Eurofins Product Testing - Construction Products

Construction product manufacturers may deal with very different types of products: 

Construction_Products

  • Stone and cement
  • Insulation material
  • Wooden elements and boards, and parquet
  • Resilient (flexible) floorings, e.g. vinyl, linoleum, rubbber, cork
  • Coatings, e.g. paints, varnishes, adhesives
  • Other construction chemicals, e.g. sealants
  • Ceramic tiles

Legal Background / Regulations       

  • Construction Product Directive (EU)
  • Many national regulations, e.g. German Ü mark
  • European (E1), Californian (CARB) and Japanese restriction of formaldehyde emissions
  • Decopaint Directive (EU) 

Main activities

  • Testing for legal compliance, for voluntary ecolabel application, for customer specifications
  • Certification of products and sites
  • Contribution to international standardisation 
  • Contribution to industry labels and to manufacturer R&D projects 

Eurofins position

Eurofins is one of the largest players on the field of product emission testing and the one with the most international recognitions. This allows performing just one test and then report for several purposes - saving huge amount of money for manufacturer if compared with ordering one test each per purpose.

Eurofins is contributing actively to improvement of testing quality in general and in its own facilities.

What we do for you – Exemplary Tests & Services

   

Chemical Analyses
Determination of major ingredients 
   e.g. lead in paint
Determination of trace compounds
Determination of hazardous
   substances
Determination of emission of
   VOC, solvents, formaldehyde,
   isocyanates, ...
 
Determination of migration 
  
into skin
   from drinking water tubes

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Content determination
Emissions testing

Ecolabels and more
Testing with more than 10 protocols
CHPS, Section 01350, LEED, BIFMA, M1, EMICODE, GUT, CertiPUR, DIBt, AgBB, Blue Angel, Austrian ecolabel, Danish Indoor Climate Label, ...

Sustainable or "Green" Buildings
Consulting, material testing, auditing 


Certifications

German Ü mark

REACH
Company specific seminar / training
Inventory of hazardous materials
Communication along supply chain
Exposure assessment
Safety Data Sheets


Formaldehyde
Determination for European E1
   classification (EN 717-1)
Determination for CARB regulation
Determination for ecolabels and
    purchase specifications
 

EU Decopaint Directive
Determination of VOC content
Compliance document
 

EU Construction Products Directive (CPD)
Determination of leaching 
   into soil & water
Determination of emissions 
   into indoor air


Environmental Monitoring
Stack emissions
Water and soil
Waste

IT-Security
Consulting / Concepts

Building engineering
Fire protection plan 

Explosion protection
Report / documentation for the
   prevention of explosions
 

Occupational safety & hygiene
Assessment of work places
Skin protection & gloves testing
External safety engineer
   according to German ASiG
 

Company Safety
Criteria of technical safety   
Risk Evaluation  

Safety of Plants
Risk assessment 

Safety of machines
Risk assessment
CE Coordination
Guidelines conformity
Manuals

Further education/Workshops
For specialists and managers :
Safety of machines
Electrical technique
Professional Safety
Company workshops
Individual training