Eurofins Softlines & Hardlines provides expert laboratory testing to ensure product quality, safety, and performance, helping you meet global industry standards. Centrally managed content
Softlines & Hardlines
With a worldwide network of laboratories, Eurofins Softlines & Hardlines provides our customers with expert testing, certification, and quality assurance for textiles, apparel, footwear, toys, and hard goods. Centrally managed content
Our industries
Ensure apparel safety, quality, and compliance with expert testing and certification services. Centrally managed content
Ensure quality, safety, and compliance with expert textile testing to meet global standards and boost product performance. Centrally managed content
We test toys for safety, durability, and chemical compliance, helping brands meet global standards such as EN 71, ASTM, and CPSIA. Centrally managed content
From tanning chemicals to tear strength, we test leather for safety, performance, and sustainability. Centrally managed content
Test your footwear for fit, function, and durability. We verify performance and regulatory compliance to help you meet international safety standards. Centrally managed content
We test childcare products for safety, durability, and chemical compliance, helping brands meet global standards and protect young children. Centrally managed content
We test and certify Personal Protective Equipment for safety, durability, and regulatory compliance, to protect users in high-risk environments. Centrally managed content
From sofas to candles, we test furniture and decor for structural safety, chemical hazards, and flammability to ensure compliance and consumer trust. Centrally managed content
We test home textiles such as bedding, towels, and upholstery for flammability, quality, and chemical compliance to ensure safety and quality. Centrally managed content
From plastics to ceramics, we assess food contact materials for migration, composition, and hygiene to ensure they’re safe and globally compliant. Centrally managed content
Ensure pet products like toys, apparel and accessories meet safety, durability, and labelling standards to protect animal health and build trust. Centrally managed content
We test jewellery for heavy metals, durability, and skin safety to ensure quality, consumer safety and compliance with global regulations. Centrally managed content
We test accessories and components such as buttons, zippers, and buckles for durability, safety, and compliance to ensure performance. Centrally managed content
We test garden tools, décor, gloves, and equipment for safety, durability, and chemical compliance, helping you meet global standards with confidence. Centrally managed content
Assessing candles, kitchenware, and decor for safety, performance, and labelling compliance to ensure homewares meet global standards. Centrally managed content
Ensure luxury goods like watches, jewellery, and leather items meet premium quality, safety, and authenticity standards. Centrally managed content
Assess the material safety, durability, and hygiene of adult toys to ensure regulatory compliance and user safety. Centrally managed content
Our services
Ensure compliance, safety, and quality with advanced chemical testing solutions. Centrally managed content
Verify product durability, strength, and safety with expert mechanical testing. Centrally managed content
Protect consumers by ensuring fire safety compliance through flammability testing. Centrally managed content
Optimise product reliability and functionality through comprehensive performance testing. Centrally managed content
Detect harmful microbes and ensure hygiene with microbiological testing services. Centrally managed content
Understand the faults found in your final products and whether they are attributable to the materials, quality or manufacturing processes with our expert fault diagnosis services. Centrally managed content
Our ISTA certified laboratories perform packaging testing to ISTA requirements, helping you to minimise damage during transit, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction. Centrally managed content
Bespoke testing and protocols to fit individual requirements. Centrally managed content
Ensure your products meet global safety standards with expert regulatory and compliance support. We help you navigate complex laws, avoid costly risks, and enter markets with confidence. Centrally managed content
Including CE Marking, UKCA, and FCC marking. Centrally managed content
Toy safety assessments to identify hazards and ensure regulatory compliance efficiently. Centrally managed content
Labelling and markings support and reviews. Centrally managed content
Simplify global market access, ensure compliance and reduce delays. Centrally managed content
Ensure product compliance with accurate, complete documentation services. Centrally managed content
Simplify toy market entry, ensuring compliance and reducing delays globally. Centrally managed content
We deliver global certification services, including FCC marking for toys and CE marking for Personal Protective Equipment and toys, to support manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers in international markets. Centrally managed content
Ensure your toys meet the toy compliance requirements in the EU with our comprehensive CE marking services. Centrally managed content
Obtain the FCC mark for your toys with our expert services. Centrally managed content
Ensure fast and seamless CE marking with our PPE compliance experts. Centrally managed content
Through Eurofins Assurance, we provide comprehensive inspection services for the softlines and hardlines sectors, ensuring quality, compliance, and sustainability performance. Centrally managed content
We conduct social and environmental audits for consumer goods, ensuring ethical sourcing, regulatory compliance, and sustainable supply chain practices globally. Centrally managed content
Eurofins Softlines & Hardlines offers customised training on product safety, regulations, and compliance so you can keep up with industry standards. Centrally managed content
From expert guidance, regulatory support and product assessment to market surveillance, our tailored solutions help you ensure quality and compliance. Centrally managed content
About us
Since 2017, the Eurofins Softlines & Hardlines network of laboratories has established itself as a challenger in consumer product testing, driving innovation, compliance, and quality assurance for:
- Textiles, leather and footwear
- Toys and children’s products
- Hardlines and general merchandise
We ensure manufacturers, brands and retailers deliver reliable, safe and compliant products that win consumer trust and safeguard brand reputation.
We pride ourselves on our best-in-class laboratories, which allow us to deliver innovative, science-backed and expert-driven testing and certification services worldwide.
Eurofins Softlines & Hardlines has a proud history of dynamic growth and expansion, which includes the acquisition of the leading leather testing and technology centre BLC in 2018 and Modern Testing Services in 2021.
In 2025, as part of our continued evolution, Eurofins Softlines & Leather, Toys & Hardlines became Eurofins Softlines & Hardlines. Centrally managed content
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