Testing labs in Prato

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by ACCREDIA (No. 00685) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Bio Food Safety; Food Microbiology. Located at 59100, Prato, Italy.

Ecoprisma srl (Italy) is a testing laboratory serving the food, pharmaceutical, industrial, cosmetic, consultancy and waste/environmental-management sectors.

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by ACCREDIA (No. 00643) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Bio Food Safety; Calibration Temperature Pressure; Chemical Chromatography; Chemical Elemental Analysis; Chemical Spectroscopy; Construction; Environmental; Mechanical Tensile Compression Flexural; Petroleum Lubricants; Textile Physical Properties; Water Drinking. Located at 59100, Prato, Italy.

TEST & INNOVATION LAB SRL (TIL) is an advanced Italian analytical testing laboratory positioned among the most modern and technologically equipped facilities in the country. Serving manufacturers, brands, and industrial clients across the fashion, cosmetics, food contact, environmental, and forensic sectors, TIL delivers rigorous product compliance verification against Italian, EU, and international regulatory standards. The laboratory's guiding principles are data accuracy, transparency, analytical reliability, continuous research, and client confidentiality — with every service model built around individual customer requirements. The fashion and textile sector forms one of TIL's primary areas of expertise. The laboratory provides a broad suite of conformity tests for both domestic and international fashion markets, covering chemical analysis, physical performance evaluation, and regulatory compliance across global jurisdictions. Specialized capabilities include the geo-localization of organic cotton and raw materials, determination of recycled polyester content, verification of bio-based materials, and testing of perfluorinated compounds (PFAS — sostanze perfluoroalchiliche). TIL also offers microfiber release testing, pioneering quantitative protocols for evaluating synthetic textile shedding in line with the requirements of The Microfiber Consortium. Collaborative robotics platforms are employed for repeated stress and durability testing, enabling simulation of real-world product lifecycle conditions with high reproducibility. The cosmetics and personal care division handles conformity testing for cosmetics, permanent makeup, and tattoo inks against applicable EU and international regulations. In the sustainability and environment domain, TIL performs verification of Manufacturing Restricted Substances Lists (MRSL) and ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) gateway compliance — critical for brands seeking responsible chemical management across supply chains. Environmental analysis capabilities extend to wastewater (acque reflue) and sludge (fanghi), supporting industrial clients in demonstrating compliance with discharge and process-sustainability requirements. Vegan product verification and omics sciences — specifically proteomics — are offered as high-innovation services that allow brands to substantiate ingredient and origin claims at a molecular level. TIL's food contact (MOCA — Materiali e Oggetti a Contatto con gli Alimenti) service line addresses manufacturers of hygiene protection devices, primary packaging, food processing machinery, and raw materials intended to contact foodstuffs. The laboratory conducts migration testing (test di cessione) to quantify substance transfer from materials into food simulants, as well as material composition analysis to confirm regulatory conformity. The scope covers Italian, EU, and international food contact legislation, with dedicated regulatory consulting to guide exporters navigating the complex patchwork of rules in target markets. A forensic analysis capability — leveraging SEM-EDX scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy — supports litigation and investigative use cases including examination of fire residues (residui d'incendio) and trace material analysis. The laboratory's technical infrastructure is organized across five analytical departments: general and instrumental chemistry (chimica generale e strumentale); applied chemistry (chimica applicata); optical microscopy, electron microscopy, and X-ray analysis; microbiology and molecular biology; and mechanical physics (fisica meccanica). This multi-disciplinary platform enables TIL to handle a wide variety of sample types — textiles, garments, cosmetic formulations, packaging materials, environmental samples, and finished consumer goods — within a single integrated facility equipped with Industry 4.0 technologies and highly specialized scientific staff. Accreditation underpins TIL's quality assurance framework. The laboratory holds ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from Accredia (Italy's national accreditation body) covering more than 250 individual accredited tests, ensuring the technical competence and impartiality of its analytical results. Additional international certifications and scheme recognitions include CCMI, MHLW (Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission), ZDHC, and The Microfiber Consortium — collectively ensuring test report acceptance across North American, European, Asian, and other key export markets. Children's product safety verification is also within scope, reflecting CPSC scheme requirements for juvenile articles. Client interaction and sample management are handled through a proprietary digital platform developed internally by TIL. Upon receipt, each sample is scanned and assigned a barcode, automatically populating the web-based system where clients can monitor every stage of the analytical workflow in real time and receive personalized results ahead of the formal report. The platform operates on a cloud infrastructure, maintains a full historical archive of all tests, generates customized statistical reports and data comparisons, and integrates via API with clients' own enterprise management systems. An alert and notification layer ensures proactive communication at every milestone. TIL's Customer Service and Quality Control departments operate as complementary pillars: the former managing end-to-end client experience and sample throughput, the latter overseeing accreditation compliance, procedural integrity, and staff competency verification.

ISO/IEC 17025 accredited by ACCREDIA (No. 01391) testing laboratory (accreditation status: active). Accredited test areas include: Chemical Chromatography. Located at 59100, Prato, Italy.

LAPI (Laboratorio Prevenzione Incendi) is a private Italian laboratory (since 1983) specialising in fire-behaviour testing, fire-reaction and resistance testing, and industrial testing and certification.