Textile & Fabric Testing Solutions

Meet Quality & Regulatory Standards of Your Destination Market

Our full-range quality assurance solutions will help you meet the quality and regulation standards of your destination market. We offer laboratory tests for all modern textiles, including:

• Textile and canvas rolls

• Home textiles, carpeting, curtains, and upholstery

• Textile checks on finished products (garments, apparel, accessories, toys)

Our testing services help textile mills, manufacturers, importers, and retailers ensure that their products meet their own quality standards and the requirements of their destination markets.

Risk Mitigation for Textile & Fabric Manufacturing

Changing regulations and varying enforcement for different markets presents a compliance challenge for mills, manufacturers, importers, and retailers. Our team of experts is here to help you mitigate risk with the appropriate inspections, tests, and certifications.

Common challenges we help our clients overcome:

• Understanding regulatory compliance

• Selecting the right tests for your market

• Conducting independent third party testing

• Delivering lab test reports

• Attaining recognized product certifications

• Creating corrective action plans

We are a trusted testing partner in the textile industries.

Our Textile & Fabric Testing Expertise

Mechanical Testing

Our experts conduct thorough checks of your merchandise, following detailed checklists compiled based on your requirements, international regulations, safety standards, and our extensive know-how.

We offer the following physical and mechanical tests to assess the quality of your textiles:

• Performance: abrasion or piling (Martindale, ICI)

• Dimensional stability: torque, shrinkage, elongation, stretch and recovery

• Weather testing: waterproof, windproof, thermal, spray test

• Thermal and water vapor resistance / permeability

• Burn test (for 100% cotton textiles)

• Stiffness and bending

• Seam strength (for sewn articles)

• Tearing strength, penetration resistance

• Thickness, compression, and recovery (for floor coverings)

• Tensile properties

• Optical evaluation (appearance after the desired care treatment)

Laboratory Testing

Our laboratory tests help you navigate the safety requirements and meet the standards of your destination market. We have labs around the world and our experts stay up-to-date with the latest regulatory requirements and test methods.

General Lab Tests for Textiles

• APEO testing

• Recycled polyester (rPET) fabric testing

• Fiber identification

• Eco-textile testing

• Banned azo dyes and colorants

• Colorfastness check (CF to light, ozone, burnt gas fumes, phenolic yellowing perspiration, water, bleach, abrasion)

• Antibacterial and antimicrobial testing

• Formaldehyde testing

• Pentachlorophenol (PCP) testing

• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) testing

• Dimensional stability and appearance evaluation after laundering cycles

• Heavy metals in surface coatings

EU Textile Standards & Regulations

• General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC)

• REACH (Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals)

• Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Screening

• Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products

USA and Canada Textile Standards & Regulations

• AATCC 8 Colorfastness to Crocking (wet & dry)

• AATCC 15 Colorfastness to Perspiration

• AATCC 16.3 Option 3 Colorfastness to Light

• AATCC 106 Colorfastness to Sea Water

• AATCC 107 Colorfastness to Water

• AATCC 116 Colorfastness to Crocking (rotary)

• AATCC 135 Dimensional Stability of Fabric for Home Laundering

• AATCC 150 Dimensional Changes of Garmet to Home Laundering

• AATCC 162 Colorfastness to Chlorinated (Pool) Water

• AATCC 112 Formaldehyde Release from Fabric (quantitative) – sealed jar method

• AATCC 94-2017 Formaldehyde (spot test)

• 16 CFR 1610 Flammability of Clothing Textiles

• 16 CFR 1611 Flammability of Vinyl Plastic Film

• 16 CFR 1615 & 1616, Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear

• 16 CFR 1500.51-53 Attachment Strength

• 16 CFR 423 Care Labeling

• 16 CFR 303 Fiber Content Label

• ASTM D 1230 Standard Test Method for Flammability of Apparel Textiles

• ASTM D 4151 Standard Test Method for Flammability of Blankets

• Canadian Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR/2016-194) – Bedding Textile

• Canadian Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR/2016-194) – Non-bedding Textile

• Canadian Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17) Item 34, Flammability Requirement of Hair or Mane

• Canadian Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17) Item 32, Flammability Requirement of Outer Covering

• Canadian Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17) Item 33, Flammability Requirement of Yarn

• Canadian Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17) Item 21, Celluloid or Cellulose Nitrate

• CPSIA Lead Content in Surface Coatings

• CPSIA Lead Content in Substrates

• CPSIA Phthalates Content

• Cross Cut Adhesion – ASTM D3359

• Polymer Identification – FTIR

Other Standards and Regulations

• China – GB 18401 testing

• China – GB 31701 testing

• CPAI-84, Flammability of Camping Tents

Don’t see what you need? Send us a note with your request. This is a limited list of tests we can conduct.

Certifications for the Textile Industry

Show your customers your products have superior quality with a recognized certification. We provide certification for all types of fabrics and textiles. We can help you certify your products have been manufactured with adherence to good chemical management practices and sustainable sourcing principles. You may choose one of the following certification schemes:

• In-house / fit-for-use quality and test marks

The QIMA Benefits

• Supply chain intelligence: get supplier and quality stats in real time

• Global coverage across 85 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America.

• Industry-leading turnaround time for audits, testing and inspections

• Online and mobile management: manage your orders and access your data anywhere, any time

• All-inclusive pricing: flat rates for inspections and audits; instant quotes for testing

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