James White presented his insights on 'Understanding the Distribution Hazards of FMCGs Throughout Europe at the
@ISTAconnect
European Packaging Symposium yesterday.
Find out more about Smithers' ISTA-certified distribution testing:
#ISTAEuroPackSym
Are you interested in Silicone Elastomers and looking to gain a better understanding of these materials? Register for Smithers’ Introduction to Silicone Elastomers course today.
#plasticandrubber
#elastomers
#smitherscourses
Learn all the details about planning and implementation of an occupational health and management system according to
#ISO45001
Clause 6, in our latest post:
Even as we’re apart, Smithers is strong. We’re here to help with your testing and certification, because we believe being safe is more important than ever.
We start our
#ISO45001
Clauses Series with Clause 4 - Discover the key elements to understanding the Context of the Organization in our latest article:
Smithers expert Michael Creese recently published an article on the benefits of performing simulation studies alongside E&L projects in the latest issue of
@PMPSmag
. Download the article and find out more:
#eandl
#extractables
#leachables
We are excited to announce the appointment of Derek Averill, Ph.D. as Chemistry Director of Smithers Cannabis Testing Services Division.
Learn more about Derek and read the full press release:
Smithers’ ranks top 20 sustainable technologies driving future growth for foodservice packaging in latest market report Sustainable Foodservice Packaging to 2024 – A State of the Art Report
#Smithers
#Sustainablepackaging
#Marketreports
Less than 3 weeks to go until our food contact webinar in 2020.Join Smithers expert for a summary update of the EU Food Contact legislation update.Find out more and register today!
Thursday, 09 January 2020
3pm London
#foodcontact
#webinar
#smithers
Let them eat cake! A big congratulations to every team member in the Smithers Quality Assessments Division on this milestone achievement, and a big thank you to all of our colleagues that stopped by to enjoy a piece of cake to celebrate the occasion!
Join us next week for a NEW Extractables & Leachables for Medical Devices workshop - 17 Feb. Led by esteemed experts, the live online workshop will provide a comprehensive overview & key insights into the industry. Register now:
#extractables
#leachables
Social media presents an increasingly compelling space to connect with and sell their products. This presents opportunities & challenges. Find out more:
#socialmedia
#marketreports
#smithers
Innovation in high-performance polymers presents exciting new high-margin revenue opportunities for the global plastic industry. Smithers latest market report 'The Future of High Performance Plastics to 2024' tracks how future growth will drive this market
Join Smithers rubber experts for live, interactive online training. This new course is limited to 25 delegates, delivered in 3 x two hour sessions over two days.
Rubber and Its Uses - the Basics
19th - 20th May 2020
Visit our website for more details.
Our team are attending the Food Contact Conference in Washington, DC, this week. We're looking forward to meeting everyone there!
Find out more about our food contact expertise:
Check out the event:
#FoodContact
#PackagingIndustry
With new investment in ICP-MS equipment, Smithers is able to provide pharmaceutical and medical device clients with an even greater depth of elemental analysis, reinforcing our commitment to offering clients the best support, data and analytical expertise.
Discover what it takes to conquer the mountain known as
#CMMC
, as we welcome our next guest speaker, Bryan Van Brunt, of VTMB to share his lessons-learned in implementing cybersecurity measures.
Our Smithers team will be attending the Plastics & Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs (P&P) conference in Amsterdam from 2-5 December 2019. Find out more about the event and register your interest.
#FoodContact
#Plastic
&Packaging
#Conference
Our latest article explores the advantages of integrating
#ISO45001
into an
#ISO9001
#quality
management system and how it can improve overall organizational performance and safety, while making the overall the certification process more efficient:
When products for auto, aero or industrial sectors are likely to face harsh environments or high impact scenarios, our experts share how shock testing can support with assurances of integrity and durability. Find out more:
#autoindustry
#aeroindustry
ICYMI - The Webinar Recording for Understanding CUI with Devin J. Casey is now available! A bonus Q&A session has also been added to the page, where Devin addresses a few questions in more detail:
#CyberSecurity
New to
#ISO9001
certification? Are you preparing your organization's
#qualitymanagement
system for an ISO 9001 audit? Download the
#Smithers
ISO 9001 Certification Checklist to learn more and to help guide you through the process:
Smithers is dedicated to helping you stay connected and developing your knowledge. Join us for live and interactive online training with plastics experts.
