In the July 1999 issue of Hazardous Cargo Bulletin ("Accidents waiting to happen!"), Ken Hardman of Van Leer states that there is a lack of uniformity between international package testing standards and that product performance is geared to material thickness — "the thinner the material, the lower the performance." The article turned the heads of steel drum fillers and manufacturers worldwide and resulted in a flurry of letter responses to Hazardous Cargo Bulletin. In the September 1999 issue, HCB Editor, Peter Mackay, makes his comments reinforcing the need to examine the test standards and further refine international packaging integrity and two of the response letters are published. Since many of our customers are not able to obtain a copy of Hazardous Cargo Bulletin, we received permission from HCB to load the Hardman Editorial, Mackay Comment, and our own published Letter to the Editor on our web site. Go to www.skolnik.com and click the link to "References and Editorials." to read this trilogy.
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