Testing labs in Campbellfield, VIC

Capral Limited is one of Australia's most established aluminium product manufacturers and suppliers, with a commercial history spanning more than 90 years. Headquartered in Australia with a national footprint of Aluminium Centres, Capral supplies high-quality aluminium extrusions, sheet, plate, coil, and custom profiles to architects, engineers, fabricators, builders, and OEM manufacturers across a broad spectrum of industry sectors. The company operates its own aluminium extrusion presses domestically, including a significant manufacturing facility at 151 Barry Road, Campbellfield, Victoria, where it also maintains its primary NATA-accredited testing laboratory. Capral operates the Capral Campbellfield Testing Laboratory, which holds dual NATA accreditation (Site Nos. 1131 and 15136) under ISO/IEC 17025. This in-house laboratory conducts strength-of-material testing on aluminium products and supports the rigorous evaluation of window and door systems designed and fabricated using Capral aluminium. The Technology Solutions Group — comprising industrial designers, mechanical engineers, draftspeople, and experienced window and door fabricators — works in close concert with the testing facility to bring code-compliant, energy-efficient aluminium glazing systems from concept through to verified, documented performance outcomes. A core competency of Capral's testing capability is the evaluation of window and door systems to Australian Standard AS 2047:2014 (Windows and external glazed doors in buildings). AS 2047:2014 sets out minimum requirements for structural adequacy, water penetration resistance, and air infiltration performance, among other criteria. All Capral window and door systems are assessed against these requirements and must meet or exceed the standard before market release. This testing underpins compliance product marks displayed on certified systems and provides specifiers, fabricators, and building certifiers with documented evidence of regulatory standing. Capral also conducts comprehensive bushfire performance testing for its window and door range in accordance with AS 3959-2009 (Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas) and the associated test methods prescribed under AS 1530.8.1. Products have been verified for use in BAL-40 bushfire attack level applications — one of the most demanding performance categories under Australian bushfire construction standards — through controlled exposure testing. This testing reflects a significant technical investment and directly supports specifiers working on projects in designated bushfire-prone zones across Australia, where non-compliant fenestration products represent a major regulatory and life-safety risk. Beyond compliance and performance testing of finished window and door assemblies, Capral's Campbellfield laboratory supports materials characterisation work focused on the mechanical properties of aluminium alloys and extruded profiles. Strength-of-material testing verifies that extruded sections meet design specifications for tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, and hardness — properties that are critical across building, transport, defence, and heavy industrial applications. This capability allows Capral to provide verified material performance data in support of engineering design and quality assurance, and gives downstream fabricators confidence in the properties of the aluminium they are incorporating into structural and architectural products. Capral serves a wide range of industries across Australia. In the built environment, its aluminium systems are used for windows, doors, curtain walls, framing systems, and security screens in residential, commercial, aged-care, and infrastructure projects. In transport, the company supplies extrusions and rolled products to truck, trailer, bus, ute tray, and OEM manufacturers. Defence and marine customers rely on Capral for high-specification aluminium supply for performance-critical and sovereign-capability projects. The company is also an active supplier to the solar energy, modular construction, coolroom fabrication, playground equipment, road and traffic signage, and boat trailer sectors, making it one of Australia's most broadly active aluminium technical supply partners. Capral's LocAl lower-carbon aluminium offering — locally extruded with a significantly reduced embodied energy compared to imported primary aluminium — provides specifiers and builders with a domestically produced material option supported by environmental product data. For projects targeting green building ratings or sustainability benchmarks, LocAl offers a credible pathway to reducing the carbon intensity of aluminium-intensive building elements. BIM-compatible Revit libraries for Capral's AGS commercial, Artisan architectural, and curtain wall ranges are also available, supporting integration into building information modelling workflows used by architects and engineers. With one of Australia's largest window and door research and development teams and dual-site NATA-accredited testing facilities at Campbellfield, Victoria, Capral represents a technically credible and well-resourced testing partner for fabricators, builders, and project teams requiring verified performance against Australian Standards. Its combination of in-house design expertise, accredited laboratory infrastructure, and a broad national supply network positions Capral as both a product supplier and a recognised technical authority on aluminium performance in the Australian construction, transport, defence, and industrial environment.

Performance evaluation of packages and containers; Fibreboard drums and boxes; Packaging materials; Drop impact resistance; Not applicable; Stacking performance; Packaging materials; Water absorption; Cobb test.