Package Performance Testing

Why Test a Package?

The main objective of Package Testing is to:

• Optimize the performance of the entire package system.
• Find a balance between the package cost and product protection
• Ensure the product is free from damage
• Make decisions about the best materials to use
• Reduce packaging waste
• Reduce overall supply chain costs
• Environmental benefits – an optimized package has a smaller carbon footprint

Why Test My Product?

Is your product really as fragile as you think it is? Packaging is only half of the equation. For an optimized package design you need to know the ruggedness of your product’s:

• Response to vibration and shock
• Moisture and temperature sensitivity

A Properly Designed Package System:

• Will provide optimum protection for the product
• Ensure a functional product to the end-user
• Maintain the integrity of the product throughout the distribution environment

Package Testing Process

Ideally packaging should be part of the product design function. By incorporating changes into the design of a product to make it more rugged then less packaging would be needed. However, the reality is the final product design is ready for production and needs a package. Either way the process of optimizing a package system is the same.

• Determine the fragility of the product
• Evaluate the performance of the proposed or current package system
• Review the test results and determine if any package or product design changes are necessary
• Retest if major design changes were necessary

Protocol Development

Westpak will consult with you to determine a test protocol to fit your needs using industry standards (ASTM, ISTA, ISO, ETSI, IEC)