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Explore expert-led webinars, conference presentations and keynote sessions covering pharmaceutical cold storage, sustainability, risk mitigation, GMP compliance and future-proof ultra-low temperature storage solutions. 

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Webinar LOWENCO - Rethinking ULT Infrastructure - Ryan - Jon (350 x 490 px) (1)

Rethinking modular ULT infrastructure

(Presented by LOWENCO experts | Based on real-world pharmaceutical storage projects )

WEBINAR SUMMARY

As pharmaceutical storage demands continue to grow, many facilities reach a point where adding more upright freezers no longer delivers the scalability, efficiency, or resilience they need.

In this webinar, our cold storage specialists explore when traditional freezer farms become a limiting factor and how a modular large-scale approach can help organizations reduce footprint, lower energy consumption, and simplify future expansion.

Drawing on real-world project experience, we share how one clinical campus doubled its storage capacity while reclaiming 75% of its valuable floor space.

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Key Topics Covered

✓ The operational and financial limitations of traditional freezer farm architectures

✓ How leading pharmaceutical organizations are preparing for future storage demand

✓ The role of modular ULT infrastructure in reducing risk and supporting long-term growth

✓ Key factors influencing energy consumption, facility footprint, and total cost of ownership

✓ Engineering and planning considerations for brownfield and greenfield projects

✓ Practical lessons learned from real-world pharmaceutical cold storage implementations

Ryan Pridgen

Area Sales Director, North America | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Ryan Pridgen brings more than 20 years of experience across pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality systems, facility operations, and strategic infrastructure planning. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with pharmaceutical organizations to support complex capital projects and develop scalable solutions for temperature-sensitive products.

His expertise spans pharmaceutical process systems, facility operations, and cold storage infrastructure, helping organizations align operational requirements, compliance needs, and long-term growth strategies. Ryan has supported leading pharmaceutical companies in evaluating and implementing storage solutions that improve efficiency, reliability, and future scalability.

 

Jon Parfrey

Area Sales Director, North America | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Jon Parfrey has more than a decade of experience helping pharmaceutical companies design, implement, and optimize temperature-controlled storage and distribution environments. His background includes cGMP facility design, cold chain strategy, validation of refrigerated and frozen storage systems, and large-scale cold storage infrastructure projects.

Working closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, engineering firms, and project teams, Jon specializes in developing future-ready storage solutions that support operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and long-term capacity planning.

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Protect Every Product With Next-Generation Freezer Technology

 (Presented by LOWENCO experts | Based on real-world pharmaceutical storage projects ) 

Learn how next-generation ULT technology strengthens product protection, minimizes excursion risk, and delivers a more reliable, energy-efficient storage setup for pharma operations.

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Key Topics Covered

In this webinar, Lowenco's experts explore the key industry trends driving change in pharmaceutical cold storage and provide a practical framework for evaluating current infrastructure and future investment decisions. 

 

✓ The industry shifts making cold storage a strategic business priority

✓ Common challenges pharmaceutical organizations face when scaling storage capacity

✓ Hidden risks and limitations of traditional cold storage approaches

✓ How next-generation freezer technology can improve product protection and operational resilience

✓ Real-world examples and lessons learned from pharmaceutical storage projects

✓ A practical framework for evaluating future cold storage investments and CapEx projects

✓ How to balance scalability, sustainability, reliability, and total cost of ownership

✓ Key considerations when preparing for future storage demand and facility expansion

 

By the end of the session, you'll have a clearer understanding of how to assess your current storage setup, identify potential risks, and evaluate options for building a more scalable and future-ready cold storage strategy.

Jesper Fruergaard

Chief Sales Officer | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Jesper Fruergaard has more than 20 years of experience helping organizations evaluate and implement complex technical solutions across highly regulated industries. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, engineering firms, and project teams to develop scalable infrastructure strategies that support long-term growth and operational excellence.

With extensive experience in pharmaceutical cold storage and large-scale storage infrastructure projects, Jesper understands the challenges organizations face when balancing future capacity requirements, operational reliability, sustainability goals, and capital investment decisions.

Ryan Pridgen

Area Sales Director, North America | LOWENCO  | Connect with me

Ryan Pridgen brings more than 20 years of experience across pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality systems, facility operations, and strategic infrastructure planning. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with pharmaceutical organizations to support complex capital projects and develop scalable solutions for temperature-sensitive products.

His expertise spans pharmaceutical process systems, facility operations, and cold storage infrastructure, helping organizations align operational requirements, compliance needs, and long-term growth strategies. Ryan has supported leading pharmaceutical companies in evaluating and implementing storage solutions that improve efficiency, reliability, and future scalability.

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See our industry talks where we explore the engineering behind ultra-low temperature storage, risk mitigation strategies and the future of pharma cold storage design.

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Designing ULT Storage for Advanced Large-Scale Biopharma Facilities

(Talk delivered at INTERPHEX, NY, 2026)

Learn the thermal engineering and structural principles required to deploy integrated, high-density ULT environments. Discover how transitioning from freezer farms to central large-scale infrastructure optimizes energy efficiency, footprints and climate control.
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Key Topics Covered

✓ The limitations of distributed freezer farm infrastructure in modern biopharmaceutical facilities

✓ How centralized, large-scale ULT environments improve space utilization and operational efficiency

✓ The impact of storage design on energy consumption, sustainability and total cost of ownership

✓ Strategies for simplifying monitoring, compliance and facility management

✓ How integrated ULT infrastructure can strengthen business continuity and operational resilience

✓ Real-world performance benchmarks comparing traditional and centralized storage approaches

✓ Key engineering and facility considerations when planning future ULT storage capacity

✓ A practical framework for evaluating when to transition from fragmented freezer farms to centralized storage infrastructure

 

Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how facility design decisions influence scalability, risk, sustainability, and long-term operational performance in advanced biopharmaceutical environments.

