The Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA), the voice for the commercial furniture industry, has released new criteria for Product Conformance Requirements. Complimentary copies of the document, called BIFMA PC-2018, is available for order on BIFMA’s website.

The BIFMA Board of Directors and Engineering Committee worked together to develop these new requirements, which replace a one-page guideline called ‘Statement of Conformance to BIFMA Standards’, which covered the most basic rules for making compliance claims to ANSI/BIFMA standards.

The Board determined there was a market need for more specific criteria to establish conformity. BIFMA PC-2018 Product Conformance Requirements offers detailed guidance on test planning and protocols, sampling and making claims of compliance.

The association recommends that all manufacturers, specifiers, testing labs and users of office and institutional furniture obtain a copy of the new conformance requirements to enable all industry stakeholders to share a common understanding of Product Conformance.