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Analytical services for the packaging industry

With its differentiated segments such as paper, cardboard, corrugated board, metal, plastic, wood, and container glass, the packaging industry is recording a constant level of growth. As a link between production and the end consumer, a high degree of flexibility and innovative strength accompanied by compliance with the legal framework conditions is essential in order to guarantee substantial functions such as product protection, storage, logistics and transport functions, as well as sales and advertising functions.

In order to comply with these tasks, we offer you our expert support in the inspection and analysis of a wide variety of packaging. Within SGS, we test primary, secondary and transport packaging for cosmetics, medicine, feed and food as well as for consumer goods made from a wide range of materials or composites.

Our experts at SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS GmbH in Dresden avail of many years of experience in the fields of material characterization, surface and layer analysis, contamination and cleanliness analyses for raw and auxiliary materials, packing materials and packing aids. Modern inspection methods enable us to offer efficient and solution-oriented analytical services to market and customer-specific requirements.

Our services

Material identification

  • Identification of plastic components such as base polymers / copolymers / fillers / additives
  • Material and layer characterization, e.g. of composite packaging
  • Identification of metalls

Surface analysis

  • Investigation of film-forming or ionic impurities
  • Cleanliness analysis of packing aids: determination of the release and identification of particles
  • Imaging analysis of surface morphology
  • Layer characterization

Thermoanalytical characterization

  • Melting point or range
  • Glass transition temperature
  • Melting and crystallization enthalpy
  • Degree of cross-linking or hardening and behavior
  • Storage and loss module
  • Quantification of organic and inorganic components

Failure and damage analysis

  • Corrosion damage
  • Mechanical damage by wear or aging
  • Particle identification
  • Sensory analysis of Odors and off-flavors (identification of outgasing impurities)

SGS as your partner

Our extensive portfolio of high-performance analytical methods permits the comprehensive characterization and quality assurance of your products.

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SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS GmbH

Königsbrücker Landstr. 161
01109 Dresden

t. +49 351 8841-200