The safety footwear industry requires specialized testing equipment to ensure that safety footwear products meet the required safety standards and provide adequate protection for workers.
BUENOS AIRES—The energy at last week's SLTC Latin America Rubber Conference was palpable, but beneath the surface, a common frustration emerged: "We're using European testing standards with equipment that can't handle our local materials," confessed a quality manager from a leading Brazilian shoe ma
When a major European fashion brand faced €2.8 million in fines last quarter for PFAS contamination in their sustainable collection, their quality director told us: "We thought we were compliant. Our certificates said we were organic. But our basic textile testing machine couldn't detect what the ne
