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30 September 2025

Five Need to Know Innovations Behind the Marken Vault 

When it comes to shipping critical, temperature-sensitive products, every detail matters. The new Marken Vault, powered by Peli Biothermal and Tive, was built to optimize performance by bringing greater efficiency while leveraging Marken’s global expertise and infrastructure. This innovative solution represents a powerful synthesis of renowned companies with years of expertise in each of their unique areas — Marken precision logistics, Peli Biothermal packaging solutions and Tive monitoring technology — to create the most technologically advanced packaging system to date.

Optimized Packaging Efficiency Through Peli Biothermal Collaboration

The first notable characteristic of the Marken Vault is the optimized specs offering maximum efficiency and internal dimensions while using less overall size and weight than standard packaging, striking the perfect balance between compact size and maximum payload capacity. This thoughtful design means you can optimize payload space while minimizing chargeable weight, leading to significant reductions in overall transportation costs. The collaboration with Peli Biothermal ensures the packaging itself is inherently efficient, allowing Marken’s logistics network to operate with greater cost-effectiveness.

Proven Temperature Control Across All Ranges

Secondly, the proven performance across temperature ranges is a fundamentally critical aspect. From Controlled Room Temperature (+15°C to +25°C) to Refrigerated (+2°C to +8°C) to Frozen (below –20°C), the Marken Vault delivers optimized temperature control and efficiency. Current qualification testing confirms the time-and-temperature validation meets global standards, ensuring reliable protection for sensitive products. This robust performance, guaranteed by Peli Biothermal’s packaging expertise, is critical for Marken’s longest and heaviest shipping lanes, providing peace of mind for sensitive shipments worldwide.

Seamless Integration into the Marken Global Network

The seamless operational integration into the Marken network is the next standout characteristic of the Vault. This solution builds on the same proven phase-change technology behind existing cube systems, already qualified within our ready-now packaging catalog. With over a decade of investment in conditioning, preparation, and reconditioning infrastructure, Marken brings this containerized shipper online with minimal disruption. This means faster packaging turnaround times and smooth integration into our global reverse logistics network, showcasing the deep operational synergy between Marken’s existing infrastructure and Peli Biothermal’s reliable technology.

Advanced Real-Time Tracking with Tive Technology

In another game-changing advance, the Vault features best-in-class technology inside and out, setting it apart from existing mainstream packaging. The Marken Vault takes visibility and monitoring to the next level through a partnership with Tive, a cutting-edge, real-time tracking technology company. Every Tive tracker includes reliable global connectivity with best-in-class coverage in 186+ countries, and hyper-accurate location to within meters via GPS, global cellular triangulation, and WiFi geolocation. The Tive solution is fully validated and GxP compliant, including FDA 21 CFR Part 11 & EU Annex 11, as well as SOC 2 Type 2 & ISO/IEC 27001 security.

This integrated system provides real-time visibility into location, payload temperature, and ambient conditions, ensuring comprehensive oversight throughout the journey. The combined strengths of Marken’s logistics, Peli Biothermal’s protective packaging, and Tive’s advanced sensors have created an unparalleled monitoring solution.

Enhanced Security and Digital Chain of Custody

Finally, the Vault offers new unmatched security and chain of custody. The partnership with Tive introduces yet another industry first, a digitally connected security seal. Now, full visibility monitoring not only features location, temperature, shock and tilt, but container access events. If a seal is cut, you’ll know exactly when and where it happened, providing unparalleled protection against theft and maintaining a verified digital chain of custody. This ultimate layer of security is a direct result of all the seamless integration of Tive’s advanced tracking technology into Peli Biothermal’s robust packaging, all managed and leveraged by Marken’s secure logistics framework.

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