Kara Hosiery

We design and develop our products to be in line with the Kara Hosiery quality requirements. Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex® is the basis for the Kara Hosiery Quality Guideline which is provided to our material suppliers, our own production facilities as well as external manufacturers of finished goods. We assess quality along four categories: 

Physical characteristics

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Pilling

Abrasion

Change of colour shade

Using Characteristics

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Shrinkage after washing according to care labelling

Visual appearance after washing

Lose thread ends

Colourfastness

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Colourfastness to washing

Colourfastness to heavy water

Colourfastness to rubbing

Colourfastness to sweat (alkaline and acid)

Colourfastness to saliva and perspiration

Prohibited substances

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Conformity to Restricted Substances List (RSL)

Conformity to REACH

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Meeting the Kara Hosiery Quality Guideline starts by purchasing material preferably holding an appropriate Oeko-Tex certificate. Regardless of whether a certificate is in place or not our own laboratory performs standard random incoming controls regarding the above-mentioned criteria on all materials before being processed in our facilities. The finished goods are tested during the subsequent product creation process. This applies to both, products from our own facilities and products sourced from external partners.The tests performed in our laboratory cover the requirements of physical characteristics, using characteristics and colourfastness as figured above. Independent research and testing institutes verify compliance with the Kara Hosiery RSL, which sets the limits of certain substances that must not be exceeded in our products. The Kara Hosiery RSL considers relevant requirements of Oeko-Tex and REACh. Any exception from our guideline will be declared and results in root cause analyses with subsequent corrective actions.Should there be any reason for complaint – we look forward to receiving your feedback for consideration in our product development and improvement process.