LASRA services range from simple analyses to complex investigations; from routine quality control to detailed performance assessment.
LASRA provides physical and chemical analytical testing of footwear, textiles, leather, partially processed leather, leather process chemicals, collagen, and industrial waste, utilising an array of specialised equipment. LASRA
Testing & Technical Services
Two accredited laboratories, specialist testing and decades
of experience in leather, footwear, collagen and biological
materials.
Beyond routine analysis
LASRA services range from straightforward quality-control
testing to detailed investigation of material performance
and production problems.
Our chemical and physical laboratories provide analytical
testing of footwear, textiles, leather, hides and skins,
process chemicals, collagen-rich materials and industrial
samples. But measurement is only part of the job.
Because our laboratories sit alongside scientists and
technologists who understand leather processing, materials
and collagen, analytical results can be interpreted in
context — helping clients understand not simply
what happened, but often
why.
Accredited laboratories
LASRA operates dedicated chemical and physical testing
laboratories using internationally recognised methods and
specialist equipment.
Chemical testing of leather and hides through
different stages of processing, together with
process chemicals, preservatives and other
materials. Results can support quality control,
product comparison, process investigation and
troubleshooting.
Performance testing of leather, footwear, textiles
and related materials, including strength,
durability, flexing, abrasion and other properties
relevant to product performance and specification.
More than a test result
LASRA combines laboratory measurement with practical
understanding of materials and processing. That allows a
routine test result to become the starting point for a
technical investigation.
We regularly help investigate problems such as physical
weakness, colour irregularity, preservation performance,
unhairing, process variation and unexpected material
behaviour.
Testing capabilities
Routine analysis, performance assessment and specialist
investigation across the materials LASRA knows best.
Chemical and physical testing of leather and hides at
different stages of processing. Results can support
quality assessment, process control and investigation
of failures or production problems.
Testing of footwear and components to recognised
international methods, supported by extensive practical
experience in footwear materials, design, manufacture
and production.
Testing for fellmongery and hide-processing operations,
including preserved hides and skins, curing and
preservation systems, and materials progressing through
early stages of leather manufacture.
Chemical analysis of reagents used in leather
processing for activity, purity and contamination.
Results can help assess cost effectiveness, confirm
quality, compare products or investigate production
issues.
Testing of textiles and fabrics used in garments,
upholstery and specialist applications, including
colour fastness, dimensional stability, strength,
flexing, abrasion, laundering, pilling and snagging,
with specialist enquiries considered where capability
permits.
Methods & standards
LASRA uses internationally recognised test methods
appropriate to the material and enquiry. Accreditation
applies to specified methods within our current IANZ
scopes; other specialist investigations may be undertaken
outside that scope where appropriate.
Collagen & biomaterials
LASRA investigates collagen-rich biological materials from
molecular composition and structure through to thermal and
mechanical performance.
Our work includes tissues, processed collagen,
hydrolysates, protein fractions and emerging biomaterials.
Analytical capability sits alongside practical processing
and research expertise, allowing us to investigate how a
material has changed, what those changes mean, and how they
affect performance.
Connected capability
The strength of LASRA’s collagen capability lies in connecting
different forms of evidence rather than relying on a single
measurement. Research questions can be followed from material
characterisation through processing and into functional
performance.
Analytical approaches for investigating composition,
molecular characteristics and chemical change.
Investigation of material structure, stability and
thermal response using complementary analytical
techniques.
Practical experience with biological materials,
hydrolysis, fractionation and pilot-scale processing.
Mechanical and functional assessment to connect changes
in material structure with real-world behaviour.
Talk to LASRA
Tell us about the material, the problem and what you
need to understand. We can help identify the most useful
test, investigation or next step.