Materials and Packaging Research & Services (MPR&S)

Packaging innovation and packaging diagnostics regard packaging materials, packaging concepts and the packaging process in the company with special attention for innovation, prevention and sustainability. Eco-indicators, Artioscad, Inventor, CAPE, … are supporting tools. Taking into accont the expertise in the physical-mechanical testing of materials and packages, company-specific training programs can be provided by engineers of

Influences of climatic factors such as temperature, relative humidity/moisture and exposure (UV/daylight), can be examined in the various climate chambers and by use of specific testing devices. Color intensity and opacity changes can be monitored, as well as other material characteristics.

To avoid transport damage on packaging during handling, storage

Properties of pater and cardboard as a material and also as a box are measurable: puncure resistance, air permeability, static and dynamic friction, thickness, compression resistance of material and box, crack resistance, total and component grammage, Cobb value, moisture content, 4-point bending, crease strength, … Properties of plastic materials are quantifiable: puncture resistance, tensile strength,

Hot tack Determination of hot tack properties of materials with a hot jaw sealer. Applications: This test is of relevance for applications where the seal undergoes a certain pressure directly after sealing, when the seal is still hot (f.e. form fill seal, seal through contamination). Testing the course of the hot jaw hot tack strength

Gaspermeability for oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor and non-corrosive/non-explosive gases (e.g. helium, nitrogen, …) of materials and packages is measured under standardized conditions by various devices, 18 modules such as MOCON and Brügger, according to three different measurement principles: equal pressure, different pressure and on the basis of fluorescence. Bursting strength and gas compositions of