SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, has been officially approved as a third-party laboratory member and will soon be extending its fibre fragmentation testing services beyond consortium member organisations. Based in Switzerland, SGS is recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity.
The textile industry has become increasingly aware of the issue of fibre fragmentation and its potential as a serious environmental polluter. The goal of TMC, founded in 2018, is to facilitate the development of practical solutions for the industry to minimise fibre fragmentation and its release into the environment from textile manufacturing and through the product life cycle, according to SGS.SGS, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, has been officially approved as a third-party laboratory member and will soon be extending its fibre fragmentation testing services beyond consortium member organisations. Based in Switzerland, SGS is recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity.#
The collaboration with SGS will provide TMC’s brand, retail and supplier members with bespoke support and standardised testing services. Utilising its global network of testing laboratories, including Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei City, members will gain access to our testing services to help them understand the requirements, whilst demonstrating their environmental responsibility and improving sustainability along the supply chain, SGS said in a media statement.
“We are delighted to become TMC’s first approved third party laboratory and welcome the opportunity it brings to work collaboratively with TMC members, and the wider textile and apparel industry, to support them in taking the practical steps needed to accelerate reductions in fibre fragmentation,” Yvonne Tse, vice president - global softlines, SGS said in a statement.
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