Packaging Testing

H. H. Holmes Testing provides a wide array of packaging testing and consulting services for our customers. Our wholly owned subsidiary, Container-Quinn Testing Laboratories, Inc., is also headquartered in our Wheeling, Illinois laboratory and has established a superior reputation in the industry serving clients from around the nation for more than 72 years. We specialize in packaging consulting and testing to evaluate the reliability and practicality of packaging. We conduct this packaging testing through vibratory, handling, physical, environmental exposure and compression testing. We also analyze packaging materials and components, help develop testing protocols specific to your product and provide standard as well as hazardous materials testing for medical and industrial applications. Our packaging testing services are cost effective and competitive in the industry.

Packaging testing will ensure the quality of package materials and identify any potential problems or defects in packaging design. Our time-tested procedures for packaging testing ensure error-free results and accurate, timely reporting. The certified technicians at Holmes Testing are experts in packaging testing and our laboratory is equipped with innovative machinery to perform such tests. Our wide range of packaging testing services are customized to meet the needs of our customers and provide them with time and cost-efficient solutions.

To see what 72 years of experience in packaging testing can bring to your business, contact H.H. Holmes today to arrange for our services. As a rule, we welcome prospective clients to visit our laboratory and view our packaging testing processes. There is no company better suited to execute your packaging testing for various industries.

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List of Testing Performed

  • ISTA Test Procedures including ISTA 3A
  • ASTM Test Procedures including ASTM D-4169
  • COBB Water Absorption Testing
  • Basis Weight Analysis Testing
  • Edge Crush Testing
  • Concora Medium Testing
  • Pin Adhesion Testing
  • Mullen Bursting Strength and Beach Puncture Testing
  • Repetitive Shock Vibration Testing
  • Resonant Frequency Vibration Testing
  • Rotary Motion Vibration Testing
  • 30-foot Drop Testing
  • Infectious Substance / Sharps Certification Testing
  • Hazardous Materials Testing and 3rd Party Certification
  • Environmental Conditioning
  • Aging and Shelf-Life Studies
  • Container-Quinn USPS Test Protocol
  • Conbur Incline-Impact Testing
  • Revolving Drum Testing

List of Equipment

  • Lansmont Vibration Table
  • LAB Vibration Table
  • LAB Drop Testing Tables
  • Conbur Incline-Impact Table
  • Bally Environmental Chamber
  • 7-Foot Revolving Drum

About Us »

H.H. Holmes Testing Laboratories is a full-service Materials Testing, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering firm offering soil, packaging and construction materials testing on-site and in our laboratory. Headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois, we serve clients in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Montana and Texas with local lab facilities, drill rigs, pressure testing and engineering supervision. In addition, our Lab-In-A-Box technology has allowed us to place custom-built portable labs on construction sites around the world. Samples of every sort arrive at our labs from around the world for testing every day.
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Case Studies »

Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
Provided full-time construction material testing
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Evanston Northwestern Hospital, Evanston, IL
Subsurface exploration and engineering analysis, pressuremeter testing and construction materials testing that included vibration monitoring utilizing seismographs during demolition, pre- and post-construction, home inspections, site development, soil, caissons, concrete, rebar, steel and fireproofing inspections.
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