Sharpening your competitive edge by getting the quality assurance you need fast and efficiently.

With ever changing government regulations on the textile, footwear and apparel, how do you ensure full compliance throughout your globally supply chain? With customers increasing demand for higher quality apparel and garments, who can you turn to for sustainability issues, performance and safety testing at rapid speed?

Intertek's Softlines Testing services enable retailers, brands and manufacturers of textiles, apparel, fashion accessories, footwear and home textiles to ensure the safety and quality of their products. Intertek performs softlines testing on items ranging from fabric samples to finished products, including apparel and footwear for children and adults (pajamas, sweaters, jeans, outerwear) and home furnishings (bedding, curtains, furniture fabric, rugs). We help ensure our customers meet consumer demand for high quality, minimize reputational risk, reduce environmental impacts and protect the interests of retailers, brands, textile manufacturers and consumer safety.

For textile and apparel suppliers and buyers, having a trusted brand with loyal consumers making repeat purchases is essential in achieving success in the highly competitive textile and apparel business. In order to produce reliable, high-quality products that loyal consumers expect, you need a trusted partner to conduct quality testing, inspection and certification.

We offer comprehensive testing services for products: