Our lab is equipped to carry out all six active series of ISTA certification, which help to ensure the performance of your packaging and certify that it is safe for transit and distribution.
View our ISTA certificate here.
- ISTA 1 Series: Non-Simulation Integrity Performance Tests
- ISTA 2 Series: Partial Simulation Performance Tests
- ISTA 3 Series: General Simulation Performance Tests
- ISTA 4 Series: Enhanced Simulation Performance Tests
- ISTA 6 Series: Member Performance Tests (Amazon, Sam’s Club, FedEx)
- ISTA 7 Series: Development Tests
Our lab is also capable of conducting ASTM testing. These standards offer similar testing sequences to ISTA with slightly different procedures.
- ASTM D4169: Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems
- ASTM D7386: Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Packages for Single Parcel Delivery Systems
- ASTM D642: Standard Test Method for Determining Compressive Resistance of Shipping Containers, Components, and Unit Loads
- ASTM D880: Standard Test Method for Impact Testing for Shipping Containers and Systems
- ASTM D4332: Standard Practice for Conditioning Containers, Packages, or Packaging Components for Testing
- ASTM D4728: Standard Test Method for Random Vibration Testing of Shipping Containers
- ASTM D6055: Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
- ASTM D6179: Standard Test Methods for Rough Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
- ASTM D6344: Standard Test Method for Concentrated Impacts to Transport Packages
If you need to evaluate the material performance of your packages, we also offer TAPPI material testing standards that can quantify different material properties.
- T403: Bursting Strength of Paper
- T401: Thickness (caliper) of paper, paperboard, and combined board
- T410: Grammage of paper and paperboard (weight per unit area)
- T810: Bursting Strength of Corrugated Board
- T811: Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard (short column test)
- T822: Ring crush of paperboard (rigid support method)
- T838: Edge Crush Test Using Neckdown
- T839: Edgewise compressive strength of corrugated fiberboard using the clamp method (short column test)
We are also happy to accommodate custom test plans when ISTA or ASTM standards do not provide the type of simulation you are looking for. Take a look at all of our equipment here, or contact us to see if we can come up with a test plan that suits your needs!
