Private Limited Company
Registered in England
No. 414668

1872

1946

HSBC
7 Commercial Street
Halifax HX1 1HN
West Yorkshire

Bank Sorting Code: 40 23 05
Account Number: 00951897

IBAN code: GB90MIDL40230500951897
SWIFT code: MIDLGB22

Approximately 85

• Manufacture and supply of fabric and colour fastness testing instruments and of quality assured consumables
• Official distributor for Electrolux Wascator
• Official supplier of Sartorius Laboratory Balances
• Official distributor for VeriVide products
• Healink worldwide service and calibration system: Installation and commissioning of new equipment, operator training, maintenance, ISO/IEC 17025/UKAS calibration of existing equipment, technical and applications support

Vertical manufacturing concern, located on a single site in Halifax and occupying an area of approximately 10000m²

British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA)

British Standards Institution (BSI)

Bradford Chamber of Commerce and Industry

American Association of Textile Chemicals and Colorists (AATCC)

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry (ASBCI)

Approximately 90% of total turnover

Queen's Award for Export Achievement 1995

Agents and Distributors throughout the world

Specialisation in the field of fabric and colour fastness testing - the pursuit of excellence in product design, manufacture and supporting services - fast and efficient response to the needs of clients throughout the world

Company has supplied its products to virtually every country in the world possessing a textile industry - user reference lists for most major products available upon request - many 'laboratory' projects undertaken and completed satisfactorily for individual mills, textile schools and universities, and for organizations like UNIDO, UNESCO, ITS (INTERTEK), BV (MTL), STR and SGS.

BS EN ISO 9001 : 2000

Accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) to calibrate in-house and in-the-field a range of Textile Testing Instruments including:-

Nu-Martindale, Gyrowash, Wascator, Accudry, Seam Slippage Tester, Fabric Extensiometer, FlexiBurn/Rhoburn, Sample Cutters, Tautex, Titan² , TruBurst, Orbitor (ICI Pilling Tester) and Impulse (Random Tumble Pilling Tester)

Many instruments comply with national and international standards and are approved by Marks and Spencer, Next and other major retailers.

A comprehensive programme of:

Fabric & colour fastness testing instruments, quality assured consumables & after sales services, including:-

AATCC - Quality Control Aids

Apollo / SolarSens - Light and Weather Fastness Tester

Crockmaster - Manual and Motorised Crockmeters

Cusick - Drape Tester

Elmatear - Digital Tear Tester

FlexiBurn - Multi-Purpose Flammability Tester

Gyrowash - Washwheel

HEALINK - Worldwide Service and Calibration System

Impulse - Random Tumble Pilling Tester

Mini-Martindale - Universal Abrasion and Pilling Tester

Nu-Martindale - Abrasion and Pilling Tester

Orbitor - Pilling and Snagging Tester

SnagPod - Snagging Resistance Tester

Tautex - Digital Crimp Tester

Thermaplate - Colour Fastness and Stability Tester

Titan² - Universal Strength Tester

TruBurst - Intelligent Bursting Strength Tester

VeriVide - Colour Assessment Cabinets

Wascator - Programmable Automatic Washing Machine

as well as :-

Idealair -

Close control Laboratory Air Conditioning System (for installation in U.K. , Eire , Belgium , Netherlands and France only )