All business entities of PRAUDEN obtained certification from IDFB
2020-05-20
Down is a very sensitive material, an even if it’s the same items, in the quality inspection, test results are different due to minute factors. This is the reason why you should check the test report of the authorized testing laboratories or institutes when buying down.
Since 2018, the International Down and Feather Bureau (IDFB) has been implementing a certification system to maintain the same quality of testing by independent testing laboratories around the world and has recently expanded its scope to include corporate testing laboratories. PRAUDEN is the first company in Korea to acquire this certification in 2018 and its overseas branches in Vietnam (VINA) and China (NPA) have successfully achieved the certificate in 2019.
Related article: Obtained the ‘IDFB Recognition of Qualified Company Inspection Lab’ for the first time in Korea
International Down and Feather Bureau, IDFB
Since 1953, IDFB has fared as the world’s only down and feather bureau in charge of developing test methods for quality evaluation of down and feather. Working in company with nationwide down and feather associations across the world, IDFB promotes its own quality standards and evaluates such inspection bodies as IDFL as part of its effort to control down and feather quality standards. Doing so, IDFB has provided consumers with straightforward evaluation criteria while providing up-to-date market information to down and feather producers across the globe. As an IDFB member, PRAUDEN abides by both IDFB down and feather inspection criteria and governing national criteria for down and feather filling. IDFB testing regulations are the internationally recognized down and feather inspection criteria.
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IDFB Inspection Lab Qualification System
Annual IDFB Round Robin Test (RRT) is the IDFB’s official qualification system for inspection labs for consistency in testing quality. So that the members may perform annual testing under IDFB testing regulations, IDFB distributes the annual sample across its members once yearly. Collating the results of testing, IDFB evaluates the inspection labs across the world, help even out inspection qualities worldwide.
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All Three Entities of PRAUDEN Acquire IDFB Certification
Since the first acquisition of IDFB certification by its Cheonan Lab in 2018, PRAUDEN continued to receive the certification for 3 consecutive years until this year as a proof of its outstanding testing and analysis capabilities and professionalism. This year is all the more meaningful as PRAUDEN’s all three entities in Vietnam (VINA PRAUDEN), China (NPA) as well as the Cheonan Lab are successfully acquired the certificate. In particular, the Cheonan Lab is the nation’s one and only Qualified Company Inspection Lab recognized by IDFB so far.
After having gone through a thorough verification process, the acquisition of the IDFB Recognition of Qualified Company Inspection Lab means that it has testing technologies equivalent to that of authorized testing institute and such institute is recognized by the industry that it is reliable and have a high quality. IDFB-certified tests and analyses apply to raw materials importation and processing by, as well as delivery of down and feather by PRAUDEN, and which lead to the enhanced trust on the quality.
The fact that all three entities of PRAUDEN successfully passed the rigorous international criteria demonstrates its continued dedication and commitment to maintaining the world’s best quality and technology in down fill material production. The IDFB certification guarantees the stable quality throughout the entire cycle of PRAUDEN and the company plans to improve credibility and competitiveness constantly as Korea’s first brand specializing in down.
By Lee Su-kyung, Insulation Brand Part
