Luggage, Backpacks
and Bags Testing
Vacation time – travel time, the right motto for testing luggage, bags and backpacks. Not just useful for storing souvenirs during the holidays, bags and backpacks constitute fashionable accessories or functional companions in daily life. Your customers’ expectations regarding functionality and quality will always remain high, no matter how varied the purposes of the article. Customers demand products that are both high-quality and durable. Your products must comply not only with these quality demands but also with legal requirements. At the same time, it is important to improve your brand image and avoid customer complaints.
Bureau Veritas provides support with its world-wide network, its many years of experience and internationally recognized competence throughout the whole supply chain. We offer a complete range of services, such as product testing, inspections and consulting from a single provider. Our global laboratory network and our extensive presence allow short sample processing times. As a certified testing laboratory, we are specialized in testing for functionality and usability of luggage, backpacks and bags. We offer a comprehensive range of services for the quality assurance for your products in accordance with relevant legal regulations and market requirements. Our specialists throughout the world, who are active members of national and international standards committees, will develop suitable testing concepts with you in the required detail.
Benefits of Partnering with Bureau Veritas
Know-How
Our specialists hail from a wide variety of testing and quality assurance fields and have many years of experience in testing shoes and leather goods, as well as textiles, clothing, electrical and electronic products, toys, consumer goods that come into contact with foodstuffs, consumer durables of all types, medical and industrial devices (solar/wind/energy).
Reputation
Bureau Veritas is recognized world-wide and is a leader in the field of conformity solutions, enjoying a high degree of recognition among the largest and best-known brand manufacturers and retailers. Our specialists are highly regarded throughout Europe for their commitment and specialist knowledge. Furthermore, Bureau Veritas is an active member of many of the most important standards, committees globally.
Accreditations
Our laboratories operate at the highest level with cutting-edge technology and comply with international quality assurance standards such as ISO/IEC Guide 25 und ISO 17025. We are accredited by organizations such as the Chinese Laboratory Accreditation (CNLA), the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS), the French Committee for Accreditation (COFRAC) and the Government Accreditation Center Hanover (Staatliche Akkreditierungsstelle Hannover - AKS).
Global Network
With over 52,000 employees in 140 countries we look after the interests of over 400,000 customers around the world. Our extensive global presence allows us to offer our services tailored to our customers in terms of planning capability, time saving and affordability.
Functional Tests
The choice of tests to be carried out varies according to the design and intended use. This is a selection of the tests we offer:
• Static load & luggage handle durability test
• Rolling tests / durability test
• Dynamic load
• Color-fastness for exterior textile materials
• Drop test
• Stability
• Zipper test
• Corrosion test
Additional Services
• Bureau Veritas SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern)Test
• c-mark® - the quality seal (testing programs)
• Chemical tests in accordance with legal requirements
• Inspections
• Social audits and factory assesfsments
• Drawing up of test plans and requirement profiles
• Courses, training and seminars
• Consultancy and risk assessment
WHY CHOOSE BUREAU VERITAS?
Reputation – For over 35 years, we have worked successfully with top companies around the world to help them better manage risk and regulatory compliance.
Worldwide Locations – With locations close to sourcing areas in over 40 countries, we offer you the convenience of global coverage with local service where needed.
Technical Knowledge & Leadership – Our staff participate in the development of international, industry and regulatory standards worldwide.
Personalized Service – We are committed to meeting your evolving needs as you anticipate new market trends. We offer customized quality assurance services throughout your supply chain. Providing you with the highest level of service is our priority.