UKAS Accredited Testing
Ensuring Quality and Reliability: 4ward Testing's UKAS Accreditation
What is UKAS Accreditation?
UKAS is the sole national accreditation body appointed by the UK government to assess and accredit organisations that provide testing, calibration, inspection, and certification services.
Being UKAS accredited means that 4ward Testing has undergone a rigorous, independent assessment and demonstrated its technical competence, impartiality, and consistent performance in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025.
Our Commitment to Excellence: Maintaining UKAS accreditation is an ongoing process that involves continuous improvement, annual surveillance visits, and regular reassessments by UKAS. This ensures that 4ward Testing consistently upholds the highest technical competence and quality management standards.
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Why Choose a UKAS Accredited Lab?
The Benefits for You: When you choose 4ward Testing, you gain:
- Unrivalled Confidence: Be assured that your test results are accurate, reliable, and trustworthy, enabling informed decisions.
- Global Acceptance: Our UKAS accreditation is recognised internationally through the ILAC MRA, ensuring your test reports are accepted worldwide, facilitating market access and reducing re-testing.
- Reduced Risk: Minimise the potential for costly product failures, recalls, or non-compliance issues due to inaccurate data.
- Regulatory & Industry Compliance: Meet mandatory and industry-specific requirements that often stipulate testing by a UKAS accredited laboratory.
- Expertise & Quality Management: Benefit from our technically competent staff, state-of-the-art equipment, and robust quality management systems, all regularly audited by UKAS.
- Traceability: All our measurements are traceable to national and international standards.
Our Scope of UKAS Accreditation (ISO/IEC 17025):
Adhesives:
- ASTM D1000-24 Methods A & B Adhesion (Forces up to 1 kN)
- ASTM D543-21:Practice A: Procedures I and II Evaluation of resistance to chemical reagents
Rubber and Products:
- ASTM D412-16(2021) Method A Tensile strength and elongation at ambient temperature (Forces up to 245N)
- ASTM D543-21: Practice A: Procedures I and II Evaluation of resistance to chemical reagents
Accreditation for the purpose of UK Approved Body Activity in accordance with UKCA Requirements and UKAS Publication GEN 5:
Construction Products Regulation 2011 (retained EU law EUR 305/2011) as amended by the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Construction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020:- BS EN 15651-1:2012
- BS EN 15651-2:2012
- BS EN 15651-3:2012
- BS EN 15651-4:2012
Plastics and Products:
- ASTM D 412-16(2021) Method A / ASTM D 638-22 Tensile strength and elongation at ambient temperature (excluding modulus of elasticity)
- BS EN ISO 527-3:2018 / BS 2782-3 Method 326E:1995 (Withdrawn) Tensile strength and elongation at ambient temperature
- ASTM D792-20 Density
- ASTM D543-21: Practice A: Procedures I and II Evaluation of resistance to chemical reagents
Medical Face Masks:
- BS EN 14683:2025 Clause 5.2.3 Annex C Breathability
- BS EN 14683:2025 Clause 5.2.4 / ISO 22609:2004 Splash Resistance
- EN 14683:2025 Clause 5.2.2 Annex B Bacterial Filtration Efficiency
- EN 14683:2025 Clause 5.2.5 Annex D Microbial cleanliness
Adhesives and Sealants:
- BS EN ISO 7389: 2003 Elastic Recovery
- BS EN ISO 7390: 2003 Resistance to Flow
- BS EN ISO 8339: 2005 Tensile Properties, extension to break
- BS EN ISO 8340: 2005 Tensile properties at maintained extension
- BS EN ISO 9046: 2021 Adhesion/cohesion properties at constant temperature
- BS EN ISO 9047: 2003 Adhesion/cohesion properties at variable temperatures
- BS EN ISO 10563: 2023 Change in Mass and Volume
- BS EN ISO 10590: 2005 Tensile properties at maintained extension after immersion in water
- BS EN ISO 10591: 2021 Adhesion/Cohesion after immersion in water
- BS EN ISO 11431: 2002 Adhesion/Cohesion after exposure to Heat/Light/Water
- BS EN ISO 846:2019 / BS EN ISO 846:1997 Determination of fungistatic effects
- BS EN 15651-3:2012 / BS EN ISO 846:2019 Silicone Sealants
Testing Standards on our schedule of accreditation
The landscape of medical device standards is ever-evolving, and keeping pace is essential for quality...
BS EN ISO 527-3 is a specific part of the ISO 527 series, focusing on...
The international standard ISO 846: Action of microorganisms provides four distinct test methods to evaluate...
4ward Testing is an Approved Body Laboratory – a one stop shop for UKCA mark...
The standard outlines a test procedure based on the Archimedes principle, which states that the...
ASTM D412 Method A is on our UKAS schedule of accreditation: Purpose: To evaluate the...
