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We innovate for functional properties that consider the user's real-life situation, while helping you meet statutory requirements, verify quality, remove harmful substances, increase sustainability and communicate your efforts.
Decades of PPE experience.
- Testing fitness for use - acceptance, analyses and quality monitoring
- Checking intermediate products for personal protective equipment
- Assessing the construction and function parameters of textile fabrics
- Testing and certifying textile UV protection
- Ensuring good daytime visibility in traffic
- Assessing the design for compliance with the protective function
- Implementing flame treatment for turnout gear (manikin test in cooperation with DuPont, Geneva)
Certifying PPE to (EU) 2016/425.
- Accredited and notified body comprising a testing laboratory and certification center for personal protective equipment in accordance with EU regulation 2016/425 (Notified Body No. 0555)
- Certification and monitored product tests of protective clothing: EU type examination certificate for PPE (CE certification label) and monitored product testing according to EU regulation 2016/425, Annex VII (Module C2) of category III products
- Appointed certification body for fire-resistant clothing for the participating countries (HuPF)
The right test for every requirement.
Protective gloves
- Protective gloves – general requirements and test methods EN 420:2003 + A1:2009
- Protective gloves against chemicals and microorganisms EN ISO 374-1:2016: Terminology and performance requirements
- Protective gloves against mechanical risks EN 388:2016
- Protective gloves against cold DIN EN 511:2006-07
- Protective gloves against thermal risks (heat and/or fire) EN 407:2004
- Protective gloves for firefighters EN 659:2003 + A1:2008
- Protective gloves for welders EN 12477:2001 + A1:2005
- Protective gloves - electrostatic properties EN 16350:2014
Protection against heat and flame
- Clothing for protection against heat and flames EN ISO 11612:2015 and EN ISO 14116:2015
- Protective gloves against thermal risks EN 407: 2004
- Production/testing description for universal fire-resistant clothing / protective clothing for fire fighters HuPF parts 2 and 3
Protection against cold climate/weather
- Protective clothing - clothing systems to protect against cold EN 342:2017
- Protective clothing - clothing items for protection against cool environments EN 14058:2017
- Protective clothing - protection against rain EN 343:2003 + A1:2007 + AC:2009
- Cold protection gloves EN 511:2006
Turnout gear
- Protective clothing for fire fighting EN 469:2005 + A1:2006 + AC:2006
- Protective clothing for wildland fire fighting EN 15614:2007
- Protective caps EN 13911:2017
- Production/testing description for universal fire-resistant clothing HuPF parts 1 - 4
- Protective gloves for fire fighters EN 659:2003 + A1:2008
High-visibility
- High-visibility clothing EN ISO 20471:2013+A1:2016
- Protective clothing - high-visibility warning clothing for non-professional use EN 1150:1999
- Accessories – visibility accessories for the non-professional use in line with EN 13356:2001
Textile UV protection
- UV-protective clothing according to usage stress UV STANDARD 801
- UV-protective clothing in new condition AS/NZS 4399:2017, EN 13758-1:2001 + A1:2006 and EN 13758-2:2003 + A1:2006, AATCC183-2014
Electrostatic and welding
- Protective clothing - electrostatic characteristics EN 1149-5:2018
- Protective clothing - electrostatic characteristics EN 16350:2014
- Protective clothing for welding and related processes EN ISO 11611:2015
- Protection against the thermal hazards of a fault arc IEC 61482-2 Ed.2.0:2018-05, EN 61482-1-2:2014
- Protective gloves for welders EN 12477:2001 + A1:2005
Other personal protective equipment
- Protective clothing against liquid chemicals (equipment type 6 & type PB [6]) EN 13034:2005 + A1:2009
- Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws EN 381-5:1995, EN 381-7:1999, EN 381-8:1997, EN 381-9:1997, EN 381-10:2002, EN 381-11:2002
- Specifications for protective clothing for areas with risk of entanglement with moving parts EN 510:1993
- Personal protective equipment - knee protection for work in kneeling position EN 14404:2004 + A1:2010
- Protective gloves against mechanical risks EN 388:2016
Downloads
- Overview - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Testing and CE Certificationpdf
- Overview - Testing and Development of Textiles for Military Applicationspdf
- Order Form - PPE Testingpdf
- Factsheet - Flame Protectionpdf
- Factsheet - Heat Protectionpdf
- Factsheet - Protection against Coldpdf
- Factsheet - Weather Protectionpdf
- Factsheet - Artificial Weatheringpdf
- Factsheet - Reflective Clothingpdf
- Factsheet - Textiles & UV Protectionpdf
- Factsheet - Spectral Measurementpdf
- Factsheet - Welding Protectionpdf
- Factsheet - UV Protection for Weldingpdf
- Factsheet - Wear Comfortpdf
- Factsheet - Breathabilitypdf
- Factsheet - Odor Managementpdf
- Factsheet - Hohenstein Fitting Servicepdf
- Factsheet - Technical Performancepdf
Expertise that protects together.
