| A properly designed package that has been thoroughly tested provides the greatest insurance for protection and ensures that it will arrive safely to the customer. Thomson Lab Services has a full service package testing facility to provide the necessary tests to insure your package has been designed correctly and will be delivered to your customer safely. Our certified testing professionals will help you with your package designs to reduce product damage and in turn add savings to your bottom line.
Thomson Lab Services is an International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) certified test lab; the only commercial ISTA testing site in the State of Indiana that offers the full range of testing for product and packaging conformance. ISTA is the global leader, innovator and creator of pre-shipment package testing standards. When ISTA’s test program is properly applied the tangible benefits are reduced damage, economically balanced costs and improved customer satisfaction. (Visit www.ista.org for more information.) When a package passes an ISTA test, you can be assured it will protect the product from expected hazards experienced in everyday shipping.
TLS offers the complete series of ISTA Tests. The ISTA Test Series include:
- Series 1: Non-Simulation Integrity Performance Tests
- Series 2: Partial Simulation Performance Tests
- Series 3: General Simulation Performance Tests
- Series 5: Focused Simulation Performance Tests
- Series 7: Packaging Development Tests
Thomson Lab Services is also certified by the National Motor Freight Transportation Association and is certified for full NMFC testing to Rule 180 & 181. As an alternative to ISTA testing the NMFC are internationally recognized specifications, rules and requirements for proper packaging of goods moving by motor carrier.
- Rule 180: Performance Testing of Shipping Containers
- Rule 181: Furniture Package Performance Testing
Our capability also encompasses the specialized test programs developed by UPS and FedEx companies.
The packaging lab also includes equipment that provides various vibration, shock, compression and high speed camera capability. Thomson Lab Services also provides environmental test chambers that allow complete temperature and humidity studies to be preformed that can simulate the shelf life or aging of your product.
“Consider who first experiences the results of bad packaging; you or your customer?”
Let Thomson Lab Services help you with your package testing needs.
 
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