Product Testing

Adjacent to the Melbourne Raw Wool laboratory is the AWTA Textile Testing Division laboratory. AWTA Textile Testing is the largest independent supplier of testing services to the textile industries and is certified to ISO 9001 and accredited ISO Guide 25 by NATA. It is able to provide a comprehensive range of textile and materials testing services on a wide variety of wool and non-woollen products.

For example:

• semi-processed wool and yarn
• carpets, curtains, garments and interior textile fabrics
• flammability tests on building materials, interior textiles and garments, such as children’s nightwear
• geotextile testing, flexible air-conditioning duct testing and component testing for the automotive industry

AWTA Textile Testing has also developed a number of innovative packages for its clients. These include:

• RAPITEST® which provides fabric and garment manufacturers with rapid information on a number of fabric qualities critical to the garment manufacture.
• LAUNDRYWATCH which gives commercial laundries quality control data to assist the monitoring of their performance.

Staff also provide consulting services and may be asked to give expert evidence in commercial/legal disputes.

The Division also acts as a major source of supplies and materials for quality control laboratories at textile processing operations throughout Australia and New Zealand.