Packaging and Conditioning

Trials on: corrugating paper, kraft, folding board, corrugated board, composite, medical packaging paper and on... converted products: cases, boxes, envelopes, bricks.

ANALYSES

  • Recyclability
  • Suitability and use trials for compliance with “NF” and “NF Environment” standards
  • Conformity with European and International standards
  • Creasing optimization
  • Box and brick compression
  • Resistance to box opening
  • Folding resistance
  • Resistance to weather conditions: dry and humid heat, cold
  • Optimization of gluing and thermosealing conditions
  • Fibre composition
  • Characterization of the volatile phase
  • Assessment of barrier properties: water vapour, grease, oxygen
  • Compliance with the packaging guideline, biodegradability, compostability
  • Suitability for food contact
  • Olfactory properties
  • Off-flavour test
  • Migration of fluorescent whitening agents and dyes
  • Overall migration of composite materials
  • Microbiological quality
  • Chemical analyses
  • Print quality
  • Printability with laboratory and industrial inks: set-off, picking, mottling, toner
  • adhesion, heliotest, ink transfer
  • Fibre characteristics

 

CTP

Testing laboratories, responsive and independent, at the service of industrial sites and the papermaking industry…
Consult us!

Centre Technique du Papier - The Pulp and Paper Research & Technical Centre
Domaine Universitaire - BP 251 - 38044 GRENOBLE - Cedex 9 - FRANCE - Tél. : (33) (0)4 76 15 40 15 - Fax : (33) (0)4 76 15 40 16