Plastic and Its Users-The Basics
12-13 May 2020
Book now!
Visit our website for course details.
Compliance with Proposition 65 (Prop 65) is essential if you are looking to sell your products in all states across the USA. Due to the complex nature of the legislation, expert support will be required to help validate your materials.
Find out more:
Efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction – these are the key elements we built our simplified IATF 16949 checklist around. Take your automotive manufacturing to the next level with our latest resource:
#IATF16949
#automotivesuccess
Medical packaging has been significantly impacted by the plastic packaging tax. Smithers supply chain experts explore what considerations are required to ensure confidence in new medical packaging materials and designs.
Read our expert article:
Rubber hardness is a critical performance characteristic when evaluating new materials and products. However it can be challenging to understand and utilise this in your favour.
Read our expert article:
#RubberExpert
#Elastomers
#Rubber
Unlock the secrets to a rock-solid Quality Management System in our upcoming webinar! Learn about the 4 essential pillars that can elevate your business processes. Don't miss out – register today!
#QualityManagement
Are you looking to gain an understanding of food contact legislations? Our two-day course - An Introduction to Food Contact is designed to give a comprehensive overview of all the key food contact regulatory areas.
Book Now!
#foodcontact
#wearesmithers
Visit Smithers' expo stand and meet our experts at the 10th Parenteral Packaging Conference in Basel, Switzerland from 25-26 February 2020!
Find out more about the event and register your interest.
#PDAconference2020
#pharmaceutical
#smithersevents
Explore the subject with our experts in a one-hour webinar as they provide a beginners guide to Extractables and Leachables (E&L).
Register for our webinar today!
#E
&LWebinar
#WeAreSmithers
Continuous Improvement is a goal every organization should strive for, learn why ISO 45001 Clause 10 is a key building block for success in our last article:
#ISO45001
Clauses Series:
Smithers' training course, Exploring Plastics Extrusion will help you better understand the whole extrusion process, troubleshoot and avoid problems.
Register today!
#rubbertechnology
#smitherscourses
#wearesmithers
Find out a clear, concise answer to the question: What is IATF vs.TS 16949? Learn about the differences and how an
#IATF16949
checklist can help, as we dive deeper into the subject with this
#backtobasics
article:
Have you heard about Smithers upcoming online workshops?
- Extractables & Leachables for Medical Devices (February 22, 2022)
- Extractables & Leachables for Medicinal Products (February 24, 2022)
Reserve your spot today!
Stand out from the competition and show your commitment to
#quality
by obtaining
#ISO9001
certification for your organization. Our latest article explains how to get started:
Want to stand out in the competitive snow and ice management industry? SN 9001 certification can help give you and edge. Learn more about it in our latest article:
#snowpros
#SN9001
@WeAreSmithers
are excited to announce the launch of a single brand identity unifying its member companies for clients in any industry worldwide to discover the full breadth of Smithers services. Read the full press release
#smithers
#testing
#compliance
We're 3 weeks away from Smithers' annual Virtual Quality Conference! This year we'll welcome 6 expert speakers covering 6 different topics - All online and accessible to everyone. Register for any and all sessions today!
#quality
#qualitymanagementsystem
New perspective paper: E-commerce Packaging-On the Crest of a Wave provides expert insights and discusses the fundamental questions regarding e-commerce packaging. Download your copy of this free perspective paper.
#Smithers
#Experts
#Consultancy
Have you booked your spot yet? Smithers' Introduction to Rubber Technology course is ideal to develop your understanding on how to optimise rubber product development, production and purchasing.
Register now!
#rubbertechnology
#polymer
#wearesmithers
High-performance elastomers is growing at an impressive rate. According to Smithers’ latest data, the global market for high-performance elastomers will rise from 1.24 million tonnes in 2014 to reach 1.63 million tonnes by the end of 2019 Find out more:
Are you looking to gain confidence and knowledge on Rubber Technology? Our Smithers Introduction to Rubber Technology course is ideal to develop your understanding on how to optimise rubber product development, production and purchasing. Register today!
Exclusive webinar now available on-demand.
Smithers and Guest Speaker, Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Ebke, Mesocosm GmbH, present expert insights: 'Feeding Studies - Residues in Livestock'. Click here for more:
With the current uncertainty surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic, Smithers have carried out extensive market research to update their latest report The Future of Tires in Asia to 2025, with information on the impact of COVID-19 on the industry.
