va-Q-tec AG engages in the development, production, and manufacture of vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) and phase change materials (PCMs). The firm also produces passive thermal packaging systems through combining VIPs and PCMs. It operates through the following segments: va-Q-tec AG, va-Q-tec Ltd. and Other. The va-Q-tec AG segment covers the products, systems, and services business lines. The va-Q-tec Ltd. segment focuses on the service rental business of containers and boxes. The Other segment includes business activities of the remaining foreign subsidiaries attributable to the Systems and Services divisions. The company was founded by Joachim Kuhn and Roland Caps on April 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Wuerzburg, Germany.