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ENSURE YOUR CUSTOMERS RECEIVE THEIR PRODUCT IN A PROPER AND ACCEPTABLE CONDITION
Reliable, quality packaging is an essential element in avoiding product loss caused by shipping and handling damage. SGS performs transportation tests in its laboratories in a simple, fast and inexpensive manner to evaluate protective packaging design under real shipping condition.
Testing your packaging enables you to minimize the product damage and the product degradation that occurs during transportation and distribution.
- Testing Services for Packaging & Paper
- SGS Advantages
- Products Covered
- Standards
- Other SGS Value-added Services
- ISTA
1. Testing Services for Packaging & Paper
- Physical & Mechanical Testing
Edge test, Paper test, Vibration /Drop test, Bursting /Tearing /Tensile test, Compression test
- Weather & Aging Testing, Water absorption Testing
- Chemical Testing
- In the EU, packaging and packaging waste are regulated under Directive 94/62/EC
(PDF 139 KB)
- In the US, the Toxics in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH) was formed in 1992 to promote the Model Toxics in Packaging Law. This model legislation was originally drafted by the Source Reduction Council of Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) in 1989. Like the EU packaging, law, it also aims to reduce the quantity of lead, cadmium, mercury and chromium (VI) in packaging and packaging components that are sold or distributed throughout the United States.
- ISTA Integrity Test Procedure 1A / 1B and ISTA Integrity-Plus Test Procedure 2A / 2B
- Food Contact Testing
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2. SGS Advantages
- International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), NMFC, UN/DOT, IATA, etc. Third Party Certified laboratories. Testing capabilities cover a full range of ASTM methods and TAPPI methods and procedures.
- SGS international Food Contact Committee
- COFRAC accreditation for Food Grade Testing
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3. Products Covered: Primary and Secondary Packaging
- Paper, Corrugated & Plastics Products
- Paper and plastic bags
- Paperboards boxes
- Pallets
- Plastic bottle
- Plastic film
- Glass
- Etc
More information on Paper (Stationery) on the webpage Home Furnishing & Houseware.
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4. Standards for Packaging Testing & Paper Testing
ISTA Testing Standards (International Safety Packaging Transit Association)
Packaging-related Directives (for a higher level of environmental protection)
- Directive 94/62/EC (PDF 139 KB): Reduction of heavy metals such as Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg) and Chromium VI (Cr VI).
- Decision 97/129/EC (PDF 35 KB) Harmonisation of national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste. It regulates the label of the packaging, the code (Nr) and the requirement of packaging material.
- Decision 1999/177/EC: Conditions derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC (PDF 139 KB) on packaging and packaging waste.
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5. Other SGS Value-added Services
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6. ISTA International Safety Packaging Transit Association
The International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) is an association of organizations and professional individuals dedicated to the development, design and evaluation of cost effective and protective transport packaging. When your package design passes an ISTA test you can be assured that the package will protect the product from the typical expected hazards of distribution experienced in the everyday shipping environment.
ISTA TRANSIT TESTED Program provides tangible benefits of:
- Protection of products and profits through reduced damage and product loss.
- Economically balanced distribution costs.
- Reduced or eliminated claims hassles.
- Shortened package development time and confidence in product launch.
- Customer satisfaction and continued business.
The Transit Tested Certification Mark on a package is visible proof to carriers that it has passed industry accepted pre-shipment laboratory testing. Use of the Certification Mark is a benefit to ISTA members only.
The Acknowledged Qualifications Obtained by the Packing Test Engineers of
The SGS-CSTC Hard goods Lab
ISTA Testing Standards:
- ISTA A Serials Standards
- ISTA B Serials Standards
- ISTA C Serials Standards
- ISTA D Serials Standards
- ISTA E Serials Standards
- ISTA F Serials Standards
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