UNSPSC 41114702: Textiles fastness testers

UNSPSC 41114702 Textiles fastness testers is a Commodity code covering laboratory instruments that measure the resistance of dyed or finished textiles to fading, color bleeding, and other degradation under environmental stress. State and local governments procure these testers primarily through educational institutions—universities, community colleges, and vocational schools with textile science, fashion design, or materials-testing programs—and occasionally through corrections departments and forensic laboratories that need fastness data for fiber analysis. The equipment typically measures colorfastness to light, washing, perspiration, and rubbing according to AATCC or ISO standards, with price points ranging from bench-top units under $5,000 to integrated testing systems exceeding $50,000.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code. Without posted RFPs, RFQs, or ITBs naming issuing bodies, response dates, or scope detail, the geographic spread and buyer concentration cannot be characterized from current procurement activity.