Hohenstein offers test services on auto interior textiles

The sensory lab at the Hohenstein Institute also allows a reproducible quantification of odour formation and answers a range of questions: Does the material have an inherent odour? Are bad odours the result of microorganisms settling on the textile?

Specially trained test subjects – so-called panellists – detect very fine odour differences on a special test device (olfactometer). These are then evaluated with the help of a dedicated software.

And what about the “allergy-free interior”? The Hohenstein scientists answer the question about the allergenic potential of interior materials by using a cost-efficient cell culture test for which they use the body's own immune cells. If a sample has allergenic potential, the reaction of these guard cells works like an alarm during the tests in the lab.

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