Glove Quality and Product Assurance

Our customers tell us that product quality is one of the most important factors in choosing Arco as their supplier. They want to feel totally assured that the products we supply to them will keep their people safe.

Unfortunately, non-approved falsely certified products which contravene safety legislation are sold in the UK. The BSIF monitor and regulate members by conducting regular audits to ensure their products meet the appropriate standards, fully complies with the PPE regulations and is appropriately CE marked.

As we are members of the BSIF Registered Safety Suppliers Scheme, you can be confident that we will only supply protective gloves that are genuine and compliant with the relevant standards and regulations.

With our core purpose to keep people safe at work, we are committed to delivering high quality, safe, compliant and reliable protective gloves.

Arco is passionate about adhering to recognised quality standards. Furthermore, where we think that accepted practices and standards can be improved, we'll challenge them and strive to influence the development of new and improved standards, so they’re fit for purpose.

Membership of Safety Institutions

To improve standards for users, our Product Assurance team and members of numerous industry safety bodies including relevant British Standards Institution (BSI) committees and the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) working groups. Membership of these bodies allows Arco to highlight any issues with current standards and help shape changes when they're updated.

We are the first safety distributor to invest in our own, in-house, independently accredited Product Assurance Laboratory. Our Product Assurance laboratory team aim to provide our customers with a level of confidence which is second to none in our industry.

Independent Accreditation

To demonstrate our expertise and independence our laboratory is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Services (UKAS) to ISO 17025.

We are accredited for a range of protective glove test methods. The Arco Product Assurance laboratory contains state-of-the-art equipment for the mechanical testing of gloves to the requirements of EN 388:2016, protective gloves against mechanical risks. Tests can be conducted to measure a glove's resistance to abrasion, blade cuts, tear and puncture.

Our new chemical laboratory can test gloves for degradation and permeation breakthrough for a wide range of chemicals and mixtures.

The PPE Regulation specifies two classes of glove which meet two levels of risk 'mortal' or 'irreversible' risk and 'minimal' risk. A level of risk between these is described as 'intermediate'. Which category gloves are classified as being designer for determines the level of scrutiny they are subjected to, to ensure they meet the relevant standards.

Our product assurance process ensures that our high-quality products and services are specified and tested by leading safety experts. This is designed to give you the utmost confidence that you're protecting your people and your business with the very best.

Hand protection designed for a variety of industries, applications and hazards, ensuring you can find a glove that's perfectly matched to your needs.