Ryan Pridgen

Area Sales Director, North America | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Ryan Pridgen brings more than 20 years of experience across pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality systems, facility operations, and strategic infrastructure planning. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with pharmaceutical organizations to support complex capital projects and develop scalable solutions for temperature-sensitive products.

His expertise spans pharmaceutical process systems, facility operations, and cold storage infrastructure, helping organizations align operational requirements, compliance needs, and long-term growth strategies. Ryan has supported leading pharmaceutical companies in evaluating and implementing storage solutions that improve efficiency, reliability, and future scalability.

 

Jon Parfrey

Area Sales Director, North America | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Jon Parfrey has more than a decade of experience helping pharmaceutical companies design, implement, and optimize temperature-controlled storage and distribution environments. His background includes cGMP facility design, cold chain strategy, validation of refrigerated and frozen storage systems, and large-scale cold storage infrastructure projects.

Working closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, engineering firms, and project teams, Jon specializes in developing future-ready storage solutions that support operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and long-term capacity planning.

 

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Engineering cold storage at scale

(Talk delivered at ISPE Annual Meeting, NC, 2025)

Explore the engineering principles behind building large-scale ULT storage that is efficient, redundant and designed for long-term reliability.

In this expert keynote, LOWENCO's Ryan Pridgen and independent industry strategist Jeff James share practical lessons from pharmaceutical cold storage projects, engineering best practices, and real-world implementation experience to help organizations build reliable and scalable ULT storage environments.

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Key Topics Covered

✓ The market forces driving increased demand for scalable pharmaceutical cold storage infrastructure

✓ Why cold storage has become a critical manufacturing asset rather than a supporting utility

✓ Common challenges organizations face when balancing capacity, reliability, compliance, and sustainability

✓ Lessons learned from a real-world high-volume ULT storage failure and the engineering decisions that influenced performance

✓ Best practices for designing GMP-compliant cold storage systems that support product integrity and operational resilience

✓ How validated performance data can be used to evaluate storage reliability and long-term operational risk

✓ Strategies for scaling cold storage capacity while reducing energy consumption and environmental impact

✓ Practical approaches to building resilient, future-ready storage infrastructure for advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing

 

Attendees will gain practical insights into how engineering decisions influence reliability, scalability, compliance, and total cost of ownership across large-scale pharmaceutical cold storage operations.

 

Ryan Pridgen

Area Sales Director, North America | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Ryan Pridgen brings more than 20 years of experience across pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality systems, facility operations, and strategic infrastructure planning. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with pharmaceutical organizations to support complex capital projects and develop scalable solutions for temperature-sensitive products.

His expertise spans pharmaceutical process systems, facility operations, and cold storage infrastructure, helping organizations align operational requirements, compliance needs, and long-term growth strategies. Ryan has supported leading pharmaceutical companies in evaluating and implementing storage solutions that improve efficiency, reliability, and future scalability.

 

Jeff James

Chief Strategist | Enechelon Consulting | Connect with me

Jeff James is an independent pharmaceutical supply chain and cold storage strategist with more than 20 years of experience supporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution operations.

His background spans cGMP facility design, cold chain strategy, storage validation, refrigerated and frozen environments, and large-scale temperature-controlled infrastructure. Throughout his career, Jeff has worked with pharmaceutical organizations to improve operational performance, strengthen compliance, and develop resilient storage and distribution strategies for critical products.

 

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Mitigating the risk of temperature excursions

(Talk delivered at INTERPHEX 2025)

 

A deep dive into how pharma companies can prevent product loss through smarter system design. Get practical strategies for avoiding excursions in high-volume ULT environments.

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Key Topics Covered

✓ The most common causes of temperature excursions in pharmaceutical cold storage environments

✓ How facility design, operational processes, and equipment selection influence excursion risk

✓ Best practices for protecting temperature-sensitive products and maintaining product integrity

✓ Strategies for improving operational resilience and business continuity

✓ The role of redundancy, monitoring, and system architecture in reducing risk

✓ Lessons learned from real-world pharmaceutical storage environments

✓ How leading organizations balance compliance requirements, risk mitigation, and operational efficiency

✓ Practical considerations for designing future-ready ULT storage infrastructure

 

Attendees will leave with a stronger understanding of how to identify vulnerabilities, reduce operational risk, and create more resilient cold storage environments for high-value pharmaceutical products.

 

Jesper Fruergaard

Chief Sales Officer | LOWENCO | Connect with me

Jesper Fruergaard has more than 20 years of experience helping organizations evaluate and implement complex technical solutions across highly regulated industries. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with pharmaceutical manufacturers, engineering firms, and project teams to develop scalable infrastructure strategies that support long-term growth and operational excellence.

With extensive experience in pharmaceutical cold storage and large-scale storage infrastructure projects, Jesper understands the challenges organizations face when balancing future capacity requirements, operational reliability, sustainability goals, and capital investment decisions.

 

 

Jeff James

Chief Strategist | Enechelon Consulting | Connect with me

Jeff James is an independent pharmaceutical supply chain and cold storage strategist with more than 20 years of experience supporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution operations.

His background spans cGMP facility design, cold chain strategy, storage validation, refrigerated and frozen environments, and large-scale temperature-controlled infrastructure. Throughout his career, Jeff has worked with pharmaceutical organizations to improve operational performance, strengthen compliance, and develop resilient storage and distribution strategies for critical products.

 

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