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Setting Industry Standards with Accurate Testing

AWTA Ltd is the world’s largest wool testing organisation, leading the industry with unparalleled accuracy and expertise. Comprising three Australian divisions, AWTA Raw Wool, AWTA Product Testing, and Agrifood Technology, alongside its subsidiary NZWTA and joint venture JinAo Testing Company, AWTA sets the benchmark for objective wool assessment. Through cutting-edge research, rigorous testing standards, and a commitment to innovation, AWTA transforms how wool is valued and traded globally, ensuring precise measurements and reliable data for growers, processors, and the entire wool industry.

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Wool Testing

AWTA Raw Wool provides independent and objective wool certification services. Key services are sampling, testing and certifying the yield, fibre diameter, vegetable matter content, staple length and staple strength of greasy wool before it is sold.

Raw Wool - Electronic Services

The electronic distribution of data is an integral part of AWTA’s services. Via our Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facilities, AWTA provide electronic data for virtually every test we undertake and much more.

Raw Wool - Equipment Manufacturing

AWTA Raw Wool manufactures or subcontracts the manufacturing of most of the equipment that is used in its laboratories. AWTA Raw Wool is the largest supplier of wool testing equipment in the world.

Analytical Testing of Food, Grain & Feed Industries

Agrifood Technology test results provide valuable information for use in all areas of agribusiness and assist commercial businesses to meet consumer expectations for the assurance of the quality and safety of food, feed and other agricultural products.

Hay & Fodder Testing

At FeedTest we cover a broad array of test packages and parameters giving an extensive laboratory service. FeedTest provide reliable results that are critical in determining the nutritional value of your stockfeed.

Independent Material Testing

AWTA Product Testing is an independent materials testing laboratory that operates primarily within its core business sectors of Building, Textiles and Transport. Offering an extensive selection of tests across a range of Australian, International, and industry-based Standards.

NZWTA - Sampling, Testing & Certification of Wool & Textiles

NZWTA Ltd is New Zealand’s leading wool and textile testing organisation, providing an extensive range of services to the broader textile and manufacturing industries.

JinAo - Testing of Chinese Products & Imported Raw Materials

JinAo mainly focuses on textile and environmental testing of products predominantly of Chinese origin. JinAo is a joint venture laboratory located in Nanjing, China and is a 50/50 venture between AWTA Ltd and JSIC Jiangsu.

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