Textiles Testing Expertise
For textiles testing, AiT offers a wide range of lab tests to help you navigate the safety requirements and meet the standards of your destination market.
General Textiles 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)
- Antibacterial and antimicrobial testing
- Formaldehyde testing
- Machine wash tests
- Heavy metals in surface coatings
EU Textile Standards & Regulations
- REACH (Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals)
- Textile Regulation 1007/2001
- General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC)
- Textile labeling regulations
- EU Ecolabel for textile products
USA and Canada Textile Standards & Regulations
- AATCC 8 Colorfastness to Crocking (wet & dry)
- AATCC 15 Colorfastness to Perspiration
- AATCC 16 Colorfastness to Light
- AATCC 106 Colorfastness to Sea Water
- AATCC 107 Colorfastness to Water
- AATCC 116 Colorfastness to Crocking (rotary)
- AATCC 135 Dimensional Stability for Home Laundering
- AATCC 150 Dimensional Changes to Home Laundering
- AATCC 162 Colorfastness to Chlorinated (Pool) Water
- AATCC 112 Formaldehyde Release from Fabric (quantitative) – sealed jar method
- AATCC 94-2007 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
- Canadian Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR/2011-22) – Bedding Textile
- Canadian Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR/2011-22) – 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 & Regulations
- China– GB 18401 testing
- CPAI-84, Flammability of Camping Tents
