Accreditations & Certifications
All Formica® laminates are manufactured under an ISO 9002 quality system to comply with European Standard EN 438 and International Standard ISO 4586, and most have been granted approval from the British Standards Institute to display their kitemark.
Formica laminate products * have been awarded the Certificate of Hygienic Merit by the Royal Institute of Public Health.
(* Excludes Veneer and Metallic laminates.)


Formica laminate products * are certified in line with IMO Resolutions A653 (16) and MSC 61 (67) and have been granted Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Type Approval.
(* Please contact our Technical Services Department for further details.)


Fire Performance

Formica laminates have been tested and certified in line with various national and international standards, of which the main ones are shown below.

• Class 1 and Class 0 specified in the UK Building Regulations BS 476 (parts 6 & 7);
Class B1 of DIN 4102 Part 1;
Class M1 of NFP 92-501.

• EN 13823 (SBI test) and EN ISO 11925-2 (Small-burner test), with the resulting reaction-to-fire performance expressed in accordance with EN 13501-1:
  • Formica VFP grade laminates achieve Euroclass B, which is the best performance for organic materials;
  • Formica standard grade laminates achieve Euroclass D.

    • BS 6853:1999, which specifies the fire performance of materials used in railway rolling stock.

    • Formica Limited meets the requirements of the environmental management standard ISO 14001:2004