US-based Mocon and Inspection Systems, an Australian supplier of inspection and testing instruments and services, have collaborated to set up a certified lab for permeation, seal strength and leak detection testing for food and pharmaceutical packaging structures in Australia.
Inspection Systems has formed a separate entity, IS Laboratories, to support the partnership. It aims to provide fast and affordable testing services using Mocon's gold-standard instrumentation, for food and pharmaceutical companies.
IS Laboratories will feature oxygen, water vapor and carbon dioxide permeation testing; burst and pressure strength testing, as well as pressure decay.
Commenting on the partnership Inspection Systems director Brad Grubb said that the new testing laboratory will feature various testing options.
Mocon Consulting and Testing Services product manager Alan Shema said, "MOCON certification assures that companies using any one of these facilities will get the same level of service and quality they would find at any other MOCON-certified location anywhere in the world.
"This is ideal for multinational companies which can now be assured that their materials or packages are tested using identical standards and protocols on four different continents."
