Since its foundation in July 1990 WYMTS has established itself as a testing laboratory used by the textile and clothing industries, upholstery suppliers and manufacturers, local authority cleaning departments, plastic film products manufacturers and Trading Standards Authorities.
The laboratories have been accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) since November 1991 and are able to offer over 100 tests under this accreditation.
The Laboratory is also accredited by several High Street Stores.
WYMTS is a publicly owned body operated through the Joint Services Committee representing the five constituent authorities of West Yorkshire: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
WYMTS responsibilities through Joint Services are as follows:
PPE Certification - Notified Body Approval
West Yorkshire Materials Testing has now been approved by BERR and the European Commission as an Approved Body under Regulation 14 of the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1144). This means that Materials Testing is now a Notified Body for the conducting of EC Type-Examination Certificates for PPE to comply with the requirements of the PPE Directive 89/686/EEC. Our Approved Body Number is 2019.
This greatly enhances our service to manufacturers of PPE, as not only can we test to the standards, we can now certify products for CE marking.
Such standards we can test and certify for are outlined below: