Dow Chemical trusts Safe Load TT and its Horizontal Stability Tester to expand its laboratory
Dow Chemical is one of the most important multinational chemical companies in the world, offering its clients a wide range of different technology-based products and solutions focused on the packaging industry, infrastructure and consumption. Its solutions include...
Safe Load Testing Technologies proud finalist of the 2020 Sustainability Award
The winners in each category and the overall 2020 Sustainability Awards winner have been announced yesterday at the Sustainable Packaging Summit. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the ceremony was carried online, with support from sponsors Avery Dennison, Amcor, Apeal,...
Prevent unit load deformation with the new InnVision
Before going on the road, it is paramount to know how the transport and its hazards will affect the load, with the purpose of optimizing it in order to improve its stability and safety, thereby avoiding shrinkage and accidents. Preventing unit load deformation is one...
Safe Load Testing Technologies finalist of the Sustainability Awards
Climate change, packaging waste, CO2 emissions, demand an urgent response from all industry sectors. Among those sectors are the consumer packaging goods and the packaging industry, which are focused on the research and development of new and more sustainable...
Metropack acquires a Vertical Vibration System from Safe Load Testing Technologies
Metropack is a French Testing Laboratory that brings technical assistance to the packing and packaging industry and to its users. The company is specialized in physical, mechanical, and atmospheric constraint tests to help their clients prevent damages and avoid...
Shrink Film vs Stretch Film: What’s The Difference between them?
Shrink Film vs Stretch Film is a common dilemma in the packaging industry for companies looking to protect their products. These two solutions are widely used and have different purposes. Both solutions have many things in common: on one hand, they are a packaging...
Improve your load safety with these packaging testing methods
Globalization and the spread of electronic commerce have resulted in an unstoppable rise in the volume of goods being transported around the world. Other factors, like COVID-19, have led many companies to modify their business model, turning to online sales or...
How the coronavirus pandemic affects the packaging industry
The coronavirus crisis has brought about unprecedented transformations at a global scale, and the packaging industry has been no exception. While the consequences of COVID-19 have not been as negative for the packaging sector as they have for other industries, there...
Top 5 packaging mistakes you need to avoid
Choosing the right packaging is crucial: from optimizing costs to avoiding shrinkage during transportation, research and decisions focused on packaging design are key to the success of many businesses. Which is why we have compiled a list of the most common packaging...
The benefits of an optimized packaging
The upsurge of global trade, multiplied by electronic commerce, has increased the transportation of goods to unprecedented levels. There is a rising number of companies whose business model focuses on product shipping, and one of the keys to their success lies in an...
Optimize the use of plastic by testing your packaging
The image of plastic has deteriorated during the last few years influenced by a higher public awareness in relation to the accumulation of waste and the environmental impact of this material. Figures like the ones that show how humans throw away enough plastic to...
EN 12195: load securing on road vehicles
The EN 12195 standard was established to address the problems resulting from an inadequate load stowage in road vehicles. Unsafe stowage in road vehicles has led to a significant number of accidents and economic losses. Indeed, it is estimated that 25% of road freight...