Presentation Collective actions Markets   - Movable - Seat - Kitchen and bathroom - Bedding - Outside furniture - Professional furniture - Office furniture - Craftsamen - Components and additives - Seat and bedding covering - Do it yourself - Furniture trade General selling conditions Seat The seat market gathers manufacturers of couches (convertibles and fixed), benches (BZ, sofa bed), armchairs (fixed and relax), fireside chairs and chairs. CTBA proposes to the players of this market products meeting the needs they may have within the framework of their activity.   To get a presentation of our service offers, please select your need. Design Ergonomics Helping imagining and designing products. Analysing the ergonomical and functional characteristics in order to make a diagnosis and research for solutions. Innovating by using new materials. See our service offers. Management and industrial techniques Analysing the current situation by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the current management system or techniques. Improving the production and workshop management by reducing costs. Redacting specifications and implementing new processes (machining, assembling…), new materials. See our service offers. Quality Environment Realising a quality and environmental diagnosis. Identifying the priorities and decisions to make within a regulatory framework. Helping the change by a technical and organisational support. Sharing experiences through visits, round tables, and reviews of the press. See our service offers. Mechanical tests Analysing products by real tests or simulations. Validating the conformity of the products, making analysis and comparatives. See our service offers. Finishing, tests, process Process : - Making a diagnostic and bringing about some change in your production tools, experimenting new technologies (hydro, powder...). - Realizing a new technical investment... Products' performances : - Characterizing your materials (wood and by-products, plastic, metal) and your finishes (vanishes, laquers, melamine resin papers...). - Proving the conformity or the aptitude of your products with a given use... See our service offers. Certifications Giving confidence with the recognition of an official mark. Enhancing the current situation by attesting the conformity of the products and by mobilising internal energies. Communicating towards the exterior by benefiting from the notoriety of the certification body. See our service offers. Fire or mechanical tests, on coating or stuffing Analyzing finished products or components (textiles, leather, upholstery materials…) by real tests or simulations. Validating the conformity of products with specifications of public purchase, or with regulatory texts, realizing analyses and comparatives. See our service offers. 50 specialists at CTBA 2 500 m2 of testing laboratories Experimental workshop of finishes 1 centre of resources on innovating materials 20 000 hours of collective actions 1 600 clients 200 manufacturers followed up within the framework of the certification 300 distributors of furniture enhancing quality Références Liens utiles Formations Certifications