Reliable product safety and recall expertise, when you need it most
Consumer Products
Objective third-party analysis and testing for safety risks, toxicity, engineering issues, and manufacturing flaws; evaluation of potential exposures and risks in occupational and non-occupational settings.
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Materials leaching testing; recall evaluations for implants; regulatory agency coordination and support.
Transportation
Custom testing for hard-to-reproduce failure scenarios; behavioral analysis; statistical modeling of baseline accident rates.
Food & Beverage
Contamination investigation and mitigation; regulatory communications; recall decision analysis.
Electronics
Recommendations for preventing overheating, combustion, and shocks; custom testing; advanced materials engineering.
Industrial & Manufacturing
Optimizing safety features, guards, instructions, and warnings to minimize human injury.
materials engineering , corrosion engineering , computer science , electrical engineering
How Do You Make Hoverboards Safer?
When hoverboards first hit the market in 2013, consumers reported issues with overheating and catching fire — by the summer of 2016, 10 distributors and manufacturers recalled about 500,000 hoverboards.
What Can We Help You Solve?
Across decades of work with product safety, we've developed specialized capabilities to address the most vital challenges and unravel complex technical problems. And we're always ready to innovate new ways to help.
Biomechanical Expertise for Product Evaluations
Biomechanical risk evaluation for products ranging from consumer and recreational products to industrial equipment and vehicles.
Product Qualification & Recalls: Mechanical Engineering Consulting
Product qualification, performance, safety, and recall consulting for all aspects of engineering.
Battery Safety & Recall Support
Support for foreseeable use and misuse scenarios, industry and product requirement evaluations, and incident prevention.
Product Design & Safety
Human factors and risk analyses to help clients improve designs for a range of products.
Transportation Product Evaluations
Quantify product performance, analyze system and component failures, and addresses claims of defects.
Best-in-Class Facilities Meet World-Class Experts
Our multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers at Ä¢¹½tv facilities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia are uniquely positioned to provide rapid response, onsite inspections, bespoke testing, and unparalleled scientific analysis, data, and research.
Are You Prepared for Product Safety Challenges?
Leveraging extensive failure analysis and safety evaluation experience, Ä¢¹½tv's multidisciplinary teams offer custom, non-standardized product performance and safety testing, statistical analysis, and technical input to inform product recall and remediation decisions. We also provide a unique perspective on helping you evaluate new products and product safety/quality compliance programs.