Eurofins Product Testing - Furniture

The Furniture market is huge. Small and large manufacturers, small and large retailers are delivering products that shall fulfil their technical specifications and be safe to the user.  

Furniture can be made of combinations of wood, metal, plastics, coatings, and textiles.

Legal Background / Regulations       

  • Product Safety Directive (EU)
  • European (E1), Californian (CARB) and Japanese restriction of formaldehyde emissions 

Main activities

  • Testing for legal compliance, for voluntary ecolabel application, for customer specifications
  • 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 money for manufacturer if compared with ordering one test each per purpose.

Eurofins is supporting quality management of several small and large retailer chains by target focussed testing.

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

   Furniture
     

What we do for you – Exemplary Tests & Services

   

Chemical Analyses of material used for furniture
Determination of major ingredients
   e.g. lead in paint
   (CPSC accredited)
Determination of trace compounds
Determination of hazardous
   substances
Determination of emission of
   VOC, solvents, formaldehyde,
   isocyanates, ... 
   (both parts testing
    and whole piece testing)
Determination of migration into skin

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

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Content determination
Emissions testing

Building engineering
Fire protection plan 

Explosion protection
Report / documentation for the
   prevention of explosions  
 

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

Product Safety
Product safety evaluation

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

EU Decopaint Directive
Determination of VOC content
Compliance document 

Environmental Monitoring
Stack emissions
Water and soil
Waste

IT-Security
Consulting / Concepts

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

For further information please contact our national organisations or our specialists.