Automotive interiors combine textiles, synthetics, leather, metals, wood and other materials that people interact with every day. TESTEX supports manufacturers and suppliers in exploring human-ecological product safety certification for defined interior components — bringing trusted OEKO-TEX® expertise into a new field of mobility.
A new approach to product safety
A vehicle interior is one of the most material-diverse environments people use daily. Seats, steering wheels, dashboards, carpets, seat belts, door panels and consoles all involve different surfaces, finishes and material combinations.
Many of these components come into direct or repeated contact with skin. This makes human-ecological product safety increasingly relevant for automotive manufacturers, suppliers and brands that want to create trust, transparency and confidence in the materials used inside vehicles.
With its long-standing expertise in testing and certification, TESTEX helps bring established OEKO-TEX® product safety principles into complex automotive interior applications.
Certified confidence inside the vehicle
OEKO-TEX® certification is well established in the textile industry. Automotive interiors are a natural next step, combining material diversity, frequent human contact and high product complexity.
TESTEX helps manufacturers and suppliers explore how recognized human-ecological product safety standards can be applied to defined automotive interior components.
Why it matters:
- Automotive interiors combine textiles, synthetics, leather, wood, metal and hybrid materials
- Many surfaces have direct or repeated skin contact
- Product safety and material transparency are becoming more important
- Certification can support trust, quality and differentiation
What can be considered for certification?
In automotive projects, certification depends on a clearly defined scope. The focus is not automatically the entire vehicle, but selected and tested interior components and materials.
Potential interior components include:
- Seats
- Steering wheels
- Dashboards
- Door panels
- Seat belts
- Carpets
- Consoles
- Other defined interior elements
FAQs
Yes. OEKO-TEX® certification can be applied to clearly defined and tested automotive interior components, depending on the scope, materials and feasibility of the project. TESTEX has already demonstrated this through the successful certification of defined interior components of the new Audi E7X according to OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100, Supplement “Special Articles”.
No. Certification does not automatically cover the entire vehicle. In automotive interior projects, the certified scope must be clearly defined. This means that certification applies only to the tested interior components and materials included in the defined scope — not to the vehicle as a whole.
Relevant components may include seats, steering wheels, dashboards, door panels, sun visors, centre consoles, seat belts, carpets, roof consoles and other defined interior elements. The exact scope depends on the project and the components selected for testing and certification.
Vehicle interiors combine many different materials, including textiles, synthetics, leather-based materials, stainless steel and wood. Since many interior surfaces come into direct or repeated contact with people, human-ecological product safety is highly relevant. Certification can help automotive companies support product safety, material transparency, customer trust and differentiation in a demanding market.
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