About the International Down and Feather Bureau
Purpose
Provide a Worldwide Association for the Down and Feather Industry, Down and Feather Trade and Testing Institutes for Down and Feathers.
Goals
Provide safety to the consumers with clear, simple and easily understandable definitions.
Develope and promote International Standards for feather and down fillings. (IDFB Standards contain definitions and testing regulations.)
Annual re-assessment of approved Testing Institutes to guarantee the maintenance of International Standards.
Provide assurance: Annual check-up of the approved Testing Institutes. That guarantees worldwide the same testing methods.
Annual round robin assessment of independent testing institutes and other participating laboratories guarantee worldwide maintenance of international test and quality standards.
Membership
Members are National Associations of the Down/Feather Industry, of the Down/Feather Trade and of Testing Institutes. In countries were there are no associations, companies can become members.
President
Mr. Stephen Palmer, Chairman of UNITED FEATHER AND DOWN INC., Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Office Address
International Down and Feather Bureau
Josef Huter Strasse 31
6900 Bregenz, Austria
Tel. +43 5574 5232516
FAX +43 5574 523256
idfb@idfb.net