Most countries have mandatory or voluntary standards for care label instructions on garments and textiles. Intertek provide a variety of tests to determine the most appropriate care conditions for each product:

1) Colorfastness to washing or dry cleaning
2) Colorfastness to bleaching
3) Dimensional stability
4) Appearance retention
5) Ironing, if needed

Lead Time
Regular service: Physical test items need four working days are needed for testing from the day on which samples are received. Eco logical test items might take longer turnaround time.

Intertek conducts standardized tests according to the following national and international standards:
1) Australian Standards (AS)
2) National Standard of Canada (CAN/CGSB)
3) European Standard (EN)
4) Association Francise de Normalisation (NF)
5) Deutsches Institut Fur Normung (DIN)
6) Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS)
7) Normas Officiales Mexicanas (NOMS)
8) British Standards (BS)
9) American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC)
10) ASTM International (ASTM)
11) American National Standard Institute (NIST)
12) The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)
13) International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

As a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, Intertek is the frist international commercial testing body coming into China, now has many laboratories and offices in big cities of China. With the expertise, resources, global reach and more than twenty years of experience in China market, Intertek provides testing, inspection, certification, auditing and a range of other services.