Eurofins Textile & Footwear Testing Spain receives EU Notified Body accreditation for Personal Protective Equipment
Eurofins is pleased to announce that our Textile & Footwear Testing laboratory in Spain has been accredited by the European Commission as a Notified Body (2865) for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) certification, offering support to the market in an urgent and critical time.
According to ISO/IEC 17065:2012 requirements accredited by Entidad Nacional de Acreditación (ENAC), Eurofins Textile & Footwear Testing Spain can now issue CE Marking certification and ensure that the PPE products sold in the European market are compliant with Personal Protective Equipment Regulation (EU) 2016/425.
The PPE certification covers protective clothing, safety shoes and protective gloves designed for different levels of risk and protection, including harmful biological agents, mechanical risks, protection against heat or fire and static electricity among others.
This accreditation is timely, given the global shortage of PPE products amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to this newly accredited PPE certification, Eurofins’ wide service offering covers a scope spanning from product concept and risk assessment, Notified Body services, through chemical, biological, physical, mechanical or electrical testing, efficacy and performance evaluations and all the way down to product certification and quality controls. From its vast international laboratory network, Eurofins strives to be the one-stop solution provider for its clients supplying PPEs and Medical Devices to the healthcare sector worldwide.
Enrique Rivas
Managing Director
Eurofins Textile & Footwear Testing Spain
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Eurofins Textile & Footwear Testing Spain within the Eurofins Group
Eurofins is Testing for Life. The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.
With ca. 62,000 staff across a network of over 900 laboratories in 62 countries, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods.
Eurofins Shares are listed on Euronext Paris Stock Exchange.
As part of the Eurofins Consumer Product Testing (CPT) Division, Eurofins Textile Testing Spain delivers comprehensive solutions to buyers and suppliers in the textile and footwear industries. From supplier assessment and R&D support to regulatory guidance and supply chain mapping, all the way through to compliance, bespoke testing and QC inspections and down to failure analysis and market surveillance, Eurofins CPT covers every stage of your product’s quality journey.
