To enhance quality and Cost Optimization

 Package testing is indeed a crucial aspect of quality assurance and improvement in the packaging industry. It involves assessing various characteristics and properties of packaging materials to ensure they meet the desired standards. PCRI plays a valuable role in this process by suggesting appropriate tests that align with the quality and cost reduction goals of companies.

The types of packaging materials that can be subjected to testing and evaluation include:

 Testing of paper and paperboard ensures they possess the right strength, durability, and quality for their intended use. It helps maintain consistency, meet industry standards, and build customer confidence, making it essential for packaging, printing, and converting applications. 

 Testing of corrugated boxes is essential to ensure they can protect products during storage, handling, and transportation. It verifies strength, compression resistance, and durability, helping prevent damage, maintain product quality, and meet industry standards. Reliable testing builds customer trust and supports efficient supply chains. 

 Testing of folding cartons ensures they meet required strength, print quality, and performance standards. It guarantees product protection, enhances shelf appeal, and maintains consistency during handling and distribution, making it vital for brand image and customer satisfaction. 

 Testing of plastic films and laminates is critical to evaluate mechanical strength, seal integrity, barrier properties against moisture, gases, and light, as well as resistance to puncture and flex cracking. It ensures materials perform reliably across storage, transportation, and usage conditions, supports product safety, enhances shelf life, and ensures compliance with industry and regulatory standards. 

 Testing plastic bottles assesses mechanical strength, impact resistance, stress crack resistance, and sealing performance. It ensures the bottles can withstand filling, capping, transportation, and environmental stresses, safeguarding product integrity and regulatory compliance. 

 Testing of metal containers ensures their structural integrity, corrosion resistance, and sealing efficiency. It verifies their ability to withstand pressure, impact, and environmental conditions, ensuring the safe storage and transportation of contents while maintaining compliance with industry standards. 

 Testing of glass containers ensures their strength, durability, and resistance to breakage, thermal shock, and pressure. It verifies the container's sealing effectiveness and surface quality, ensuring safe storage, transportation, and protection of contents, especially for sensitive products like food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals. 

1. Cloth: Cloth packaging is often used for specialty items. Testing may involve assessing fabric strength, abrasion resistance, and dye stability.
2. Jute: Jute bags are commonly used for agricultural products. Testing can include assessing tensile strength and moisture resistance
3.  Wood: Wooden crates and pallets are used for heavy and bulky items. Testing may cover load-bearing capacity and durability..