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Beckmann Converting Solutions Meet New Federal Flammability Standard

Jul 27th, 2021
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Beginning June 25, 2021, furniture makers globally are required to ensure compliance with a new national flammability test standard for any upholstered furniture they sell in the U.S. Beckmann Converting, Inc, through its Sandel International division, offers two different fire barrier fabrics which pass TB 117-2013 “smolder” tests originally established in California in 2013 to limit consumer exposure to chemical flame retardants. Known as the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act, or “SOFFA”, the new regulation was incorporated in the Covid-19 Regulatory Relief and Work from Home Safety Act passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on December 27, 2020.

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