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Ceylon Knit Trend (Pvt) Ltd Sri Lanka
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Comfy Quilts UK
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ITS (Gurgaon) India
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VMC UK

ITS (Mumbai)

Contact name Mr S.Y. Gawaskar
Country India
Telephone 0091 22 67976900
Fax 0091 22 25771148
Email Gawaskar@intertek.com
Date of next visit TEPS only (last visited June 2003)
Business Independent

This Laboratory has been approved for the following retailers:

  • Ethel Austin
  • Homebase
  • Adams
  • Boden



    This Laboratory has been approved for the following tests:

  • Chemical tests: BS EN ISO 14184-1:1999 - Determination of formaldehyde - Free and hydrolysed formaldehyde
  • Chemical tests: BS EN ISO 14184-2:1998 - Determination of formaldehyde - Released formaldehyde
  • Chemical tests: BS 4407 - Fibre identification and qualitative analysis
  • Chemical tests: EU Directive 73/44/EEC and EU Directive 96/73/EC as amended by 2006/2/EC, 2007/4/EC and 2009/122/EC - Methods for quantitative analysis of fibre mixtures
  • Cleansing and Appearance Washes: Adams TM5 - Appearance after wash (wascator)
  • Cleansing and Appearance Washes: Boden Method - Appearance after wash (wascator)
  • Cleansing and Appearance Washes: Ethel Austin IHTM 007 - Appearance assessment
  • Colour fastness to light: BS EN ISO 105-BO2:1999 - Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test
  • Dimensional stability: BS EN ISO 6330 - Domestic washing & drying procedures
  • Dimensional stability: BS EN 26330:1994 - Domestic washing & drying procedures
  • Dimensional stability: Homebase HBT2 - Spirality (degrees method)
  • Dimensional stability: Boden - Spirality (percentage method)
  • Dimensional stability: Ethel Austin IHTM 2 - Spirality (percentage method)
  • Dimensional stability: Adams TM 2 - Spirality (percentage method)
  • Physical tests - knitted: BS EN ISO 13938-1:1999 - Bursting properties of fabrics. Hydraulic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension
  • Physical tests - knitted: BS EN ISO 12945-2:2000 - Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. Modified Martindale method
  • Physical tests - knitted: BS EN ISO 12945-1:2001 - Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. Pilling box method
  • Physical tests - knitted: BS EN ISO 12947-2:1999 - Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the Martindale method. Determination of specimen breakdown
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 12945-2:2000 - Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. Modified Martindale method
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 12945-1:2001 - Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling. Pilling box method
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 12947-2:1999 - Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the Martindale method. Determination of specimen breakdown
  • Physical tests - woven: BS 3320:1988 - Method for determination of slippage resistance of yarns in woven fabrics: seam method
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 13935-2:1999 - Seam tensile properties of fabrics and made-up textile articles. Determination of maximum force to seam rupture using the grab method
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 13937-1:2000 - Tear properties of fabrics. Determination of tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf)
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 13934-2:1999 - Tensile properties of fabrics. Determination of maximum force using the grab method
  • Physical tests - woven: BS EN ISO 13936-1:2004 - Textiles. Determination of the slippage resistance of yarns at a seam in woven fabrics. Fixed seam opening method
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-E03:1997 - Colour fastness to chlorinated water
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-C06:1997 - Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-C09:2003 - Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering - Oxidative bleach response
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-D01:1995 - Colour fastness to dry cleaning
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-E04:1996 - Colour fastness to perspiration
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-X12:2002 - Colour fastness to rubbing
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-E02:1996 - Colour fastness to sea water
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-E01:1996 - Colour fastness to water
  • Wet colour fastness tests: Homebase HBT3 - Durability/Print Durability (twin tub)
  • Wet colour fastness tests: BS EN ISO 105-X18 - Phenolic Yellowing
  • Wet colour fastness tests: Boden Method - Print Durability (twin tub)
  • Wet colour fastness tests: Ethel Austin IHTM 001 - Print Durability (twin tub)
  • Wet colour fastness tests: Adams TM 1 - Print/Motif Durability (twin tub)