Konika Group

How We Test

Performance Backed by Evidence, Not Promises

An in-house materials lab where every yarn, coating and construction is tested for stretch, recovery, wash performance and shrinkage before it ever reaches your garment

Our Dedicated Team Turning Specs into Certainty

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People

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Validated test protocols in-house

8h

Average test-report turnaround

Everything Under One Roof: From Sample to Shipment

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  1. 010.5 N resolution

    Tensile & Elongation

    Universal tensile tester

    Load at different elongations, mapped as a full load-elongation curve for every construction

  2. 02100+ cycles

    Recovery & Fatigue

    Cyclic loading rig

    Permanent set and recovery after repeated extension, the real-world fatigue, a garment sees

  3. 03ISO / AATCC

    Dimensional Stability

    Programmable wash simulator

    Dimensional changes recorded after heating and washing to validate our preshrunk treatment lot by lot

  4. 04±0.1% gauge

    Shrinkage & Preshrink

    Calibrated drying oven

    Length change after heat and wash — validating our preshrunk treatment lot by lot.

  5. 05Grey-scale grade

    Colourfastness

    Crockmeter & light box

    Water, washing, perspiration, crocking, light fastness and dye transfer to storage measured against reference scales before any color is approved

Stretched a Hundred Times. It Still Snaps Back

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Load / unload hysteresis

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Fifty Cycles Later, It Performs Like Day One

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Same Hot Wash. Two Very Different Results