Expert Insights: Smithers Webinar, 'Feeding Studies - Residues in Livestock'. Wednesday 17th July @ 09:30am EST /14:30pm BST.
For more information and to register, click here:
#webinar
#Residues
#chemistry
#livestock
Find out more about our extractables and leachables testing at Smithers from Michael Creese at our Shawbury, UK laboratory in the video below. For more information and to get in touch, check out our website:
We dive into the differences between ISO 9001 "Certification" and ISO 9001 "Compliance", highlighting the benefits, and breaking down which may be right for your organization:
#quality
#iso9001
#Smithers
Smithers Sustainability in Packaging Europe is the only European packaging event designed to offer a 360 perspective on key challenges and solutions the supply chain are faced with to evolve towards a circular economy.
#Smithers
#packaging
#sustainability
Join us, Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 for a special webinar presentation featuring the Smithers
#Quality
Assessments Division's, IATF Sector Manager, Marty Willem. Marty will address a best practice approach to writing better corrective actions:
#IATF16949
Join us for our inaugural Virtual Quality Conference - an interactive webinar series, July 6th-July 10th. Learn from our experts covering topics on Quality Management Systems, Risk Management, Remote Auditing, and more:
Smithers is pleased to announce its entrance into the dry commodities testing, analysis, inspection, and supervision market with the acquisition of Ssp.
#testing
#analysis
We're only a week away from kicking off our webinar presentation, Bridging the Gap Between
#ISO9001
and
#AS9100
! Our
#Aerospace
Sector Manager will be joining us to highlight the differences between the two standards. There a still a few spots available:
Smithers welcomes, Brandon Flittner, of Perseus Information Security Consulting, for a special webinar or
#CMMC
and how it relates to backups and recovery. Registration is limited, so please reserve your spot today!
Meet Smithers team experts at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) Conference from 11-13 December 2019.Find out more about the event and register your interest here.
ISO 45001 Clause 7 is all about risk assessment and mitigation; don’t let it become another task on your to-do list. Learn more about
#ISO45001
Clause 7 as we continue our ISO 45001 Clauses Series with our latest article:
Find out how Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) affects your organization. Join us later this month for a special in-depth look at Understanding CUI with our guest speaker, Devin J. Casey:
If you or your organization is new to ISO 9001:2015, checkout our
#ISO9001
#Quality
Management System Guide to discover the standard's structure, terminology, and its requirements. Learn more:
Only 4 days to go until this Smithers webinar as our experts discuss the essential tools and supporting qualification of packaging for healthcare products and medical devices.
Thursday, 02 April 2020
Register today!
#healthcare
#packaging
#wearesmithers
Have you booked yet for our 2 day course? Smithers' training course, Exploring Plastics Extrusion will help you better understand the whole extrusion process.
18-19 March 2020
Shawbury, UK
Register today!
#rubbertechnology
#training
#wearesmithers
Smithers Latest study identifies global strategic forecasts for key industrial mineral and metal recycling processes to 2024. Technology is at the core of this industry, and the industry’s future is predicated on continued advances in this area. With shift
We're just under a month away from kicking off our special webinar presentation,
#Cybersecurity
- Phishing Attack Prevention Best Practices! There are a limited number of seats still open, so please reserve yours soon:
Connect with Smithers experts Eleanor Canipa and Chris Berry at the Parenteral Packaging Conference taking place in Basel/Switzerland, 25-26 February 2020. Our team is available throughout the conference to answer any questions.
Do you know how long your materials will remain usable? Our experts explore how you can analyse the long-term characteristics of a plastic or rubber material in this exclusive whitepaper:
#polymerindustry
#rubberproducts
#plasticsindustry
Legislation – particularly variations on a plastic tax – has driven change in the packaging industry. Redesigning packs brings about many unknowns around performance and compatibility with challenging global supply chains.
Read more:
#FMCG
#Packaging
There is a growing interest in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Many sectors including cookware and personal care packaging are ‘under the spotlight’. But what is PFAS and how can you screen for its presence?
Read more:
#FoodContact
#PFAS
Our experts are at the 2023
@ISTAconnect
European Packaging Symposium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We're looking forward to meeting everyone there!
Find out more about Smithers' ISTA-certified distribution testing:
#ISTAEuroPackSym
Learn more about how Smithers works to collect an expertise that puts our clients in the best position to experience an efficient
#IATF16949
certification process: