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SDL Atlas, a textile testing instruments and services provider with operations in the U.S. and China, announced the acquisition of Mullen® Testers, the manufacturer of the Mullen Burst Tester, a benchmark for measuring the burst strength of paper, paperboard, nonwovens and textiles.
Since its development in 1887, the Mullen Burst Tester has provided quality control across various industries. Mullen’s technology is integral to many TAPPI and ASTM standards, ensuring that quality control measures are upheld in laboratories around the world. This acquisition strengthens SDL Atlas’s dedication to delivering standards-based testing solutions to a diverse array of customers and industries worldwide.
The Mullen Burst Testers expand SDL’s testing capabilities with instruments for testing composite webs, foils, plastics and a variety of other packing materials and substrates.
Mullen Testers will operate as a division of SDL with the manufacture and distribution of Mullen products moving to the SDL Atlas facility in Rock Hill, S.C..
“We are thrilled to welcome Mullen Testers to the SDL Atlas family,” says Chuck Lane, president of SDL. “We are committed to improving the availability of Mullen consumables and testers in the near-term. We encourage all current Mullen customers to get in touch with us so we can keep them up and running.”
Committed to providing customers standard based testing, SDL Atlas has offices and experts in the U.S., U.K. and China, with agents serving over 100 countries.