are appropriately and professionally handled, inspected, stored and prepared for their next use.”