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CATAS  e CLUSTER ARREDO presentano tre giornate di lavoro dedicate all'ergonomia applicata al tuo progetto di sviluppo prodotto.

With the letter prot. n. 5212 of 18-04-2017, the Italian Home Office provided some clarification on the possibility of certifying/homologating anti-decubitus mattresses according to the fire reaction standard UNI 9175.

Curiosity and technical information about the innovations involving this "old" material: the liquid wood and the "welding" of wood.

Find here the list of standards published in April 2017 by UNI.

The shareholder's council has nominated the new board of CATAS.

A new standard to assess the safety requirements of cribs and cots mattresses: EN 16890:2017 will be published.

The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) which is an American organization dealing for many years with the safety in workplaces, sets new limits for exposure to formaldehyde in these places. Limits recommended by ACGIH are often taken over from national legislation to protect workers in various Countries.

CATAS and the English FIRA (Furniture Industry Research Association) Ergonomics Unit work jointly to the ergonomics evaluation and certification in the furniture industry.

From next December in the United States a new standard for formaldehyde emissions will become law.