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ISTA's Global Board of Directors Forms New Sustainability Committee
Share your insights with the committee by participating in the Sustainability Survey.
Dwight Schmidt Receives the ISTA Educational Foundation's R. David LeButt Award
Learn more about Dwight's outstanding contributions to education in transport packaging!
The ISTA Forum is Almost Here!
The ISTA Forum, featuring TransPack & TempPack, happening March 24-26 in Orlando, Florida.
Get a Head Start with Pre-Forum Training Sessions
In-person ISTA PDP Certification and Cold Chain courses being held on Monday, March 24!
Support the Next Wave of Leaders
The ISTA Educational Foundation is hosting a fundraising event in Orlando, Florida.
Call for Undergraduate Research Proposals Now Open!
Researchers can submit proposals to ISTAEF until March 29, 2025.
Package Design and Testing Solutions

Getting Started with Design & Testing
The packaging world continues to face new challenges as both society and retail evolve and designing for transit is essential. Gaining insight into supply chain hazards and ensuring the most appropriate design tool is leveraged are critical to success.
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ISTA Test Procedures
Design tools, such as pre-shipment distribution testing, help confirm insights and offer a valuable understanding of packaged-product performance. Ensuring you select the correct ISTA test procedure for your desired outcome is important.
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Making Package Testing Easier with PackSight
PackSight, a new online test planning and reporting platform for ISTA test procedures makes testing even easier for you and your team!
New: Web-based test reporting now available for 3A!
Coming soon: Custom test planning
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Certification Programs
ISTA offers certification of testing laboratories, transit-testing and professionals.
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Locate a testing laboratory capable of performing the testing you require or companies to help you with package design, test equipment, packaging supplies and much more!
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ISTA values providing education, training, and support to the global transport packaging community. From ISTA's Forum, international symposiums, focused webinars and certification and training programs, we offer many opportunities for packaging professionals to learn, excel, network, and stay close to industry trends and solutions.
2025 ISTA China Packaging Symposium
The Phoenix City Hotel GuangzhouPackaging Dynamics Professional (ISTA PDP) Certification In-Person Training
Barcelona, Spain2025 ISTA Forum Europe | TransPack, TempPack & Training
Barcelona, SpainOnline Library
The ISTA library contains hundreds of papers, presentations, case studies, white papers and recorded webinars from the best minds in the industry. It is your resource and is a wealth of knowledge and information for anyone involved in transport packaging. Members receive free access to most items. Not an ISTA member? Join ISTA today!