SATRA China laboratory opens for business

SATRA’s China laboratory specialises in testing safety footwear and can assess a variety of footwear products

SATRA’s comprehensive testing facility located in the Guangdong Province of China is now fully open for business. The purpose-built footwear testing laboratory is based alongside SATRA’s recently opened suite of offices and training site in Dongguan – an important manufacturing base for multinational footwear brands in China, as well as a number of domestically-owned companies.

A range of test machinery built to specification by SATRA in the UK has been installed in the new laboratory, which is fully equipped to test all types of safety footwear, as well as more general shoes and boots.

Two temperature-controlled testing areas have been installed. One of these is for general preparation and testing, and the other area is environmentally conditioned with full temperature and humidity control to 23°C/50 per cent RH, thus serving more precise testing requirements.

SATRA Chief Executive Austin Simmons commented: “SATRA sees the establishment of its own independent laboratory as a major benefit to members and customers based in the China region. The facility is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SATRA, and is staffed by experienced technologists – many of them on secondment from the UK.”

Steve Rose, general manager for SATRA in China, added: “Not only does the new laboratory represent a significant step forward in what we can do locally, it is also a ‘shop window’ for test equipment where potential customers can see the machines working for themselves and undertake training in their use.”

Publishing Data

This article was originally published on page 13 of the December 2012 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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