17025. It’s not a Zip Code, but it does identify a critical standard our parent company, IXS Coatings, has been accredited to — one built for customers who demand the absolute highest technical and performance standards for polyurea coatings.
As performance standards go, ISO 17025 accreditation confirms that the physical properties published in our technical data sheets for each coating formulation are validated to the highest standards.
So …
- Tensile strength – check
- Tear strength – check
- Abrasion resistance — check
- Hardness – check
- Elongation – check
- Light stability — check
- Impact resistance — check
This level of engineering-backed quality assurance moves Ultimate Linings to the front of the line on project proposals, and ultimately produces more satisfied customers and long-lasting business relationships.
Accredited where it counts.
Accredited and issued by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), ISO 17025 is the holy grail of certifications for engineers. Our parent company, IXS Coatings, has obtained this accreditation — the result of 3.5 years of significant investment, intensive and ongoing auditing, and state-of-the-art lab development.
The real advantage for Ultimate Linings customers: that ISO 17025-accredited lab is located right inside our Ultimate Linings facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. That gives us complete access and the opportunity to validate our own formulations in-house, at every stage, rather than shipping samples out to a third party and waiting on results.
Entities like the federal government, U.S. military and makers of fire apparatus obviously demand that their suppliers know what they’re doing; ISO 17025 is proof positive of that know-how. When customers see this accreditation behind our testing, they’re confident that the work is complete and validated, and no additional testing will be needed on their part. It simplifies their jobs and increases their peace of mind in a coating’s capabilities.
Take the military.
When an Army engineer specifies an abrasion-resistant coating for a tank or other armored vehicle, only coatings that are listed in its Qualified Product Database (QPD)—MIL Std. PRF32440—can be sourced. Our coating formulations designed for abrasion resistance are listed and fully vetted in the QPD, made possible by the validated testing our on-site, ISO 17025-accredited lab provides.
What sets us apart.
Always forging new ground, Ultimate Linings is driven by innovation. Having ISO 17025-accredited testing on-site, inside our own facility, means we're not waiting on anyone else's schedule to validate a formulation — we can move a product from concept to a fully documented, engineering-backed data sheet faster than a manufacturer without that access.
That's the advantage this accreditation gives us: it keeps Ultimate Linings at the front of the line.
