Several companies have announced moves to support clean production and ban harmful chemicals such as plasticisers or perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals from their production processes. In particular, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe/Penny, ...
Tags: Chemical-Free Packaging, PVC, The Cantonal Laboratory of Zurich
Oeko-Tex Association has as usual updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification in accordance with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 at the start of the new year. After a three month transition period, the new ...
Tags: decoration materials, OEKO system, Textile
The OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is a global, third party certification for textiles and apparel that ensures these products are tested for more than 300 substances used in textile production that are considered to be dangerous to human health. ...
For more than half a century now, Janitza is manufacturing products that are always a little ahead of their time, starting with the world’s first electronic power factor controller with harmonic limit values and automatic step ...
Tags: Certification
In its study "A little story about the monsters in your closet" published in mid January, the environmental organization Greenpeace criticized numerous discoveries of harmful substances in children's clothing from renowned brand ...
Tags: children's clothing, skin contact, health
Long-term exposure to particulate matter is associated with an increased risk for heart attack. Moreover, this association can already be observed in levels of particulate exposure below the current specified European limit values. These ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Heart Attack
European wood-based panels companies have been talking a lot more about lowering formaldehyde emissions over the past few months. These discussions have revolved around the reclassification of formaldehyde in February 2014 after a proposal ...
Tags: Construction, wood flooring, flooring
The German Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection has cast a new spotlight on projects to reduce or avoid emissions from timber and timber products within its renewable raw materials funding initiative. The project ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Toy Industries of Europe’s (TIE) members are fully committed to the implementation of the new Toy Safety Directive (2009/48/EC), whose requirements are set by the EU’s leading experts and guarantee toy safety. The new Directive ...
Tags: Toy Industries, Heavy Metals
Placing orders in the evening or on the weekend is the order of the day in small companies. Unfortunately, so are waiting for an offer to be quoted and lengthy price negotiations. To meet the needs of plant construction companies like ...
Tags: Webshop, Processing Machinery, Pumps
The International OEKO-TEX Association will offer a free webinar on February 6 at 12:00 Noon EST to review the recently announced 2013 updates to the OEKO-TEX Standard 100, particularly as they apply to U.S. textile products manufacturers, ...
The European Commission is currently reviewing the existing regulatory framework on food contact materials, in particular Directive 84/500/EEC for ceramic articles. Among the discussed features of this revision are: the extension of the ...
Tags: Glass, ceramic articles, glass materials
Electric drive systems with continuous torque and speed control are widespread today. They allow an optimal adjustment of the drive with respect to the application. Standard drive systems consist of 3-phase, alternating-current, ...
The International Oeko-Tex Association, Switzerland, has announced it will replace the current Oeko-Tex® Standard 1000 certification system for sustainable production with Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) by Oeko-Tex. The ...
Tags: Tex Association, Sustainable Textile Production, textile value chain
With regard to product certification according to OEKO-TEX Standard 100, the OEKO-TEX Association has as usual updated the applicable test criteria and limit values at the beginning of year. After a three-month transitional period the ...
Tags: OEKO TEX, test criteria, limit values, textile