Cotton Expertise

EXPERTISE

Association Membership

We are member of the AFCOT (Association Française Cotonnière), as referee, of the CCAST, of the Commission des écarts, and of the ACA. (Association Cotonnière Africaine)

Our cotton expertise includes a range of services tailored to your most varied needs for your cotton business:

Inspection
Manual & Instrumental Classing
Audit & Training
Distribution of Classing & Analysis Equipment
Laboratory Solutions
Spinning & Weaving Project Solutions

African cotton producers have trusted us for 60 years.

Inspection

Our inspection experts carry out:

Checking weights, quantities and qualities at loading and unloading ports via our network of exclusive representatives in over 20 countries
Damage survey, representing producers, insurance companies & sellers
Sampling
Amicable settlement for claims in accordance with current regulations: quality, damage or contamination

Manual & Instrumental Classing

Our laboratory experts carry out fiber classing and analysis:

Cotton manual classing

Traditional cotton classification
Elaboration of ranges types of sales
Continuous assessment of classification: identification of drifts

Instrumental classing and analysis

Technological analysis of fiber in a laboratory meeting ISO-139 specifications (20°C +/- 2°C; 65% humidity +/- 4%), including:
- USTER HVI 1000M1000 chain
- H2SD (High Speed Stickiness Detector) to establish cotton stickiness rate
- USTER Nep Tester measuring Neps content
- SOSEA MIC 100

Audit & Training

Our experts from the Audit & Training department will support your teams in upgrading their skill level:

Operator training and upgrading in our premises or on site
Audit of classification rooms
Audit of analysis laboratories
Support for the construction or renovation of your classification rooms and laboratories