Tests, protocols and standards
CARTIER’s laboratory relies on the ISTA standards or ASTM protocols and tests. The range of tests that the laboratory can carry out is wide and the choice will vary from one mandate to another.
After observing and analyzing your situation, our lab experts will then identify the test protocols that best suits your operational reality. You will be assured that your conditions of handling and transportation and even transhipments will be reproduced with fidelity.
Here is the list of tests that can be performed by our laboratory:
ISTA
- 1A
- 1B
- 1E
- 1G
- 1H
- 3A
- 3B
- 3K
- 4AB
- 6-Amazon.com-Over Boxing
- 6-Amazon.com-SIOC Type A
- 6-Amazon.com-SIOC Type B
- 6-Amazon.com-SIOC Type D
ASTM
- D642
- D880 – 92 (2008)
- D951– 99
- D996 – 10a
- D999 – 08
- D4003 – 98 (2015)
- D4169
- D4332 – 01
- D4728 – 06
- D5265 – 09
- D5276 – 98
- D5277 – 92
- D5487 – 98
- D6055
- D6179 – 07
- D6344 – 04
- D7386 – 12
Integrated charter
Aim for the best: Packaging. Optimized!
Take advantage of our fully-integrated approach by calling upon all of our fields of expertise within your company.
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Laboratory
Categories: E-commerce, Laboratory
Amazon to Require Certified Packaging as of August 1, 2019
Do you ship products via Amazon, or are you considering doing so in the near future? As of August 1, 2019, the e-commerce giant will require that all packaging be certified to specific standards… And be ready to get out your wallet if you fail to comply with requirements!
Laboratory
Categories: Laboratory
Optimize your packaging even more by taking advantage of our two new laboratory services!
How do you obtain maximum performance from your packaging? By optimizing pallet wrap efficiency and conducting packaging testing. The CARTIER testing laboratory is pleased to offer two new services to help you cut costs and minimize losses while also verifying the efficiency of your packaging processes.
Laboratory
Categories: Écoresponsabilité, Laboratory
The recipe for optimal and eco-responsible packaging!
Did you know that 51% of consumers consider their packages to be overpacked? However, 20% of merchandise returns are damaged products, which suggests that many of these packages were not adequately protected during transport and delivery. There is therefore a very fine line between over-packaged or under-packaged merchandise and optimal packaging! In this context, is it possible to have both a suitably packaged parcel and an eco-responsible packaging?