A certification is easy to dress up a website with. But behind the badge lies what matters to you: that the treatment actually works, that it does not damage your expensive interiors, and that you have chosen an applicator you can safely let in.
When you let someone in to treat your interiors, you are trusting them to do something lasting with assets worth serious money. The question is then not whether a treatment sounds good, but whether the people carrying it out can stand behind the result — and whether someone independent has checked that it holds true. That is exactly what certifications are about: independent verification, put into a system.
Two kinds of approval — and why both need to be in place
Here is a distinction most people never think about, but which means everything for the result. There is approval of the product — that the agent is tested, documented and safe — and there is certification of the company and the technicians who actually do the job. An approved product in the wrong hands does not give a safe result. It is the interplay between the two that decides whether your interiors are in good hands.
What each approval vouches for
WoolSafe
International, independent approval of both the product and the company carrying out the treatment. It tells you the agent is safe to use even on wool and delicate natural fibres — and that the technicians are qualified to handle them.
IICRC
The industry’s international standard for competence in cleaning and treatment — a certification of the people and the business, not just the product.
CleanSeal
Certification of the treatment itself and the products’ properties, with a green track for the environmental profile. Confirmation that performance and environmental credentials are documented, not just claimed.
BREEAM Exemplary, attested by Eurofins
Tested by an independent laboratory, so the extended lifespan can be used directly in a building’s sustainability and environmental accounts. Applies to both the water-based and the solvent-based formula, and is valid in five countries.
The Nordic Swan Ecolabel
The official ecolabel of the Nordic countries, carried by our cleaning product. It means that what we clean with is independently assessed for its environmental impact too — not just what we protect with.
Water-based, PFAS-free and made in Norway since 1995
Produced to the strictest environmental requirements possible, with 30 years of experience behind every treatment.
An approved product in the wrong hands does not give a safe result. It is the combination that counts.
Why Fiber ProTector is a safe choice of applicator
What makes us a safe applicator is precisely that we have both in place at the same time: extensive product approvals and independent testing underneath, and a company certified by both IICRC and WoolSafe.
The combination of documented products and a company certified by both IICRC and WoolSafe is unusual in Scandinavia. Feel free to ask other suppliers whether they have both — it is a reasonable demand to make. For you, it means you never have to choose between a safe product and a safe applicator. You get both in the same delivery.
What it means to choose a provider without them
The difference shows most clearly when something is at stake. A non-approved product applied by an uncertified operator can, at worst, discolour, stiffen or damage a textile that should have lasted for many years — and then it is not just the treatment that is wasted, but the furniture itself. Without independent documentation you also have nothing to point to in a tender, a warranty case or a sustainability report. What was meant to save you cost and worry becomes a new risk instead.
See all our certifications
WoolSafe, IICRC, CleanSeal, BREEAM and Eco-Lighthouse — all with valid independent documents.
In other words, our certifications are not logos we collect. They are your assurance — proof that you have chosen an applicator who can stand behind the result, today and in five years’ time.
Jo E.L. Lerheim
Managing Director, Fiber ProTector Norge AS
Frequently asked <em>questions</em>
<p>WoolSafe approves both the product and the company using it — especially for wool and delicate natural fibres. IICRC is the industry’s international standard for the competence of the people and the company carrying out cleaning and treatment.</p>
WoolSafe approves both the product and the company using it — especially for wool and delicate natural fibres. IICRC is the industry’s international standard for the competence of the people and the company carrying out cleaning and treatment.
<p>The product has been tested by an independent laboratory so the extended lifespan can be used directly in a building’s sustainability and environmental accounts. Valuable in tenders and for ESG reporting.</p>
The product has been tested by an independent laboratory so the extended lifespan can be used directly in a building’s sustainability and environmental accounts. Valuable in tenders and for ESG reporting.
<p>An approved product in the wrong hands does not give a safe result. It is the interplay between tested products and qualified technicians that decides whether your interiors are in good hands.</p>
An approved product in the wrong hands does not give a safe result. It is the interplay between tested products and qualified technicians that decides whether your interiors are in good hands.
