IDFL Bangladesh office grand opening will be held on August 2
Desk Report: International Down and Feather Laboratory & Institute (IDFL) has opened a new global laboratory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. IDFL performs a variety of tests that have to do with filled products like outerwear and bedding like content/composition, species, thermal testing, cleanliness of filling material, fill power, downproof and poly migrations tests.

IDFL has lab and testing operations in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Frauenfeld, Switzerland; Hangzhou; China; Taipei; Taiwan; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Istanbul, Turkey along with other audit operations in over 45 countries. IDFL performs about 20,000 tests annually for retailer clients like IKEA, Adidas, and Columbia and various government departments for import and export and is a subcontractor for other third-party laboratories.

IDFL has been offering services such as supply chain audits/certification programmes like TE, GOTS, OBP for over a year and throughout COVID. The company is very interested in getting to know clients and working with them to provide the fastest, most efficient and reliable services in the area. IDFL also helps in authorising specs, R&D work, sample collections, and more.
The Dhaka office is in Gulshan 2 and already has 10 employees learning the skills of down quality. IDFL opens its doors to the public during the open house which will be held on Wednesday, July 26, 28 and 30, and August 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 12 and will have tours twice a day at 10-12 and 2-4. The company is welcoming the public to visit the lab and learn about the finer points of IDFL services and down and fabric product testing.