Quality Assurance
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Independent Testing Laboratories
To support your product development process, Cotton Incorporated has compiled a list of potential independent testing laboratories.
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Shrinkage Testing
Learn about shrinkage testing.
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Knit Fabric Shrinkage
Learn about the fundamentals of knit fabric shrinkage including knitting parameters, dyeing and finishing parameters, and chemical finishing.
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Shrinkage Basics
Learn about the basics of shrinkage.
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Understanding & Overcoming Shrinkage
Controlling shrinkage of textile and apparel products impacts the design and production planning in manufacturing or sourcing products.
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Quality Testing: Construction
Learn about quality testing: fiber, yarn, and fabric.
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Quality Testing: Care & Appearance
Learn about quality testing: appearance, colorfastness, lightfastness, rating procedures, and dimensional stability.
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Garment Durability: Strength
Learn about quality testing for strength and durability.
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Garment Durability: Abrasion Resistance
Learn about quality testing for abrasion resistance.
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Garment Durability: Pilling
One of the most common complaints concerning product aesthetics and performance is that of pilling.
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Quality Testing: Product Sampling & Conditioning
Learn about quality testing: product sampling and conditioning.
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Understanding & Overcoming Skewing
Learn to improve the performance of your quality goods as textile expert Don Bailey delves into key textile techniques.
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Consumers Speak: Apparel Changes that Impact Satisfaction
Consumer reviews impact purchases. Learn how apparel performance issues and fabrication changes can impact shopper loyalty to brands and retailers.
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Quality Assurance: Stains
Oil and stain resistance are desirable attributes of fabrics—in the garments we wear to protect us, well, against ourselves!
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Quality Assurance: Water Testing
Learn about the absorption of liquid and its movement in relation to fabric.
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Quality Assurance: Stretch & Growth
The attribute of fabric stretch has associated properties that are as important as the stretch characteristic itself.
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Quality Assurance: Flammability
Learn about the three flammability standards pertinent to apparel and children’s sleepwear.
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Quality Assurance: Comfort
Learn the fundamental aspects of fabric comfort, from air permeability to drying.
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Control Odor Naturally with Cotton
Generating odor during a tough workout is normal. But, consumers don’t want odor sticking with them the rest of the day.