Materials Testing

Materials Testing

Eurofins | BLC Materials Testing

Manufacturers, brands, and retailers are expected to conduct a range of performance and compliance tests to ensure that products entering the market place are safe, fit for purpose, and meet global legislation. Eurofins | BLC are able to help you with any questions or advice regarding compliance with product international legislation.

Leather and Leather Accessories

Eurofins | BLC are experts in all types of leather testing, including leather accessories. Eurofins | BLC offer a range of chemical, functionality, performance, and quality testing services and analysis on accessories such as bags, belts, gloves, jewellery, and wallets.

Eurofins | BLC conduct standard leather product performance tests including rub fastness tests, light fastness tests, water spotting, finish adhesion, tear strength, and more. Eurofins | BLC also carry out specific leather testing in areas such as restricted substances and microbiology, comprehensive analysis of leather, colour fastness, microscopy, identification of additives or contaminants, flammability, and physical testing.

Footwear

Eurofins | BLC offers a wide range of footwear testing and can test in line with CEN standards on footwear. Eurofins | BLC footwear testing service comprises of whole shoe, leather, materials, component, and fit assessments. We can test all men’s, women’s, and children’s footwear. A significant element of footwear testing is restricted substances testing and Eurofins | BLC provides all the necessary legislative required to meet national, European, and international standards. Eurofins | BLC’s footwear testing facility provides the capability to measure the performance of footwear to ensure that it meets appropriate performance requirements for quality and safety.

Garments

To ensure that garment materials perform as expected we recommend a range of tests. These are designed to test the garment’s suitability for wear and include finish adhesion, dry cleaning, tear strength, colour fastness, pH, rub fastness etc.

Upholstery and Flammability

Eurofins | BLC provides a complete range of leather and textile upholstery tests. Eurofins | BLC upholstery testing includes fabric testing, leather testing, and flammability testing on leather, fabrics and foams. Eurofins | BLC also offers compliance support with the various upholstery regulations around the world. Services include reviewing and creating specifications and advice on product failures.

Flammability testing is an assessment of how easily a product will burn or ignite, causing fire or combustion to ensure your product complies to the relevant fire and safety regulation. Internationally a variety of test protocols and standards exist to quantify flammability and BLC can test products to ensure compliance with BS, BS EN and CFR standards. In order for upholstery to be compliant with the fire regulations from a specific country or region, the product must be tested against one of the approved standards for that country or region.

Hardware and Jewellery

Most leather accessories have some form of hardware in their construction, such as buckles, clasps, and rings. The majority of hardware used is often formed from several metal types to give the required structure and surface finish. Eurofins | BLC can carry out a range of hardware testing including saltwater corrosion, sulphide tarnishing, and ageing tests. BLC also conduct plating thickness and metal analysis, identification of inconsistencies in construction, and plating thickness tests.

Eurofins | BLC offer a range jewellery of tests including heavy metals testing, nickel testing, lead testing, cadmium testing, plating thickness and composition, physical testing, REACH testing, packaging, wear testing, and drop tests.

Global Legislation Support

If your business is retailing products around the world, Eurofins | BLC can support your business by offering guidance and advice on global legislation. Eurofins | BLC can also advise your business on how to comply with regulations including REACH (EEA), China GB Standards, California Proposition 65, and CPSIA (United States of America).

Eurofins | BLC Materials Testing Tips

Have you carried out any due diligence testing to assess the performance and longevity of your product?
Test your leather and leather-related products with Eurofins | BLC.
How do you know if your product contains trace amounts of high risk substances or substances banned from a particular country or region?
Test your products for high risk chemicals to the correct standard for the location of retail.
Have you tested your product to know whether it complies with regualtion for the country or region you are retailing to?
Contact Eurofins | BLC for support on how to comply with regional, international, and global regulation.

Contact Eurofins | BLC Today

Eurofins | BLC are able to help with any concerns or questions you may have about materials testing. Contact us today to see how Eurofins | BLC materials testing services can identify and reduce risks in your leather supply chain via [email protected] or telephone +44(0)1604 679999.

21 March 2017

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