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News Release from: Labthink Testing Instruments
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 16 March 2007
Labthink packaging laboratory settled in
Europe
During the Emballage2006 packing exhibition, the general superintendent of Belgium Packing Association (BPI) and leaders of various BPI departments came on special visits to Labthink's booth
At present, seven Labthink instruments including gas permeability tester, package film oxygen permeability tester and water vapour permeability testers together with assorted systems reached Belgium Packing Association, which formally lift the curtain on the cooperation between Labthink and Belgium Packing Association Belgium Packing Association (institute), or simply BPI for short, is a member of international packing association
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 28 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It attends regular meetings and symposiums of international packing association.
Established in 1954 and after a series of reformation, BPI at present mainly consists of two parts: NPMA and BVBA.
NPMA mainly exert the following functions: introducing the reasonable application of package, providing relevant packing industries with authorised service, legislation, information, and literature.
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NPMA has the double identity of institute and association.
As the institute, it has regular classes.
Relevant persons can apply for the study at any time.
At the same time, enterprises can put forward course requirements and NPMA makes corresponding cooperation training plan.
As an association, NPMA periodically holds relevant symposiums to its members.
It collects market information and then arranges them into archive literature for consultation.
Moreover, NPMA can provide enterprises with information services such as marketing investigation.
Being composed of various laboratories, BVBA mainly provides authentication service to relating test of the industry, such as UN authentication and compatibility authentication of food package.
Although BPI locates in Belgium, it offers global-oriented service and can provide internationally recognized authentication.
In recent years, with the increasing of global trade, more and more enterprises in Asia and America consult BPI for the essential requirements to enter European market and apply for various authentications.
Thus the business of BPI increases with years.
Facing the increasing demand on flexible package testing, BPI expanded its packing labs.
At the same time, BPI purchased a set of flexible package testing instruments.
Relying on the excellent functions and properties, Labthink products successfully gains the favor of BPI.
During the Emballage2006 packing exhibition, the general superintendent of BPI and leaders of various BPI departments come on special visits to Labthink booth.
They made detailed investigation to all Labthink instruments and finally selected the seven instruments mentioned at the beginning of this article.
Besides the purchasing and installation service, Labthink's achievements in theoretical research of package testing and lab construction also deeply impressed BPI.
Therefore, the two sides reached a consensus on the long-term cooperation, which includes the following items: the newly established packing lab is jointly named by Labthink and BPI; the symbol of Labthink is given clear indication of all test reports provided by this lab; the symbol of Labthink is given clear indication of external activities held or participated by BPI; BPI and Labthink establish long-term technical cooperation and try to seek for win-win in flexible package test field; Labthink customers can come to BPI lab for visit , study, and other items at any time .
The successful cooperation this time not only adds splendor to Labthink's international market strategy, it further strengthens Labthink's confidence and decision in expanding European market.
At the same time, further cooperation in wider field will exert significant and deep influences to future development of both Labthink and BPI.
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