Softlines India
Tailored solutions for textile, apparel, and footwear
Increasing regulatory challenges coupled with high expectations from consumers is transforming the consumer goods and retail industry. Companies dealing with textile, leather goods and other consumer products are under constant pressure to deal with these and other complex operational challenges. Whether you are a manufacturer producing appropriately labelled garments or you need to ensure the dyes used in colouring processes are non-toxic, we understand the challenges you face and their implications.
Intertek’s capabilities in a variety of soft goods industries - from textiles and footwear to apparel and accessories to sporting goods and more - offer an interconnected knowledge base that brings solutions to everything from regulatory issues to supply chain challenges, and beyond.
Our services integrate safety, quality, and compliance into every aspect of your business. As a leader in providing Total Quality Assurance for consumer products, we operate dedicated laboratories and support major retailers as their ‘preferred testing partner’.
Testing Services
- Chemical & Analytical Testing of RSL
- Regulatory tests – Fiber, Flammability, Labelling, Children’s safety
- Textile & Apparel Performance Testing
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Testing
- Leather & Footwear Testing
- Home Textile Testing
- Detox-ZDHC wastewater testing
- MRSL Testing for Raw Materials relevant to Textile and Leather Industry
- REACH - RSL & SVHC Testing
- CA Prop-65
- Recycled Polyester Verification in Textile
- Wool Mark Testing
- Smart Chemical Screening
- Microbiological testing
- Analysis for hazardous chemicals in packaging
Inspection Services
- Export and Importer Inspection
- Remote Inspection
- Textile & Apparel Inspection
- Leather & Footwear Inspection
- PPE (Mask, Coverall and Gloves)
- Industrial Safety wear Products
- Fashion Accessories
- Traceability Audits
- Loading Supervision
- Sample Evaluations
- i2Q
Certification Services
- CE Certification of Surgical Gowns and Surgical Masks
- CE Certification Safety Leather Shoes /Safety Gloves / Safety Clothing
- PPE Certification of Respirators
- Wool Mark Certification
- Green Leaf Certification
- Vegan Mark Certification
- High-Performance Mark Certification
Assurance Services
- Lab set up services
- Lab evaluation services
- Accreditation support services
- Claim verification services
- Product benchmarking services
- Product validation services
Training Services
- CPI Training (Compliance Practitioner’s Initiative)
- Fabric and Garment Inspections Training
- Needle Control and Metal Detection Training
- QA Evaluations
- ISO 17025:2017 Management System
- Test Method training for Textiles, Leather and Footwear Tests
- Needle Control and Metal Detection Training
- RSL on Textile and Raw Materials
- REACH on Softline products
- ZDHC and Detox for Apparel / Leather industry
- EU / US Regulations on Apparel products
- Children’s Safety regulations
Featured Services:
Intertek Streamlines Testing and Certification of PPE through its Centre of Excellence (COE) in Gurugram, India.
Intertek has developed an innovative High-Performance Mark program to help demonstrate the functional properties of apparel, activewear, textiles and footwear by verifying performance attributes and helping you to communicate the benefits to your customers through the High-Performance Mark.
Intertek’s Vegan Mark enables retailers, brands, and manufacturers to promote their apparel, footwear, and accessories products as being free of animal origin materials, and can be used to help consumers make educated decisions about the fashion products they purchase.
ZDHC Programme Testing Services
Intertek offers chemical testing services for retailers and manufacturers of apparel and footwear to check supply chains for hazardous substances banned by industry initiatives like the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Program and state and regional consumer product safety organizations.
Leather and Footwear
Intertek delivers end-to-end footwear testing, inspection, auditing, advisory, training and quality assurance services with precision, enabling retailers, manufacturers and importers to ensure the safety, quality and performance of your footwear and leather goods.
Learn more about footwear testing and leather testing.
Protek for Factories and Warehouses
Protek provides comprehensive solutions for health, safety, and wellbeing across all industries, covering all aspects from facility health assessment, program development, audit solutions for the prevention of the spread of infection, cleaning and disinfecting process oversight, and post cleaning verification to compliance reporting, and certification.
Inview Remote Auditing
Remote audits reduce time, travel, and expense of conducting a traditional audit while also improving the quality and detail of audit reports.