Testing & Analysis

Ensuring product performance in use is critical to ensure consumer trust. Our analysis and testing services will help you to ensure that your product works first time, every time and that it leads the way in your market sector.

Whatever the specification, you can be confident that testing is to the highest standards using transparent, traceable, calibrated approaches and state-of-the-art equipment by highly qualified and experienced technical staff.

Why Test?

• Legislative requirements
• Raw material identification and assessment
• Product development purposes
• Quality control and quality assurance
• Material and product evaluation and conformity
• Quality and performance improvement
• Product marketing support
• Safety testing
• Competitor product benchmarking
• Environmental impact
• Failure analysis, including contamination analysis.

We Provide:

• Chemical analyses for bulk composition to trace analyses
• Mineralogical analyses for speciation and phase determination
• Controlled release profiling - determining the controlled release to optimise performance
• Physical testing
• Microstructural testing to study product failure or defects, failure mechanisms, inclusions, grain size and bonding structures
• Surface analysis to detect failures, contamination and defects
• QA/QC services.

We don’t just provide test reports. We provide results, analysis and consultancy to help you solve problems, improve products and ensure legislative requirements are met - quickly and cost-effectively.

Ceram Projects:

• Determination of the finishes on fabrics after laundering with detergent, e.g. non-iron properties, crease resistance
• Performance of toilet cleaners over time
• Substantivity of window cleaners
• Development of controlled release detergents
• Competitor product benchmarking
• Surface analysis of soap stain, before and after use
• Latex analysis for contact and transfer of material to skin
• Effects of bathroom cleaners on common materials in bathrooms.