SDL Atlas and its specialist technology partner Tinius Olsen has recently completed a project working alongside the Quality Assurance and supplier accreditation team at NEXT UK's laboratories in Enderby, Leicestershire. With consistently high product performance a part of the recognized brand promise of the leading UK high street retailer, NEXT is focused on meeting the quality expectations of its customers by continuously updating and developing new test methodologies to accommodate advances in textile and garment technologies. By incorporating its own test methods into the Tinius Olsen testing software platform, NEXT UK can use its Tinius Olsen H5K-S Tension/Compression textile and garment testing machine to check the strength and performance of fabrics, seams and components to verify stretch, tear and wear resistance properties. The new suit of 16 test methods is NOW available to upgrade existing machines across the global NEXT supplier network and includes NEXT methods for testing among other parameters seams, extension recovery, bra wire casings, buttons and garment form. Contact the SDL Atlas team Elise Guerini eguerini@sdlatlas.com now to initiate an upgrade or visit www.sdlatlas.com/html/contact_us.html

Tinius Olsen testing machine set up to perform NEXT method 25 Wing rip test