Pro-Lite Technology has won a contract to supply a Labsphere UV-2000S sunscreen analyser to Cutest Systems, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Cutest is a specialist in the field of safety and efficacy testing of cosmetics and skin pharmaceuticals, and provides a fast service to the British and wider European sun care industry with cost-effective contract testing services for sunscreen formulations.
The decision to invest in the UV-2000S means that Cutest now has the tools necessary to provide contract measurements that comply with the latest Colipa (the European cosmetics industry trade association) sunscreen testing guidelines.
The UV-2000S complies with all current and proposed industry standards, including the Colipa 2007 UVAPF method, the 2008 update to the Boots Star Rating system and the proposed United States FDA protocol.
It builds upon the success of the UV-1000S by providing a much greater degree of absorption sensitivity to support the development of high-factor sunscreens (2.7 absorbance units specified, 3 achieved typically), a sample positioning stage and dedicated software that simplifies the measurements and automatically calculates the various performance parameters required in the Colipa and Boots Star methods.
