Testing
In each and every step of the textile value chain - from extrusion/spinning over weaving and finishing to distribution - one has to know the exact composition and possible flaws of your product before the client is faced with them.
Testing (and certification) of textiles - from raw material to finished product - in an independent and accredited textile laboratory not only results into an important competitive advantage but is also proof of your respect of your ultimate users' well-being.
The accredited CENTEXBEL (BELAC ISO 17025) laboratories carry out the entire textile testing programme
- professional advice
- thorough knowlegde and follow-up of international standardization
- almost complete testing offer including several tests that are unique in Europe
- continuouis updating and expansion of testing equipment, testing methods and semi-industrial pilot platforms
- accredited tests involving an yearly severe audit of all our laboratories
- conditions in conformity with the market
Practical documents
- summary of the most currently performed tests at Centexbel
- general terms and conditions
- general terms and conditions (auf Deutsch)
Accreditations
| FPS Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue | notified body 0493 | EC-type examniation of PPE |
| FPS Defense, De Lijn (bus/tram) and NMBS (railway) | independent laboratory | analyses on textile materials |
| FPS Economy | laboratory and notified body 0493 | European Construction Products Directive 89/106/EEC CE-marking of floor coverings |
| FPS Economy | laboratory | CE-directive 97/808/EEC: burning behaviour according to EN 14342 on hard floor finishes |
| FPS Mobility and Transportation | Technical service | burning behaviour according to the European Directive 95/28/EC applicable on all interior materials used in buses |
| UNHCR - United Nations High Commission for Refugees | laboratory | tests on blankets and plastic tarps |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission USA | laboratory | lead paint, fire tests on wall-to-wall carpeting and carpets |
| Oeko-Tex | laboratory | ecolabel Oeko-Tex standard 100, 1000 and 100 plus |
| AITEX | certification organism | made in green - ecologically and socially responsible management |
| GuT | laboratory | ecolabel GuT for carpets manufactured by Belgian and Dutch producers |
| International Wool Secretariat, BISFA | laboratory | testing |
| ECRA | laboratory | tests on floor coverings |
| CE ecolabel | laboratory | tests in framework of CE ecolabel |
| Europur | laboratory | tests on PU foam in framework of Certipur certification |
