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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the Standardization Administration of China has issued a new national standard covering the ecological technical requirements for recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) fiber – GB/T 40351-2021 Ecological technical requirements for recycled Poly(ethylene terephthalate) fiber. The standard follows increasing global demand for recycled polyester in […]

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is pleased to announce that Frank Kempe has been appointed Global Softlines Technical Manager. Frank, who is based in Germany, takes responsibility for Strategic Development for Sustainability, Chemical Testing and Management across SGS’s worldwide Textile and Footwear divisions. Frank’s expertise in sustainability and product compliance stems

SGS presents a complimentary webinar for softlines brands and manufacturers, ‘Upstream Solutions for Supply Chain Management – Advanced Field Service’ on Thursday, March 31. In the footwear and apparel sectors, the complicated nature of the supply chain and the many different stages and processes a product is subject to, can negatively affect quality. When these

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding stakeholders that California is phasing out the use of Perchloroethylene (Perc) in dry cleaning. Perc was identified by the California Air resources Board (CARB) as a toxic air contaminant (TAC) under the state’s Toxic Air Contaminant Identification and Control Program in October 1991. Because

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is delighted to announce a complimentary webinar, ‘China Market Update: 2021 Market Supervision Recall Overview’ on February 23, 2022. This event will be of interest to regulatory compliance professionals of textile businesses selling to China. Quality supervision systems in China are becoming more exacting as demand

Japan amends Textile Product Quality Labeling Regulations to replace the designated term ‘acrylic’ with ‘modacrylic’. The amendment refers to the generic name for polyacrylonitrile synthetic fibers that are used in textile product labeling. This change follows a revision to Japanese Industrial Standards JIS L0204-2 “Textile Term (Raw Material Division) – Part 2: Chemical Fiber” in

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an article looking at the drivers impacting the use of recycled fibers in the clothing and textile industry. The 2025 Recycled Polyester Challenge is encouraging manufacturers to use 80-100% recycled polyester (rPET). Textile fibers have traditionally been difficult to recycle, with an estimated 92

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding footwear and footwear component manufacturers that ISO has updated its test method for determining polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in footwear materials. ISO 16190 defines a test method that requires a sample to be extracted using toluene in an ultrasonic bath. An aliquot is then

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is reminding manufacturers that China’s Administration of Market Supervision and Standardization Administration has released a new product standard – GB/T 25036-2021 – for children’s canvas rubber footwear. Published on October 11, 2021, the new standard is applicable to footwear for toddlers and children, where the outsole

SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification provider, is reminding bedding manufacturers that China has released a new national product standard – GB/T 22796-2021 – which comes into effect on February 1, 2022. The updated standard was issued by the Standardization Administration of China and included in No. 12 announcement of approved national standards