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HELPING OUR CUS TOMERS WIN

Ensure Package Protection through the Last MileIn the e-commerce marketplace, we help our customers WIN by providing GREAT RELIABILITY and GREAT SOLUTIONS. We understand that it’s not just your products we are protecting, it’s also the reputation of your brand and the potential for future purchases.

Our in-house certified ISTA® (International Safe Transit Association) technicians can test and certify packages and fully-loaded pallets in our state-of-the-art ISTA 6 test lab to pre-determine if packages are optimally designed and if design modifications need to be made.

ISTA 6 TEST LAB CAPABILITIES Expose packages to a pre-planned test pattern of anticipated conditions and potential hazards that could be encountered throughout the supply chain and distribution channels.

VIBRATION TESTING

INCLINE TESTING

MATERIAL HANDLING

FREE-FALL DROP TESTING

COMPRESSION TESTING

ISTA® 6 TESTING AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES

Speed-to-MarketIn-house packaging design and testing expertise streamlines work and improves package integrity when additional reinforcement is needed to pass the ISTA 6 test.

Our packaging designers make modifications that provide:

PACKAGE OPTIMIZATION

REDUCTION OF OVERALL COST

REDUCTION OF LIFECYCLE WASTE

A Full Range of Package ProtectionIf additional package protection is needed to attain certification, Great Northern offers both interior and exterior package protection solutions that are eco-friendly, easy to pack, easy to

apply, and easy to dispose curbside. Other interior protection such as coolers, foam, and plastic are also available.

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Vibration Testing Incline Tester

Compression Testing

Material Handling Course

Free-fall Drop Tester

Protect Your Products Contact us at 844-855-0963 or ISTA@greatnortherncorp.com to learn more about an optimal package design and testing protocol for your product.

IS TA 1 SERIE S

IS TA 3 SERIE S

IS TA 6 SERIE S

Great Northern’s ISTA 6 test laboratory and technicians are certified to conduct the following tests:

NON-SIMULATION INTEGRITY PERFORMANCE TESTSThis test challenges the strength and robustness of the product and package combination. It is useful as a screening tool and benchmark to use over time.

GENERAL SIMULATION PERFORMANCE TESTSThese tests provide a laboratory simulation of general damage-producing motions, forces, conditions, and sequences of transport environments, including a broad set of circumstances such as a variety of vehicle types and routes, or a variety of handling exposures. Characteristics will include simple shaped random vibration and different drop heights applied to the sample package.

MEMBER PERFORMANCE TESTSThese testing protocols are created by ISTA members or by ISTA in cooperation with a member company to meet their purposes and applications. Specific tests have been developed for Amazon, FedEx, and Sam’s Club.

All Great Northern ISTA 6 Lab Operators have earned the Certified Packaging Lab Professional (CPLP) designation from ISTA.

ISTA® 6 TEST LAB

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