What We Do

Meeting the Highest Standards with Accredited Scientific Services

About Scientific Services

At Filtrona, our Scientific Services lead the industry in precision and expertise, particularly in tobacco testing.
With more than 70 years of experience, our accredited laboratories provide exceptional precision and reliability, guaranteeing that your products adhere to the strictest requirements for performance and quality.
Our facilities feature specialised laboratories for chemical analysis, smoking tests, and ignition propensity studies. This thorough setup ensures comprehensive testing and reliable results, addressing your demands for product development and compliance with accuracy and insight.
Our global network includes active participation in CORESTA, ACS (Asia Collaborative Study), and TSRC (Tobacco Science Research Conference), positioning us at the forefront of tobacco research and innovation. We provide thorough testing services for a variety of tobacco products, such as heated tobacco products (HTP), roll-your-own (RYO), e-cigarettes, and oral tobacco.

We continually invest in our smoking laboratory to ensure our customers have access to the latest testing technology.

We have linear and rotary smoking machines capable of capturing mainstream and side-stream chemical compounds for cigarettes, cigars, and heated tobacco product analysis.

Smoking Laboratory

Testing of Heated Tobacco Products

Tests

Filtrona Scientific Services provides a series of commercial tests to analyse the constituents of tobacco for cigars, Roll-Your-Own, nicotine delivery products, and the physical parameters of your brand.

Test are divided into three ranges: GOTHIATEK® , physical testing, and tobacco testing.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft HPHC list is divided into two main areas – mainstream smoke and tobacco.

Filtrona Scientific Services provides a series of commercial tests to analyse the constituents of cigarette smoke.

Tests are divided into two ranges – mainstream tobacco smoke and side-stream tobacco smoke, including those required by ANVISA regulation.

We have been testing e-cigarettes and e-liquids since their inception. Our testing capabilities are listed here and we can offer bespoke method development for other compounds on request.

The procedure is applicable to cigarettes that burn along the length of the tobacco column and equivalent to those described in ISO 12863 and ASTM E2187.

Tests are available for various types of tobacco including cigars, Roll-Your-Own and smokeless tobacco.

A comprehensive set of measurements for your brand.

Combustible Tobacco Analysis

Our laboratory is equipped to test over 50 chemical compounds in main stream and side stream smoke, and more than 160 chemical compounds in tobacco. The tests include:

To find out more on how you can take advantage of this opportunity, download our brochure here.

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Understanding Your Requirements

As a partner, Filtrona’s custom solutions set us apart.
Our expertise in design and production allow us to create solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations by perfectly meeting their every requirement.

 

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