ASTM International, an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services, has fully redesigned its International Laboratory Directory, the only directory in the world dedicated to helping manufacturers find the right labs to test their products.
The new International Laboratory Directory includes lists of standards and test methods that each laboratory can perform, with their locations in the world. It allows labs to improve search ranking by purchasing keywords that highlight industry-specific strengths and services; and manufacturers and other potential partners to compare laboratories. The multiple laboratories owned by a single company can also be identified and searched from the directory.
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Independent laboratories throughout the world rely on thousands of standards and test methods, including many developed by ASTM International. By working with these labs, manufacturers can help ensure that their products meet key safety and performance criteria, which in turn sends a strong message to existing and potential customers.
This will be a tremendous assistance to the textile and apparel manufacturing companies who do not operate their separate testing facilities and eases the process by providing a third-party testing facility to standardize and set a benchmark for the products manufactured.
