Your packaging has one chance on the line.
We give it hundreds in the lab.
Compression platens. Vibration tables. Burst testers. Environmental chambers. Every test is a verdict — before your product ever reaches a loading dock.
34% of units arriving crushed at the distribution center.
A major FMCG brand — bottled personal care, SKU count 28 — was absorbing $340K annually in damage claims. Their corrugated RSC had passed supplier spec on paper. What it hadn't survived was three pallet tiers in an unrefrigerated trailer through a Texas July.
Edge crush testing across 12 flute profiles at 50% RH and 90% RH. Compression platen loaded to 65 lbs BCT, held 60 seconds per cycle. Six-cycle ASTM D4169 Assurance Level II, Hazard Level B — simulating full truckload distribution with 3 pallet stacks.
All compression testing conducted on calibrated Instron 5969 universal test system. Results traceable to NIST standards.
FDA submission delayed 11 weeks. Transit simulation documentation missing.
A pharma contract manufacturer was 11 weeks from a 510(k) submission date when their retailer added ISTA 3A compliance to the packaging spec PO. No internal lab. No accredited vendor on file. Every day of delay was a day closer to missing the regulatory window.
Full ISTA 3A distribution cycle: random vibration per ASTM D3580, drop testing in 10 orientations, atmospheric conditioning at 40°C/75% RH for 72 hours. Complete regulatory report package with chain-of-custody documentation, calibration certificates, and test technician sign-off.
Submit your packaging for testing.
Tell us what you have, what standard you're working toward, and how fast you need results. We'll assign a test engineer and confirm your protocol within one business day.
Download our complete Test Menu — every ASTM, ISTA, and TAPPI protocol we're accredited to run, with turnaround times and equipment specs.
Every standard. Every protocol.
Zero guesswork.
If it has a standard number, we're accredited to run it. If your retailer just invented a new spec requirement, we've probably already tested it for someone else.