There are entrepreneurs who change sectors every five years. Patrick Poulet is not one of them. Since 2007, he has devoted his career to a single obsession: ensuring that the temperature never lies.
A journey, a single obsession
Escort Cold Chain Solutions, now SWITRACE S.A.
In 2007, Patrick co-founded Escort Cold Chain Solutions, a brand specialising in temperature loggers for the food and pharmaceutical industries. In 2015, the company became SWITRACE S.A. in Mendrisio (Switzerland). For 12 years, he was involved in the creation and development of this new brand, continuing to work in the same sectors.
Partner at Verigo
Patrick became a partner at Verigo, an American company specialising in the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) to cold chain traceability. He organised the transfer of production to France and helped ensure the long-term sustainability of the company’s engineering operations.
Co-founder of Kelvin Solutions
Patrick co-founded Kelvin Solutions, which markets electronic temperature loggers in France and internationally for the logistics sectors of the pharmaceutical and food industries.
The early days: Escort Cold Chain Solutions
It all began in 2007. Patrick co-founded Escort Cold Chain Solutions, a brand specialising in temperature loggers for the food and pharmaceutical industries. At the time, temperature traceability was still in its infancy: there were few players in the market, few standards, and much to be developed.
Over the course of twelve years, the company grew, evolved and became more structured. In 2015, it became SWITRACE S.A., based in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Patrick played an active role in the creation and development of a new brand of temperature loggers, continuing to focus on the same sectors: food and pharmaceuticals.
Twelve years spent understanding, market by market, what professionals in the cold chain really need. Not in theory. But in practice.
Embracing the IoT: Verigo
In 2019, whilst remaining in his field of expertise, Patrick broadened his scope of activity. He became a partner at Verigo, an American company specialising in the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) for cold chain traceability.
His role: to organise the transfer of production to France and to help ensure the long-term sustainability of the company’s engineering capabilities. This experience has given him an insight into connected technologies, at a time when the sector is gradually shifting from traditional data loggers to real-time data transmission.
This dual role – both local and international – shapes his vision for the future.
May 2020: the launch of Kelvin Solutions
It was against this backdrop – amidst a major technological shift in the sector – that Patrick co-founded Kelvin Solutions in May 2020. The aim was clear from the outset: to market electronic temperature loggers in France and internationally for use in the logistics sectors of the pharmaceutical and food industries.
Not a break with his career path, but a synthesis of it. Thirteen years’ experience in traditional data logging at Escort and then SWITRACE, combined with a detailed understanding of IoT challenges gained at Verigo. Kelvin Solutions brings together the best of both worlds.
Expertise that cannot be improvised
What is striking about Patrick’s career is its consistency. No haphazard career changes, no opportunistic switches to different sectors. A linear path, built brick by brick, centred on a single theme: thermal traceability.
This specialisation is now embedded in Kelvin Solutions’ DNA. Every product, every feature and every technical decision stems from a simple question: what do quality and logistics teams on the ground really need?
A market where the sun never sets
Since its foundation in 2020, Kelvin Solutions has rapidly expanded beyond France’s borders. Today, 50 per cent of its turnover is generated outside France.
New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, South Africa: markets that few would have imagined for a France-based manufacturer of temperature loggers. But the pharmaceutical and agri-food cold chain is a universal challenge, and Patrick Poulet’s expertise – honed across three continents since 2007 – has opened doors for him where others would not have even tried.
The sun never sets on Kelvin Solutions’ market. And that’s not about to change.
Why does this matter to you?
When you work with Kelvin Solutions, you are not working with a company that is new to the refrigeration sector. You are working with a team that has been active in the sector for nearly two decades, and which has seen regulations evolve, technologies change and customer needs become clearer.
It is this collective experience that has gone into the design of the Innolog™ and the Innotrack™: products devised by people who know exactly how much an undetected temperature fluctuation can cost a business.
