{"id":2572,"date":"2025-11-19T17:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/nieuws\/otc-test-centre\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:29:29","slug":"otc-test-centre","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/news\/otc-test-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Test center offers foodproducers breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"hh-block block-row\">\n    <div class=\"block-row__row row block-row__row--preset-2\/3|1\/3 block-row__row--align-stretch\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-column col col--1 col--lg-2\/3\">\n    \n\n    <div class=\"hh-block block-image\"\n         data-mt=\"none\"         data-mb=\"small\"         data-horizontal-align=\"centered\"\n         data-vertical-align=\"centered\"\n         data-mobile-align=\"centered\">\n\n         \n        <figure class=\"block-image__inner\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\n\n            \n            \n            <div class=\"block-image__image-container\">\n\n            \n                <picture class=\"block-image__picture\" draggable=\"false\">\n  <source media=\"(min-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767002172191-800x450.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/>\n  <source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767002172191-360x240.jpg 1x, https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767002172191-720x480.jpg 2x\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/>\n  <img class=\"block-image__image\" draggable=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767002172191-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n                                    <div\n                        class=\"block-image__holder block-image__holder--desktop\"\n                        style=\"aspect-ratio: 800\/450; max-width: 800px\">\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                    <div\n                        class=\"block-image__holder block-image__holder--mobile\"\n                        style=\"aspect-ratio: 360\/240; max-width: 360px\">\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                \n            <\/div>\n\n                        \n\n            \n            \n                            <figcaption\n                    class=\"block-image__caption hh-preview-link block-image__caption--align-left\">\n                    <p><em>The Oerlemans Plastics Optilayer team at the thermoforming machine in the new test centre.<\/em><\/p>\n                <\/figcaption>\n            \n            \n        <\/figure>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-column col col--1 col--lg-1\/3\">\n    \n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cc8efd\"data-mb=\"small\">With the OTC Test Centre, OPACKGROUP offers customers and prospects from the meat, dairy, cheese, bake-off, and fish processing industries, among others, the opportunity to test new and more sustainable packaging solutions without disrupting their production process. \u201cThis is a real game changer in the industrial packaging world,\u201d says Eddy Jansen, sales engineer at OPACKGROUP. \u201cWhereas it can normally take months to test new packaging in production due to busy production schedules, this can now be done quickly and safely in our test centre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cc907b\"data-mb=\"small\">The OTC Test Centre is part of the OPACKGROUP Technology Centre, an independent research and testing center where a wide range of plastic and paper films and packaging are developed. Within the OTC Test Centre, the focus is on thermoforming, flow wrapping, vacuum packaging, and shrink wrapping<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-row\">\n    <div class=\"block-row__row row block-row__row--align-stretch\">\n                \n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-row\">\n    <div class=\"block-row__row row block-row__row--preset-2\/3|1\/3 block-row__row--align-stretch\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-column col col--1 col--lg-2\/3\">\n    \n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cc9688\"data-mb=\"small\"><strong>PPWR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cc9822\"data-mb=\"small\">With the arrival of new European packaging legislation, such as the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), OPACKGROUP offers a future-proof solution. \u201cWe create an environment in which food producers can optimize their packaging to meet the new sustainability standard,\u201d says Jansen. The OTC Test Centre underlines OPACKGROUP&#8217;s ambition to accelerate the transition to circular and sustainable packaging solutions in the food industry as an innovative packaging partner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-column col col--1 col--lg-1\/3\">\n    \n\n    <div class=\"hh-block block-image\"\n         data-mt=\"regular\"         data-mb=\"small\"         data-horizontal-align=\"centered\"\n         data-vertical-align=\"centered\"\n         data-mobile-align=\"centered\">\n\n         \n        <figure class=\"block-image__inner\" style=\"max-width: 559px\">\n\n            \n            \n            <div class=\"block-image__image-container\">\n\n            \n                <picture class=\"block-image__picture\" draggable=\"false\">\n  <source media=\"(min-width: 414px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGO-OTC-test-centre.png\" width=\"559\" height=\"214\" \/>\n  <source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGO-OTC-test-centre-360x138.png 1x, https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGO-OTC-test-centre.png 2x\" width=\"360\" height=\"138\" \/>\n  <img class=\"block-image__image\" draggable=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fardem-packaging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LOGO-OTC-test-centre.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"214\" \/>\n<\/picture>\n                                    <div\n                        class=\"block-image__holder block-image__holder--transparent block-image__holder--desktop\"\n                        style=\"aspect-ratio: 559\/214; max-width: 559px\">\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                    <div\n                        class=\"block-image__holder block-image__holder--transparent block-image__holder--mobile\"\n                        style=\"aspect-ratio: 360\/138; max-width: 360px\">\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                                \n            <\/div>\n\n                        \n\n            \n            \n            \n            \n        <\/figure>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-row\"data-mb=\"regular\">\n    <div class=\"block-row__row row block-row__row--align-stretch\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"hh-block block-column col col--1 col--lg-1\/1\">\n    \n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cce4bd\"data-mb=\"small\"><strong>Optilayer-team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cce6f8\"data-mb=\"small\">To support the transition to recyclable barrier packaging, OPACKGROUP has assembled a team of product specialists. Operating under the appropiate name Optilayer team, this experienced team guides packaging manufacturers through the development, testing, and introduction of future-proof recyclable packaging.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cce8a6\"data-mb=\"small\"><strong>OPACKGROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08ccea32\"data-mb=\"small\">The OPACKGROUP has been investing in the sustainability of its product range for decades. The family business produces high-quality, customer-specific, flexible packaging and films for a global customer base. At ten locations in the Netherlands, new packaging concepts are constantly being developed through extrusion, lamination, flexographic printing, and product processing. The manufacturer consists of seven subsidiaries (Fardem, Flexpak, Oerlemans Plastics, Oosterwolde Plastic Industry, Perfon, Plasthill, and Stempher) together offer a wide range of packaging and film product solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"hh-block block-heading block-heading--id-69d7a08cceded h2\"data-mb=\"smaller\" id=\"hh-heading-c28eb43d-cb35-4797-94db-a5f855afe523\"\">&#8220;Test center offers food producers breakthrough in developing innovative barrier packaging complying with PPWR standard&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"hh-block block-paragraph block-paragraph--id-69d7a08cceff1\"data-mb=\"small\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OPACKGROUP has opened the OTC Test Centre, a testing facility where food producers can test new packaging in a practical manner outside their own production environment. 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