Softlines

SOFTLINES (TEXTILE, LEATHER & FOOTWEAR)

Lab capabilities

Lab capabilities

Our facilities across Dhaka, Bangladesh provides physical, mechanical, colorfastness and chemical testing services to your textile, leather, footwear and leather products, that assist you in optimising costs and minimising defects. This ensures that product rejections are reduced and potential threats are identified.

Our laboratory is also equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to help you mitigate risks by determining the root cause of the problem and identify areas of improvement in your processes and supply chains.

Range of product categories tested:

  • Accessories
  • Fabric & clothing
  • Fiber & yarn
  • Home textiles
  • Raw Chemicals/ Raw Materials
  • Children products

Our accreditations and industry associations:

  • ISO / IEC 17025
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
  • Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)
  • SLCP
  • FDRA
  • Inditex
  • NEXT

International Standards we're Following:

  • ISO
  • AATCC
  • ASTM
  • SATRA
  • AS / NZS
  • DIN
  • GB
  • SASO
  • CAN/CGSB
  • CPSC
  • REACH
  • Service scope

    Chemical testing - RSL

    • Free and Releasable Formaldehyde
    • Banned amines (azo dyes)
    • Allergic & Carcinogenic diksperse dyes
    • Chlorinated organic carriers (COC)
    • Chlorinated phenols (CP)
    • Extractable, leachable and total metals content
    • Total lead & Cadmium in substrate & surface coating
    • Hexavalent Chromium
    • PFAS
    • Nickel Release
    • Phthalates
    • Organotin Compounds (OTC)
    • Alkylphenols and its Ethoxylates (AP & APEO)
    • Flame Retardants
    • Emission of Volatiles
    • Poly Aromatic Hydro Carbons (PAH)
    • Di-Methylfumarate (DMF)
    • Bisphenols
    • SVHC 

    Quality and Performance Testing – Textile & Clothing

    • Colorfastness testing
    • Dye Identification
    • Dimensional Stability and Appearance
    • Print durability
    • Wicking performance
    • Thermal resistance
    • Presence of Odor
    • Tensile, Tear and seem properties
    • Special Property Testing like smoothness appearance
    • Pilling resistance
    • Abrasion Resistance
    • Wash care label verification

    Quality and Performance Testing – Leather & Footwear

    • Colorfastness
    • Slip Resistance
    • Flexing Resistance
    • Bally Flexing
    • Static Slip
    • Thickness
    • Seam strength
    • Sole bond peel strength
    • Abrasion Resistance
    • Lastometer Ball Burst
    • Hardness
    • Compression set
    • Ageing
    • Sole Abrasion
    • Rapid sole adhesion
    • Lace to lace abrasion

    Regulatory testing

    • Flammability testing
    • Testing according to CPSIA requirement.
    • Fiber label recommendation / identification
    • Care label recommendation
    • Testing for REACH compliance
    • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
    • Testing for RoHS requirements
    • Testing for CHCC requirements
    • Testing for TPCH requirements
    • Childrens safety verification of cords & drawstring
    • Children's sleeping Bag
    • Small parts, sharp point & sharp edge

    And many more...

  • Testing facilities, equipment and instrumentation

    Chemical Laboratory

    • GC-MS
    • GC-MSMS
    • UPLC-DAD
    • UPLC-DAD-MS
    • UPLC-DAD-MSMS
    • ICP-OES
    • ICP-MS
    • pH Meter
    • UV-VIS
    • FTIR
    • HD-XRF
    • Microwave Digester
    • Centrifuge
    • Solid Phase Extractor
    • Aging Chamber

    Physical Laboratory - Textiles

    • Washing machines
    • Dryers
    • WIRA Steaming Cylinder
    • Dry Cleaning Machine
    • Light fastness tester
    • Flammability Test Chamber
    • Universal Strength Tester
    • Polarized microscope
    • Ozone test chamber
    • WIRA Tog Tester (Thermal Resistance Tester)
    • Abrasion tester
    • Pilling tester
    • Reciprocating Zipper Tester
    • Crock meter
    • Bursting strength tester
    • Tearing tester
    • Perspiration tester
    • Oven/Incubator
    • Water bath
    • Bursting strength tester
    • Hot pressing tester
    • Drop Tester
    • Impact tester

    Physical Laboratory – Leather & Footwear

    • Universal Strength Tester
    • Veslic Rub Tester
    • Thickness gauge
    • Whole Shoe Flexing
    • Ross Flexing
    • Bennewart Flexing
    • Din Abrasion Tester
    • Flex Angel determiner
    • Bally Flexometer
    • Shoe peeling strength Tester
    • Shoelace Rubbing Tester
    • Compression Tester
    • Asker F
    • Slip Resistance Tester
    • Static Slip Resistance Tester

    and many more....

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