Distribution Testing Services
📌 Smithers distribution testing experts offer services with laboratories in the UK and USA to ensure packaging confidence for global shipping.
🌪️ Testing simulates supply chain hazards including impacts, shocks, compression, vibration, temperature, and humidity variations.
✅ The primary goals for seeking testing are for brand new products, when there is a change to the product, or to find the root cause of in-transit issues.
🧪 They utilize advanced physical testing, data provision, and field studies to create bespoke tests replicating exact distribution hazards.

Compliance and Sector Support
🤝 Smithers works with partners like ISTA to ensure packaging performs across the supply chain for sectors including e-commerce, pharmaceutical, medical devices, and dangerous goods.
📊 They assist clients in developing test sequences based on their packaging design and distribution pathway needs.
🌱 Sustainability is addressed through supporting lightweighting assessments and guiding R&D for material changes, such as removing plastic collation from beverages.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Distribution testing is crucial for confirming packaging is fit for purpose against simulated global shipping stresses.
➡️ The service provides accurate data on time, helping clients meet evolving demands like sustainability targets and material innovation.
➡️ During critical events like the COVID-19 pandemic, Smithers fast-tracked essential projects, like vaccine delivery assessments, demonstrating commitment to client needs and fast turnaround.

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