The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists develops the test methods the textile industry uses to ensure product quality.
AATCC is the world’s leading not-for-profit professional association for the textile design, materials, processing, and testing industries. Members are employees of textile, apparel, and home goods manufacturers; dye and chemical manufacturers; testing laboratories; consumer and retail organisations; state and federal government agencies; and colleges and universities.
The Association is internationally recognised for its standard methods of testing dyed and chemically treated fibres and fabrics to measure and evaluate such performance characteristics as colorfastness to light and washing, smoothness appearance, soil release, shrinkage, water resistance, and the many other conditions to which textiles may be subjected.
