CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION

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1 CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION In terms of section 22(2) (b) of the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act, 2006 (Act 19 of 2006), read with sections 23(1), (2) and (3) of the said Act, I hereby certify that:- WOOL TESTING BUREAU SA NPC Co. Reg. No.: 1990/003582/08 Facility Accreditation Number: T0020 is a South African National Accreditation System accredited Testing Laboratory provided that all SANAS conditions and requirements are complied with This certificate is valid as per the scope as stated in the accompanying schedule of accreditation, Annexure A, bearing the above accreditation number for THE TESTING OF RAW WOOL, SLIVER AND TEXTILE The facility is accredited in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 The accreditation demonstrates technical competency for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system While this certificate remains valid, the Accredited Facility named above is authorised to use the relevant SANAS accreditation symbol to issue facility reports and/or certificates Mr R Josias Chief Executive Officer Effective Date: 29 November 2012 Certificate Expires: 30 November 2017

2 S C H E D U L E O F A C C R E D I T A T I O N Testing Laboratory Number: T0020 Permanent Address of Laboratory: Wool Testing Bureau SA NPC Gomery Avenue Summerstrand Port Elizabeth Postal address: P O Box 1867 Port Elizabeth 6000 Technical Signatories Management Signatory Nominated Representative : Mr WA Heath - Raw Wool : Ms OE Wright - Raw Wool : Mrs M van Wyk - Textiles : Mr JW Barkhuizen - Raw Wool & Textiles : Mr WA Heath : Mr JW Barkhuizen Tel Fax (041) : (041) : johan.barkhuizen@wtbsa.co.za Issue No. Date of issue Expiry Date : 16 : 27 May 2015 : 30 November 2017 RAW WOOL, SCOURED WOOL AND SLIVER Sampling Types of Tests/Properties Measured, Method of Grab Sampling Greasy Wool from Bales Manual core sampling Machine core sampling IWTO 38 Sub-sampling Staples from Grab Samples IWTO 7 Conditioning Standard Laboratory Atmosphere IWTO 52 Yield Fibre Diameter Method for the Determination of Oven-Dry Mass and Calculated Invoice Mass of Scoured or Carbonised Wool Determination of Oven-Dry Mass, and Calculated Invoice Mass & Merchantable Mass of Wool Tops Determination of Wool Base and Vegetable Matter Base of Core Samples of Raw Wool Determination by the Airflow Method of the Mean Fibre Diameter of Core Samples of Raw Wool Measurement of the Mean and Distribution of Fibre Diameter Using the Sirolan-Laserscan Fibre Diameter Analyser Measurement of the Mean & Distribution of Fibre Diameter of Wool using an Optical Fibre Diameter Analyser (OFDA) Method of Test for the Determination of the Mean Diameter of Wool Fibres in Combed Sliver using the Airflow Apparatus IWTO 33 IWTO Condition Testing Regulations for Scoured or Carbonised Wool IWTO 34 IWTO Testing Regulations for Wool Tops IWTO 19 IWTO Core Test Regulations IWTO 28 IWTO 12 IWTO 47 IWTO 6 Original date of accreditation: 30 November 1996 Page 1 of 4

3 RAW WOOL, SCOURED WOOL AND SLIVER Fibre Length Distribution Length and Strength Test Certificates TEXTILES, FIBRE & POLYMER Determination of Fibre Length Distribution parameters by means of the Almeter Determination of Staple Length & Staple Strength Requirements for the issue of test certificates for raw wool Combined certificate for deliveries of raw wool Format of IWTO Certificates IWTO 17 Slivers for Mean Fibre Diameter and IWTO 30 IWTO 31 Recommended Formats of IWTO Certificates Breaking strength of fabrics TWC TM 4 / ISO Colour fastness to light TWC TM 5 Colour fastness to water TWC TM 6 Burst strength of wool textile fabrics TWC TM 29 Washing of wool textile products TWC TM 31 Abrasion resistance of fabrics: Martindale Machine Method TWC TM 112 Seam slippage of woven fabrics TWC TM 117 Dichloromethane extractable matter in TWC TM 136 wool textiles Fabric pilling ICI Pilling Box Method TWC TM 152 Fibre Content (Qualitative and quantitative analysis of fibre mixtures containing wool) TWC TM 155 Colour fastness to rubbing TWC TM 165 Cover factor of knitted fabrics TWC TM 169 Colour fastness to wet alkaline contact TWC TM 174 Colour fastness to washing under severe mechanical conditions Pilling of wool fabrics: Martindale Machine Method TWC TM 193 TWC TM 196 Colour fastness to hand washing TWC TM 250 Tumble Drying Performance after washing TWC TM 254 Measurement of the angle of spirality in plain knitted garments TWC TM 276 Original date of accreditation: 30 November 1996 Page 2 of 4

4 TEXTILES, FIBRE & POLYMER TEXTILES Tear properties of Fabrics Part 2: Tear force of trouser shaped specimens (Single tear method) Tear properties of Fabrics Part 3: Tear force of wing-shaped specimens (Single tear method) Tear properties of Fabrics Part 4: Tear force of tongue shaped specimens (Double tear method) Methods for determination of tear strength of coated fabrics Grey Scale for assessing change in colour Grey Scale for assessing staining Colour fastness Instrumental assessment of change in colour grey scale Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO 105-A02 ISO 105-A03 ISO 105-A05 ISO 105-B02 ISO 105-C06 Colour fastness to dry cleaning ISO 105-D01 Colour fastness to water ISO 105-E01 Colour fastness to sea water ISO 105-E02 Colour fastness to perspiration ISO 105-E04 Colour fastness to rubbing ISO 105-X12 Colour fastness Instrumental assessment of relative whiteness ISO 105-J02 Colour fastness Calculation of colour differences ISO 105-J02 Binary fibre mixtures Quantitative chemical analysis Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing ISO 1833, Part1-14, 16-18, 20,21, 24 ISO 5077 ISO 6330 Determination of number of threads per unit length ISO Determination of twist in yarn removed from fabric ISO Determination of linear density of yarn removed from fabric Determination of ease of ignition of vertically oriented specimens ISO ISO 6940 Original date of accreditation: 30 November 1996 Page 3 of 4

5 TEXTILES, FIBRE & POLYMER TEXTILES Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens Protection against heat and flame - method of test for limited flame spread ISO 6941 ISO Burning behaviour of interior materials ISO 3795 Plastics: Flexural properties ISO Tensile properties (Moulded and extrusion plastics) ISO 178 Mass per unit area of conditioned fabrics SANS 79 WOOL PACK Wool packs for unprocessed wool SANS 1860 Original date of accreditation: 30 November 1996 Page 4 of 4 ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SYSTEM