Can Your Packaging Survive the Supply Chain?

Download Intertek’s Packaging Testing FAQ to better understand ISTA and ASTM test methods, physical performance testing, e-commerce package testing, and how packaging validation helps evaluate product protection.

Packaging performance can directly affect product quality, regulatory confidence, distribution efficiency and customer satisfaction. Before a product reaches its final destination, while in transit the package may be exposed to vibration, compression, shock, free-fall drops, altitude effects, handling stresses and variable environmental conditions all of which could impact the product inside.

Intertek's Packaging Testing FAQ provides a practical technical overview of the standards, test methods and physical testing approaches used to evaluate packaging performance. The FAQ covers ISTA packaging testing, including ISTA 1, 2, 3 and 6 Series test methods, as well as ASTM standards such as ASTM D642 for compression resistance, ASTM D999 for vibration testing, ASTM D4169 for performance testing of shipping containers, ASTM D5276 for free-fall drop testing and ASTM D6653 for altitude effects by vacuum method.

Also explained are the physical testing equipment and methods used to evaluate package durability, including random vibration, incline impact, mechanical shock, free-fall drop testing, compression testing, shock testing and atmosphere testing.

Download the FAQ to better understand how packaging testing can help support product safety, quality and compliance while reducing trial shipments, product damage, return risk and claim issues.

Among the questions answered in this guide:

• What is ISTA packaging testing?
• What are the ISTA 1, 2, 3 and 6 Series test methods?
• Which ASTM standards are used in packaging testing?
• What challenges do companies face in packaging development?
• What role does physical testing play in packaging development?
• And more!

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