TESTING OF PACKAGING MATERIALS

IIP, Ahmedabad centre has established state-of-art laboratories for testing of packaging material pertaining to mechanical and transport

worthiness test inside the GIDC Apparel Park at Khokhara, Ahmedabad.

The testing facility is accredited by NABL as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Also. IIP Ahmedabad centre has Quality Management System certificate as per IS/ISO 9001:2015 from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

IIP Ahmedabad centre conduct comprehensive testing of packaging materials to ensure they meet the highest standards of performance, safety, and sustainability. Our Rigorous Testing includes

Quality Evaluation of Packaging Materials & Packages

  • Testing of Paper, Paper Products
  • Testing of Corrugated Fibreboard Boxes (CFB)
  • Testing of Plastics (Rigids & Flexible)
  • Overall Migration/Extractability Studies
  • Compatibility Studies of Packaging with products
  • Testing of FIBC Bags / Woven Sack
  • Cyclic Top Lift and Load to Failure Test
  • UV Exposure studies for Woven Fabric
  • Transport Worthiness Test of Packages

Testing & Certification of Packages for Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods 

  • UN Certification By Sea
  • UN Certification by Air
 

The major testing activities pertaining to different packaging materials undertaken by IIP Ahmedabad is as follows:

Testing of Paper, Paper Products

Testing of CFB Boxes

Testing of Plastics (Rigid & Flexible)

Testing of FIBC & Plastic Woven sack

· Grammage

· Bursting Strength

· Tear Strength

· Tensile Strength

· Water Absorption (COBB)

· Breaking Length

· Brightness & Opacity

· Ash Content

· Moisture Content

· Folding Endurance

· Stiffness

· Heavy Metal Analysis

· Wax pick up Number

· Mass of Ream & Bulk

· Grammage/Substance

· Bursting Strength

· Puncture Resistance

· Water Absorption (Cobb)

· Edge Crush Test (ECT)

· Flat Crust Test (FCT)

· Compression Strength

· Scuff Proofness Test

· Drop Test

· Rolling Test

· Stack Load Test

· Thickness / Micron

· Tensile Strength

· %age Elongation

· Heat Seal Strength

· Dart Impact Test

· Co – Efficient of Friction

· Flex Crack Resistance Test

· Overall & Specific Migration Test

· Heavy Metal Analysis

· Peel Strength

· Identification of Plastics

· Environmentally Stress Crack Resistance

· Closure Leakage Test

· Cyclic Top Lift & Load to Failure

· Compression/
Stacking Test

· UV Exposure

· Breaking Strength (Before & After UV)

· Seam Strength

· Ash Content

· Denier

· End & Picks

 

 
 The centre also have facilities for testing of BoPP Tapes, Metal/Plastic Drums and Wooden Pallets along with testing of above-mentioned packaging materials. Also, all the above tests have been performed as per the National & International Standards (IS / ISO/ ASTM/TAPPI)
For more details related to testing of packaging materials, please contact Indian  Institute of Packaging, Ahmedabad centre at
Phone: 079-29600700,
Mobile: +91-9586494842; +91-7986366261 
e-mail at testing.ahmedabad@iip-in.com;  iipahmedabad@iip-in.com