Where we engineer your shipping success.

Proving Ground is TemperPack’s innovation hub—an ISTA®-certified thermal transport lab where we create, design, optimize, and test new packaging solutions.

Proving Ground innovation lab thermorecorder probe.

Thermal lab engineer at Thermatron control panel

Proving Ground innovation lab drop test engineer

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Our Toolkit

Science that builds better packaging.

Temperature probes in test payload boxes.

We built Proving Ground to solve what other labs can’t: make packaging that performs as well as legacy plastics, without the footprint.

We work with you to design solutions based on your criteria, applying expertise in materials science, process engineering, and packaging design to deliver gains in performance, efficiency, and sustainability.

What we do for you

We create, test, and prove the future of packaging.

Proving Ground is where our engineers turn ideas into validated performance, designed to hold up under the toughest real-world conditions.

Validated Performance

Packaging engineered for shipments that can’t afford to fail.

ISTA®-certified thermal testing and live shipment validation
Simulation-first process to predict and beat worst-case scenarios
Qualified to hold 36–72+ hours across frozen, CRT, and 2–8 °C lanes

Industry-Leading Expertise

Partnership built for QA, Ops, and Procurement.

Thousands of tests across industries, millions of data points analyzed
Clear validation reports to speed audits and decision-making
Custom protocols built around your payload, product, and lanes

Operational Efficiency

Smarter design to save you time and money.

SKU consolidation and DIM-weight optimization
Coolant reduction and thermal-mass optimization
Flat-pack formats for faster fulfillment and reduced freight

Purpose-Driven Design

Packaging made for performance today, and responsibility tomorrow.

Optimize for less waste, fewer reships, and lower emissions
Reduce material impact and Scope 3 footprint
Aligns with evolving ESG and EPR standards

How We Work

Customer relationships,
by TemperPack.

Packaging engineers collaborate on prototype.

Listen

What are your challenges and requirements? From pack-out performance to operations, we want to hear it all.

Explore

We develop initial ideas and designs to meet your needs.

Iterate

Together, we test, learn, and refine the best ideas, validating them
with simulation, chamber, and live trial testing and feedback.

Implement

We ramp up, deliver on time and on budget, and help educate
stakeholders on integrating the new solution.

Partner and optimize

We collaborate with you to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and optimize the effectiveness of our solutions.

What makes Proving Ground different

Sustainability without compromise.

As one of only eight ISTA®-certified thermal transport labs in the U.S., Proving Ground offers both testing rigor and problem solving for sustainability.

Proving Ground

Built to develop sustainabile materials that perform.

Independent labs

Built to test, not to solve.

Legacy packaging labs

Built to optimize EPS and other plastics.

Packaging outcomes proven in the lab. And in the field.

Specialty Pharmacy

Developed turnkey URAC-compliant shipper system.

Biotech

Replaced EPS across global supply chain

Animal Health

Extended duration shippers to expand delivery geography

Frozen Pet Food

Developed coolant curve to reduce unnecessary coolant

Ready-to-eat

Reduced reshipments from warm-on-arrivals

We don’t guess.
We prove it.

A full suite of testing capabilities, including simulation, chamber and live shipments and protocols:

ISTA® certified since 2019

New material innovation

Packaging engineers discovering new materials.

Shipper design and optimization

Dynamics testing

Smarter packs. Lighter footprints. Proven performance.

Let’s prove your packaging, before it ever ships.

Talk to a specialist

If you’re looking to improve your customer experience, bolster packaging performance, reduce total costs, or move away from plastic, we’d love to talk.

Timmeka Gilliam at TemperPack ClimaCell factory.