Laboratories
![](/data/medias/223/style/home_list/Laboratoire-de-Flushabilite.jpg)
Flushability Laboratory
Supporting the development of your disposable hygiene products
- A wide range of toilet and drainline clearance test configurations, dispersion and sedimentation tests, and household and municipal pump test rigs
- A skilled operational team for fully confidential testing
- The only independent laboratory recognized in Europe by the EDANA and INDA associations to attest to the flushability of non-woven disposable products
![](/data/medias/214/style/home_list/laboratoire-Analyses-Microbiologiques.jpg)
Microbiological Analysis Laboratory
Health, food contact compliance and safety of paper/board products
- Measure microbiological contamination of paper/board products
- Evaluate the microbiological quality of materials
- Check the fungus resistance of materials
- Guarantee the microbiological safety of a packaging intended for food contact
![](/data/medias/216/style/home_list/laboratoire-analyse-sensorielle.jpg)
Sensory Analysis Laboratory
Odour, Flavour, Softness
- Guarantee that the organoleptic properties of a foodstuff are not altered by its packaging
- Evaluate an off-flavour potentially transmitted to food through direct or indirect contact with a paper/board material
- Evaluate the odour of a paper/board material that will be in contact with food
- Estimate the softness of tissue papers or products
![](/data/medias/224/style/home_list/fourgon-laboratoire.jpg)
The Laboratory Truck
Mobile laboratory for operations on industrial sites
- Operate on industrial sites with high-performance technical equipment suitable for water analyses
- Collect, measure, condition and analyse samples in minimal time
- Perform physicochemical, biochemical and microbiological assessments of water circuits and wastewater treatment plants.
![](/data/medias/225/style/home_list/traitement-des-effluents.jpg)
Effluent Treatment
Water management and effluent treatment laboratory
- Measure, condition and analyse samples of effluents and discharges
- Perform effluent treatment tests; verify compliance of discharges
- Assess water circuits and the performance of wastewater treatment plants
- Condition and recover (for energy) wastewater treatment plant sludge and paper/board by-products
![](/data/medias/226/style/home_list/laboratoire-analyses-chimiques.jpg)
Chemical analysis laboratory
Chemical characterisation, food contact, compliance and product safety
- Perform qualitative and quantitative tests of the organic and inorganic compounds in your paper/board pro-ducts, additives, effluents, black liquors, etc
- Identify and quantify the presence of chemical contaminants according to the applicable regulatory frameworks
- Check and verify the quality, safety and compliance of your products according to a specific statutory docu-ment or set of requirements
![](/data/medias/227/style/home_list/laboratoire-essais-physiques.jpg)
Laboratory for Physical Properties Testing
How will you characterise your papers and boards?
- Structural tests
- Optical properties
- Mechanical strength
- Air permeability, absorption of liquids
- Smoothness, roughness, wear
![](/data/medias/936/style/home_list/Liste-Labo-Electronique_imprim.png)
Printed electronics laboratory
Facilities adapted to the needs of paper electronics
- Print substrates with functional (conductive, resistive, dielectric, electroluminescent, etc.) inks or barrier inks
- Print RFID antennas using conventional printing facilities
- Create electroluminescent surfaces
![](/data/medias/1145/style/home_list/Liste-labo_imprimabilite.jpg)
Printability Laboratory
Adapted, customised devices
- Print in the laboratory
- Evaluate the printability of all substrates: paper, board, plastic, textiles
- Study the relations between ink and paper
- Develop the quality and machinability of print substrates
![](/data/medias/1648/style/home_list/labo-analyses-fibres-liste.jpg)
Laboratory for Fibres Analyses
Characterisation of lignocellulosic fibres from wood and annual plants
- To measure the dimensional and morphological characteristics of fibres
- To analyse statistically these characteristics
- To compare the fibrous elements of different biosourced materials
- To understand the impact of processes on lignocellulosic fibres