Packaging testing

Ensure that your packaging materials are sturdy, durable, safe and convenient for end users.

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What is packaging testing?

Product packaging must be sturdy enough to withstand the rigours of transportation and environmental conditions, while remaining durable, safe, and convenient for end users. Packaging material testing services from TÜV SÜD ensure this. They comprise a range of tests designed to assess the suitability of packaging materials for use with a given product. We have the expertise to help you with the complete range of these tests.

Why packaging testing is important

Testing of packaging materials assures that your packaging will protect your product from damage or degradation during transportation and distribution. Packaging material testing can also reduce your packaging costs by identifying appropriate protection levels and reducing the amount of packaging materials used.

How TÜV SÜD can help you with packaging testing

TÜV SÜD offers a full range of services for packaging testing that replicates the mechanical and climatic conditions that products may encounter during transportation and storage.

Our experts possess up to date knowledge of packaging testing methods and packaging testing standards. Comprehensive testing of packaging materials helps us determine a product’s susceptibility to damage so that an appropriate level of packaging protection is used.

We can also provide advice on possible cost savings through the removal of excess or unnecessary product packaging.

Get started with TÜV SÜD

Request our services for your packaging testing needs.

What our product packaging testing service include

We offer a wide range of packaging tests and certifications at facilities accredited by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA). We employ a comprehensive suite of packaging testing methods to certify that your packaging complies with the latest ISTA packaging testing standards.

Packaging tests

ISTA packaging Tests

- Vibration testing – for both random and sinusoidal vibrations

- Shock testing – to address unexpected impacts

- Compression testing – to determine the strength of packaging and ensure the safety of stacked loads

- Side impact testing – for carton or palletized loading, unloading and shunting

- Tilt testing – to evaluate product stability

- Environmental stress testing – to evaluate the impact of temperature, humidity and thermal cycling

Other tests we conduct

- Carton drop test

- Biodegradability

- Bottom and dome reversal

- Buckle resistance

- Burst resistance

- Carbonation retention

- Closure removal torque

- Corrosion resistance

- Drop impact resistance

- Internal pressure

- Permeability testing

- Perpendicularity

- Secure seal

- Simulated palletising

- Vibration resistance

- Vertical top load

How packaging testing applies to industries

Packaging testing for consumer products and retail

Every type of consumer product needs to be packed adequately to help it withstand the rigours of transportation and environmental conditions. Product packaging testing can ensure that the packaging is suitable for a given product so that the product remains durable, safe and convenient for consumers.

Packaging testing for medical devices

TÜV SÜD offers packaging design validation for terminally sterilised medical devices and IVD packaging systems to help demonstrate conformity to ISO 11607. This includes assessing medical device packaging for seals, materials, and design to evaluate its ability to maintain sterile integrity. We also perform transportation simulation to mimic real-world transportation conditions, and shelf-life testing including accelerated and real-time ageing.