Technical Capabilities

INFHIDRO togheter with LPME has offers the technical capabilities and infrastructure to support your company around the world. Our facility located Capanori (LU) Italy, supports you in the research & optimization projects in the field of water soluble film & plastics. Bellow a reference list of some of our technical capabilities to advance your business and technology development in the eco-friendly plastic sector. 

  • ASTM- D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics,
  • ASTM- D882 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting,
  • ASTM- D883 Terminology Relating to Plastics,
  • CEN TR 15351:2006 Plastics—Guide for vocabulary in the field of degradable and biodegradable polymers and plastic items,

  • ASTM – D3826 Practice for Determining Degradation End-point in Degradable Polyethylene and Polypropylene Using a Tensile Test,

  • ASTM – D5208 Practice for Fluorescent Ultraviolet (UV) Exposure of Photodegradable Plastics,

  • ASTM – D5576 Practice for Determination of Structural Features in Polyolefins and Polyolefin Copolymers by Infrared Spectrophotometry (FT-IR),

  • ASTM – D5988 Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in Soil,
  • ASTM – D7444 Practice for Heat and Humidity Ageing of Oxidatively Degradable Plastics,
  • ASTM – D 5338 Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of  Plastics Materials under Controlled Composting Condition,
  • ASTM – D 6400 Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics,

  • ASTM – D 6954 STD Guide for Plastics that Degrade in the Environment by Combination of Oxidation and Biodegradation,

  • ISO -10640 Plastics—Methodology for assessing polymer photo-ageing by FTIR and UV/visible spectroscopy,
  • ISO – 17556 Plastics—Determination of the ultimate aerobic biodegradability in soil by measuring the oxygen demand in a respirometer or the amount of carbon dioxide evolved,
  • ISO -14852 Determination of the Ultimate Aerobic Biodegradability of Plastic Materials in an Aqueous Medium – Method by Analysis of Evolved Carbon Dioxide,
  • ISO – 14855 Determination of the Ultimate Aerobic Biodegradability of Plastic Materials under Controlled Composting Condition – Method by Analysis of Evolved Carbon Dioxide,

  • ISO – 17088 Specification for Compostable Plastics,

  • EN -13432 Requirements for Packaging Recoverable through Composting and Biodegradation,
  • EN -14995 Plastics Evaluation of Compostability. Test Scheme and Specification,
  • AFNOR-Accord T51-808 Assessment of oxo-biodegradability of polyolefinic materials in the form of films,
  • AFNOR – XPT 54980 F Oxo-biodegradable Plastics in Agriculture,

  • BSI – 8472 Packaging – Method for Determining, Degradability Oxo-biodegradability and Phyto– Toxicity of Plastics,
  • SPCR – 141 Polymeric waste Degradable by Abiotic and Subsequent Biological Degradation – Requirements and Test Method,
  • UAE – 5009 STD and Specification for Oxo- biodegradation of Plastic Bags and Other Disposable Plastic Objects,
  • OECD 202 Daphnia sp., Acute Immobilization and Reproduction,
  • OECD 203 Fish Toxicity,
  • OECD 207 Earthworms, Acute Toxicity,

  • OECD 208 Terrestrial Plants, Growth.