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EN 407 standard April 2018 revision (standard heat and fire protection gloves)Blog post / Posted in Normalization on 2019-05-15Standard EN 407 'Protective gloves against thermal risks (heat and/or fire)' was published in 2004 and is still used today. It confers presumption of conformity to the essential requirements of Council Directive 89/686/EEC, which regulated the marketing of personal protective equipment (PPE) and was repealed by Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on 21 April 2018.The social audit and the CTC solutionBlog post / Posted in Social compliance audit on 2019-01-09Worldwide, the social audit has become a key tool in “assessing social risks" (protection and respect for workers’ rights, codes of conduct, and the management of health and safety risks). CTC offers its customers services based on the SA8000* standard. Vice Premier of China, Hu Chunhua and Mayor of Lyon, G. Collomb visit CTC headquarterBlog post / Posted in Innovation Research & Development on 2018-12-19On Wednesday 5 December 2018, CTC’s headquarters in Lyon welcomed a visiting Chinese delegation accompanied by a number of French political dignitaries. The Chinese and French political representatives were welcomed by Mr Jean Pierre Gualino, Chairman of CTC’s Executive Board and Mr Frédéric Gaudin, Managing director of CTC.Biomechanical research and development laboratory of CTCBlog post / Posted in Innovation Research & Development on 2018-01-01CTC is putting its expertise in biomechanics at the disposal of its customers through the creation of a new platform devoted to product analysis (shoes, leather goods, gloves, tanned goods, saddlery items), the objective being to measure or compare products under conditions of use. Thanks to various tools, ergonomic analyses can also be carried out. Stresses at the workstation can be...