Intertek Blog: Product Design
27 Jul 2023
Making Environmental Choices in Products Easier: Insights from Intertek’s Experiences with Comparative Life Cycle Assessments
Comparative Life Cycle Assessments provide advantages to companies looking to design products that make positive environmental contributions
02 Mar 2021
Best Practices for Manufacturing Fabric Face Masks
New ASTM Standard Establishes Requirements for Non-medical Coverings
27 Nov 2020
Market drivers for electronics in a COVID-19 world
Considerations and innovations in hygiene, health & safety
18 Dec 2018
Preparing for ROHS 2019 Compliance (Part 1 - Sourcing)
Changes to Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Effective 22 July 2019
06 Mar 2018
Fuel Cell Technologies - An External Supply of Chemical Energy
Generating Electricity from an Electrochemical Reaction
12 Jul 2016
Evaluating Barrier Properties in Key Material Decisions
Instrumented Vs. Non-Instrumented Measurements for Water Vapor Transmission Rate Testing
14 Jun 2016
Using Gelbo Flex Testing to Determine Flexible Material Durability
Three Parameters to Consider
07 Jun 2016
Evolving Energy Efficiency Regulations for Commercial Refrigeration
Part 2: Impact on Processes
02 Feb 2016
How to Create Better Products Using Consumer Insights
Using customer preferences to shape product lines
15 Dec 2015
This Year, I Would Like...
How much of what we wish for is determined by external factors?
10 Nov 2015
The Emotional Design Checklist
How much of what we wish for is determined by external factors?
27 Oct 2015
Bringing Hidden Risks of Window Coverings to Light
October is Window Covering Safety Month
15 Sep 2015
Quality Risks and Rewards from the Digitization and Migration of the Production Sector
What you can be doing now to prepare for disruptions
14 Jul 2015
Grow (and Protect) your Brand with Smart Sourcing
Using performance benchmarking to educate yourself on what you are buying
18 Jun 2015
Is that Product Safe for My Child to Use?
Gaining insight into the risks and rewards associated with the safety of juvenile products.
27 May 2015
Top Failures With Mobile Health Apps
As the medical device industry looks to enter the world of mobile apps, here are six common issues you should be ready to address.
19 May 2015
Left-handed in a right-handed world: A Case Study in Foreseeable Use
Product design cannot simply allow for intended use, but must also take consumer behaviour into consideration. Identifying a product’s foreseeable use can be as simple as looking at who will use your product.
11 Mar 2015
A New World: Recalls and Risk Assessments
Attitudes towards risk are changing. In this fluctuating regulatory landscape, how do you know when to start conducting a risk assessment or consider a recall? Intertek Product Intelligence and Hogan Lovells teamed up to discuss these challenges.
10 Feb 2015
Evolving Regulations for Commercial Refrigeration Energy Efficiency
An overview of how recent, significant regulatory changes in energy efficiency and alternative refrigerants that will impact the commercial refrigeration industry.
06 Jan 2015
Key considerations in future proofing the product safety supply chain
There are multiple considerations behind the development of a robust product safety supply strategy and here we explore the main areas when developing leading organisational assurance processes.
23 Dec 2014
The Whole Product Package
Evaluating the entire lifespan of a package - from raw materials to packaging production and from transportation to store shelves - will produce more successful results in the protection of the product.
28 Oct 2014
Halloween Horror Stories: Looking to the past to ensure a safe holiday
Although Halloween is intended to scare, no company wants to sell, supply or manufacture an unsafe product this holiday season.
10 Sep 2014
How Competitive Intelligence Can Win Business
Competitive Intelligence helps to identify how your product compares to competitors and provides you with data-driven information that can be leveraged for space on retailers' shelves.
03 Sep 2014
Designing a new product? Pitfalls and common issues.
Designing a new product? Understand the pitfalls and common issues by engaging with Intertek’s training solutions early on.
19 Nov 2013
Benchmarking Makes a Brand
Benchmarking is about product performance. A brand that conducts a benchmarking process will be able to determine their products’ performance.
24 Sep 2013
In Focus: Can sunshine melt cars?
Thermal evaluations are conducted on the product in question in order to evaluate risk.