The North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) sets standards for laminate flooring throughout North America. The organization also certifies flooring to ensure that all laminate flooring products meet their rigorous performance criteria for impact, wear, and moisture resistance. NALFA-certified laminate flooring is proven to be durable and high-quality due to the voluntarily observed requirements NALFA has put in place.
Proper testing ensures that your laminate flooring products are durable, compliant, and ready for the market. When you have NALFA certification, you have what discerning customers are looking for — a mark of trust and quality.
NALFA testing can support product development, helping you to move faster and check that quality control standards are being met or exceeded. Speed and efficiency in manufacturing can be derailed by issues including a lack of quality or legal compliance, and going through the certification process helps to mitigate these common pitfalls.
There's no reason to settle for less when you can increase your product development speed safely.
NALFA certification is serious and can take time, because it's not a one-and-done test to get a stamp of approval. Instead, there are 14 performance tests required for certified NALFA flooring, which are:
Every one of these tests is important for the quality, reliability, and marketability of the product. When you have customers concerned about impact resistance, for example, you want to be able to give them actual data about the durability of the laminate flooring product they're considering.
Depending on how your customers intend to use their flooring and the location where it's being installed, there may be a different type or style of laminate that would be better for their needs. Having a test list for laminate flooring makes it easier to determine what specific kind of testing you need for customer satisfaction.
Working with a NALFA accredited lab, especially during the R&D phase of your product, provides critical data that you can use to refine designs, improve performance, and avoid costly retesting issues. Research and development is often one of the more expansive and cost-prohibitive areas of creating and marketing a new product, and having the right data during that phase can make a significant difference.
Connect with testing experts to reduce the money and time your company must spend on bringing your laminate flooring product to market. There is notable value in working with a lab that offers decades of combined experience in research and product testing, so you can get your questions answered and move your plans and products forward.
When you have NALFA certified laminate flooring in the marketplace, you have a competitive advantage. NALFA laminate flooring showcases your compliance with respected industry standards that meet or even exceed the expectations of your customers.
Professional Testing Laboratory (PTL) is proud to collaborate with NALFA and a number of other organizations, and is currently in the process of working closely with NALFA to develop a new testing standard. We understand the value of proper testing and certification for all laminate flooring products in North America and our goal is to ensure that your company can get the information and testing needed for successful NALFA certification.
When you're ready to speed up your product's market readiness and guarantee durability, you need to partner with a NALFA accredited lab like PTL. Get in touch with us today for a quote within 24 hours, and discover how we can help you move through research and development and into the market with your quality laminate flooring products.