The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Envirotainer with the airworthiness certificate for Envirotainer's newest development, the RAP e2 container.

The Envirotainer RAP e2 container is the latest addition to the fleet of active temperature controlled containers and features electrical heating and compressor cooling functionality to' maintain strict temperature control in the toughest environments.

Designed for the extreme requirements of the healthcare and high tech industry the RAP e2 draws on the benefits of the already established and proven electrical heating and compressor cooling technology which Envirotainer first introduced to the market in 2005 with the launch of the first ever electrical heating and compressor cooling container, the RKN e1.

With addition of the RAP e2 to the Envirotainer fleet a large volume container with electrical heating and compressor cooling technology becomes available. As an LD-9 sized container, suitable to fit five Euro or four US palettes, the new container ensures seamless handling of large volume shipments throughout the supply chain with its forkliftable base and completely redesigned container shell built in all composite material.

As a the result of a four year development and testing program including experience Envirotainer has gained in various fields of use, in thousands of shipments and intense testing of its smaller electrical heating and compressor cooling containers the RAP e2 now even offers stronger performance than an Envirotainer RKN e1 with this second generation of the e-technology.

The RAP e2 container maintains product temperature in the +2 to +8 'C range, controlled room temperature (+15 to +25 'C) range or at any chosen temperature between '0 and +25'C in ambient temperatures from '25 'C up to +50'C depending on the set temperature.

Envirotainer has been working closely with shippers and airlines to qualify the container, set up shipping routes and actively start shipping within the coming weeks. RAP e2 containers will be gradually added to the fleet starting in September 2010.

Thomas Persson CEO 'Launching the RAP e2 container to complement our e-technology fleet is an important step in offering our customer the possibility to ship larger quantities of temperature sensitive goods with very strict temperature requirements. We have seen that this segment of the market is growing and so are the volumes of the individual shipments. Besides increasing our RKN e1 fleet we focus on manufacturing the RAP e2 container to cover for these larger shipments to offer a competitive and ecological solution compared to multiple smaller shipments.'