UPS to invest $48 million in temperature-controlled facilities amid healthcare boom

United Parcel Service (UPS) trucks are parked at a UPS drop yard on Oct. 28, 2025 in Vernon, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images United Parcel Service is investing $48 million in 27 temperature‑controlled facilities as the industry sees a boom in healthcare logistics, CNBC has learned exclusively. The facilities, located across the Americas, Europe and Asia, are optimized for moving around shipments that need to be kept at certain temperatures. The company said the investment will help it stay ahead of a boom in medicines and pharmaceuticals — like some GLP-1s — that have to be kept at certain temperatures by improving speed and end-to-end chain of custody. "Our global cross-dock facilities strengthen our end-to-end cold-chain capabilities to ensure critical treatments are delivered safely and reliably to patients around the world," said Kate Gutmann, UPS' president of international, healthcare and supply chain solutions. "This effort – and all of our work in healthcare logistics – extends from a deep understanding that we're doing more than moving packages." The demand for temperature-sensitive biologics is projected to grow at an 8.3% compound annual growth rate through 2033 and reach a market value of roughly $39.1 billion, according to Growth Market Reports . Many new medicines are required to be stored at specific temperatures to maintain efficacy, UPS said, making healthcare logistics more crucial than before. …