Intertek Opens Packaging Performance Testing Facility in U.S.
Intertek (intertek.com/packaging) has opened a packaging performance testing facility in its Grand Rapids, Mich., laboratory. The facility, which is the company’s first packaging lab in North America to be accredited by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), provides end-to-end evaluation of product packages, from design to material assessment and sustainability.
With the expansion of e-commerce and globalization of supply chains, packages must be evaluated to ensure they will hold up and protect products from being damaged. Intertek’s packaging performance services include design evaluation, sustainability services and testing to various standards including ISTA, ASTM International and customized specifications of retailers and manufacturers.