Technical Services

ENGINEERING
The Velcro Group Corporation Innovation and Technology Center is staffed with Design and Development expertise for Woven Textiles, Warp and Circular Knit Textiles, Non-Woven Textiles, Plastics, Adhesives and Coatings.

CUSTOM DESIGN SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION
Our creative staff of engineering professionals is committed to designing the right fastening solution for the intended application.

We are proud to:

• Employ Six Sigma Methodologies to each and every product commercialized.
• Be staffed with expertise in Intellectual Property and invest toward the protection of creative ideas.
• Promote development and partnering opportunities with our customers and suppliers.
• Maintain our Design and Development Systems in accordance with ISO/TS-16949 for continual improvement.

Our Mission Statement: To be the dominant innovator in fastening technology through efficient and creative solutions for your need.

Collaboration with our customers is our expertise; our Engineering staff provides support from prototype to commercialization and beyond. This includes extensive support for our supply chain partners, both suppliers and customers.

Analytical Services

A full compliment of in-house performance testing capabilities:

Closure Peel, Shear, Tension, Colorfastness, Color Crock, Thickness, Automated Cycle Life Testing, Shrinkage, Break Strength, Curvature/Camber, Stitch Tear, Bond Strength, Stiffness, Adhesive Peel, Mass, Air Permeability, Fray Resistance.

Specialty Testing:

• Flammability (FAR, MVSS, etc.)
• Environmental: Temperature/Humidity -60° to 400°C, 0-100 % RH
• Life Cycle Testing
• Material analysis: FTIR, DSC, SEM, Microscopy and more
• UL, CSA, FDA, MIL-SPEC, ASTM, etc.
• Environmental:  RoHS compliant product, ISO 14001 compliant
• Human Ecology: OEKO-TEX 100

World Class Understanding of Hook & Loop

The Velcro companies have 50 Years of Design and Development expertise with hook and loop fasteners. We specialize in applying this expertise to design the right fastening system for your application. Over the years we have designed fastening systems for applications ranging from Aerospace to Deep Sea and between. Our staff of Engineers include expertise in Mechanical, Chemical, Plastics, Mathematics, Equipment Design, Electrical, Textiles, Nonwovens and Physics.