Hohenstein has opened a testing laboratory in Gurugram.

The new addition to Hohenstein’s expanding lab network will focus on physical, colorfastness and restricted substance testing of leather, footwear and personal protective equipment. The lab will complement Hohenstein’s established textile testing labs in Asia, helping global brands and retailers ensure world-class quality products from India. Leather and footwear services will include testing quality and performance characteristics to international standards.

With more than 40 offices and laboratories, Hohenstein is an international partner for independent testing, certification and applied research around human-textile-environment interaction. It develops science-based methods and standards that consider the user in real life, not just in the lab. Through standard or customized testing, and interpretation of the results, Hohenstein experts solve problems, verify claims and help partners bring better, safer products to the market – more sustainably.

Hohenstein is a founding member and leading provider of the Oeko-Tex portfolio of services and is certified by the US Consumer Products Safety Commission as a third-party, independent laboratory for CPSIA compliance verification.

Hohenstein is at work developing a protein-based water and dirt-repellent finishing agent to provide an alternative to hydrophobic processes using fluorocarbon chemicals.The aim is to functionalise textiles in a stable, economical and sustainable way using fungal proteins produced with biotechnology as a replacement for per- and poly fluorinated hydrocarbons that are potentially dangerous to humans and the environment.