Textile Services
UL experts perform chemical and physical testing, quality inspections and manufacturing audits to optimize products along the global supply chain to protect brands and mitigate the risk of costly recalls.
Quality and Safety Assurance for Apparel, Textiles, Footwear and Leather
UL helps to ensure regulatory and brand compliance for apparel, textiles, footwear, and leather products with our state-of-the-art laboratories. UL experts perform chemical and physical testing, quality inspections and manufacturing audits to optimize products along the global supply chain to protect brands and mitigate the risk of costly recalls.
UL experts works with clients to develop quality assurance programs to help ensure that brand specifications are met across each step in the global supply chain – from raw materials such as fiber, yarn and fabric, to components like snaps and trim, to completed garments – helping deliver quality products to the global marketplace.
Textile Testing
Physical, Mechanical, and Colorfastness Testing
- Colorfastness to Washing
- Strength and Performance
- Colorfastness to Crocking
- Dimensional Stability
- Colorfastness to Light
- Tensile Strength
- Colorfastness to Perspiration
- Seam Slippage
- Flammability
- Tear Strength
Chemical Analysis
- Formaldehyde
- Organostannic Compounds
- REACH and SVHC
- Azo Dyes
- Alkyl Phenols
- RSL
- Heavy Metals Detection
- Nickel Release
- Allergenic and Carcinogenic Colorants
- Phthalates
- Phenols
- Chlorinated Benzene and Toluene
Proficiency Fields
UL laboratories utilize recognized methods to test your products for compliance to international, federal and regional regulations:
- AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists)
- Organostannic Compounds
- GB (Chinese National Standards)
- ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials International)
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
- BS (British Standards)
- UNI (Italian Institute of Standardization)
- DIN (German Institute for Standardization)
PRODUCT CATEGORIES
UL partners with clients to assess risk and develop solutions that effectively evaluate the quality and safety of textiles and garments, including:
- Children’s Clothing
- Organostannic Compounds
- Adult’s clothing
- Home textiles
- Accessories
- Leather goods
Children’s Clothing
Safety testing of apparel and accessories for children focuses on small parts ingestion and strangulation hazards.
- Button, snap, trim, and appliqué attachment resistance
- Toxicity level testing for lead, cadmium, nickel, and heavy metal content in trim
components - Safety and dimension evaluation of cords and drawstrings
- Overall safety assessment of garments with attention to sharp points and sharp edges (zippers and hasps)
- Flammability resistance of children sleepwear