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BLC footwear and leather services
BLC offers a comprehensive range of testing, training and technology
Leather testing
services to the global leather supply chain. With UKAS accreditation
Leather testing is carried out on leather and leather
for the majority of the physical and chemical testing and CPSC
components to determine how the product should be
accreditation for lead testing for the US market. BLC can help with all
labelled. Subject to leather verification, products can
your testing needs and offers rapid response testing and problem
display the LeatherSure mark, recognised by consumers as
solving with 5 day standard, next day or 3 day turnaround times,
a sign of a quality product.
subject to the testing required.
Physical footwear testing
The perfect shoe fit from BLC – including school holidays
Physical testing is carried out to ensure that
BLC offers a comprehensive, technical and commercially focused fit
footwear will not fail in the
assessment service for both children’s and adult footwear. The standard
marketplace, both for consumer safety and
turnaround time for fits is 3 working days, with an express next day
for brand protection.
service available for a premium.
A few of the tests carried out include:
BLC offers fit assessments during school
• Slip resistance
holidays, ensuring there is no break in the
• Tear strength
supply of this vital service.
• Abrasion resistance
BLC works closely with a number of local
• Perspiration fastness
schools and nurseries. The model ages range
from pre-walkers to 16yrs and incorporate all
Leather training courses
associated shoe sizes. For each pair of shoes
Training is about generating or saving money through more effective
fitted, a minimum of three models will be used, subject to availability.
selling, buying and quality control decisions resulting in increased
sales, higher margins,
Chemical testing
reduced quality complaints,
Increasing consumer and environmental legislation is constantly
returns and
extending the number of restricted substance on a global level.
remediation costs.
Delivered by industry
BLC can:
experts, BLC courses are
• assist with the development of specifications and testing regimes
aimed at providing a
• perform a whole range of
better understanding of the
testing to ensure consumer
unique characteristics of
products conform to legislation
leather, product
• advise on the source of any
performance, quality and testing and the leather making process. BLC
substance failures and offer
leather training courses include the following:
solutions to eliminate failures
from the supply chain
ONE DAY UNDERSTANDING LEATHER
The restricted substance list
28 July and 25 August 2009 in Northampton
includes routine leather tests such
15 September 2009 in Boston, USA with FDRA
as Chrome VI, PCP, Azo dyes,
(Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America)
Formaldehyde, as well as:
23 or 24 September 2009 in Hong Kong
• Heavy metals testing –in accordance with EN71-3, including CPSC
1 October 2009 in London
lead testing for the US market.
• Phthalates – for soling materials, to determine whether any of the
TWO DAY UNDERSTANDING LEATHER
six banned phthalates are present.
6 to 7 October 2009 in Northampton
• Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) testing - in leather, footwear, product or
anti-mould sachets. Products containing DMF are banned in
TEN DAY APPROVED LEATHER EXPERT
Europe.
7 to 18 September 2009 in Northampton with BSLT
• Organotin compounds – although these are only legislated against
(British School of Leather Technology)
in water systems and paints intended for the maritime industry, they
should also be tested for in all materials as a safety measure.
BLC can help with all your footwear testing and problem
• Allergens – BLC can test for potential allergens in leather and
solving needs, as well as providing
footwear.
leather training and technical support.
• REACH - BLC can assist with any testing, support or the REACH
For further information contact
screening process to meet the requirements of the REACH
info@blcleathertech.com or visit
Regulation.
www.blcleathertech.com
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