This new compilation features 84 ASTM packaging and shipping container standards. This publication is a valuable resource with 75% of these standards revised since its last edition in 2007. Packaging engineers, shipping distributors, suppliers, designers of packaging for industry and government, industrial engineers, and pharmaceutical companies will all find this compilation to be a relevant technical resource.



In this publication there are test methods, specifications, practices, and guides for the evaluation and selection of packaging materials and complete packages, based on their physical properties and performance, and in their proper application.



The new standards in this compilation apply to single parcel testing, hazardous packaging testing, wood packaging, crates, plastic packaging and disposal of boxes.