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Yes. What you want is usually a transport-packaging engineering firm and/or an ISTA-certified package testing lab. The best providers can do both: diagnose why the box is failing, redesign the packaging, build prototypes, and then retest the revised package.
ISTA specifically recommends certified labs for preshipment testing and has a directory for companies offering package design and engineering services.
What they should test
For a package getting crushed in shipping, I'd ask for testing that includes:
- Compression / stacking — determines whether cartons collapse under warehouse and pallet loads.
- Random vibration — simulates truck/air/parcel transportation.
- Drop and impact testing — evaluates handling damage.
- Incline impact — useful for rough conveyor/handling environments.
- Environmental conditioning — humidity/temperature can dramatically weaken corrugated board.
- Real-world distribution simulation — ideally based on your actual carrier and shipping channel.
ISTA's 3-Series procedures are specifically intended to simulate transport hazards and predict damage risk.