Head officeI - 33048 San Giovanni al Natisone UD

Via Antica 24/3

“Brianza” branchI - 20035 Lissone MI

Via Braille 5

Italian Laboratory and

Research Institute on wood and furniture

www.catas.com

SpA - Joint-stock Company

Where we are

Catas-Chile

- CHILECENTRO DE CONTROL DE CALIDAD DES MUEBLESRenca - Santiago de Chile (www.catas-chile.cl)

• Set up in 1996, as a private company without profit-making, to supply training, technical assistance, testing and research to the furniture Chilean companies.

• Catas SpA is a founder and a permanent member of Catas-Chile

• Catas SpA supplied all the know-how and the equipment for the Chilean laboratory and a periodic technical assistance

• Catas SpA gave Catas-Chile permission for the use of its registered mark

The CompanyRooms Organization chart

Capitale sociale - Share capital € 842.850,00

Regional Services Centre for SMI0,2%

Small & Medium Industry Association of Udine

0,3%

Italian Woodcraft Association0,5%

Italian Federation of Wood and Furniture Industries

16,0%

Industry Association of Udine10,0%

Cividale Bank10,0%

Industry Association of Monza and Brianza

0,5%

Chamber of Commerce of. Pordenone

2,1%

Chamber of Commerce of Udine59,8%

National Craft Confederation of Lombardia

0,4%

10-2004

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Catas - Organization chart

Chemical dpt

Finished products

testing dpt

Raw material

testing dpt

Quality assurance & computer

programming

Product Certification, Reserch & Innovation

Secretary off.

Finished products

testing dpt

San Giovanni al Natisone Lissone

Accounts dpt

Surfaces testing dpt

Technical aids for disabled persons &

external blinds and shutters testing dpt

Fire ReactionMicrobiolocicalSection

Board of directors

Board

Chief Executive

Tests

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15.000

20.000

25.000

Numero delle prove annue

totali 18.371 17.010 19.607 19.773 22.519 23.585

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Prove per sezione - Tests for each dpt

superfici - surfaces25,9%

mobili - furniture49,2%

chimica - chemical12,4%

tessuti-textiles0,0%

fuoco - fire4,1%

meccanica - mechanical8,2%

microbiologia-microbiology

Mechanical tests Fire reaction

State's authorization

Raw materials testing dpt

equipments:Instron dinamometers (100kN & 200 kN),Charpy/Izod impact

apparatus,hardness test apparatus

materials:solid wood, panels, metals,

plastics, geotextiles, upholstery foams, belts, furniture components,

pallets, floors

equipments:small flame,radiant heating,

non combustibility

products:upholstery furniture, paints & varnishes , fabrics, solid

wood, panels, plastics, others.

10-2002

Chemical department

SurfacesFormaldehyde &

vocAnalytical

sectionDefects

equipments:1 m3 chambers, perforator, gas

analysis

products: wodden panels,

furniture, volatile organic

compound emissions,

product certification

equipments:infrared

spectroscopy with microscope and GC-FTIR,GC+

ECD, termal analysis,

atomic ads. spectroscopy, etc.

products: paints &

varnishes, thinners &

solvents, plastic materials, rubber,

physical and chemical testing,

etc

equipments:weather ometer,

fade ometer, QUV, natural weathering,

spectrofotometer (colorimeter),

salt fog chamber, climatest,

abrasion, shear, etc.

products: paints &

varnishes, plastic materials,

decorative plastic laminates, baths & shower trays, sinks, spectacles,

furniture components &

hardware

equipments:microscope, conditioning rooms, etc

products: paints &

varnishes, solid wood & wodden panels,decorative plastic laminates,

etc.

Sezione microbiologica

equipments:mould culture to

check efficiency of preservative treatments

products: solid wood with or

without preservatives,

mattrasses, textiles, etc.

Cabinets, tables, desks, beds, bunk

beds, children's

cots, cribs and cradles, ladders,

children's high chairs,

etc.

Domestic & contract

chairs; office chairs;

outdoor chairs & tables; ranked

seatings; etc

Mattresses

Finished products

Screens & internal walls

Technical aids for disabled

persons: rollators, hoists

for transfer, adjustable

beds, wheelchairs

External blinds &

shuttersole

Catas Members

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900

1000

1100

Numero abbonati - Catas Members

n° abbonati 554 672 783 825 825 887 930 1.022 1092

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

anno 2004 = 1092

Veneto29,1%

Friuli V.G.24,4%

Lombardia21,3%

Emilia R.5,5%

Marche

Piemonte

Toscana3,0%

Altre Italia4,3%

Estero2,6%

Lazio

Campania1,1%

Abruzzo1,6%

Accrediting&

Recognizing

ACCREDITINGS

• SINAL (Italian Laboratories Accreditation Body)

• TÜV PRODUCT SERVICE GERMANY

• TÜV RHEINALD GERMANY

• LGA GERMANY

• OTTO GRAF INSTITUT GERMANY

• IKEA SWEDEN

• ROSTEST - GOST RUSSIA

• EPAL AUSTRIA

• BIFMA USA

Catas product certification

Continual control of the certificated product quality

Application for CQA

Documents analysis and inspections on site

Tests on samples

Product certification issue

Internal Inspections External Inspections

Product Certification steps - CQAProduct Certification steps - CQA

Catas-WKI Certification Coating sistems for exterior wood

Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Kauditz Institute - WKI - and Catas SpA has defined a common quality product certification concerning the efficiency of the coating systems for exterior wood.

The mark Catas-WKI Premium testifies the excellence of products and it is valid in Italy and Germany.

The coating systems for exterior wood can be certified either by Catas or by WKI.

This product certification will help consumers to decide which product to buy because the mark is guaranteed by the two reliable and independent Institutes.

The certification is founded on the ENV 972 series and on other international standards.

Certificated ProductsCertificated Products

• Formaldehyde (47)Formaldehyde (47)

• Coating systems for exterior wood - CSEW(10)Coating systems for exterior wood - CSEW(10)

• CSEW WKI-CATAS Premium (3)CSEW WKI-CATAS Premium (3)

• Beds & Mattresses (6)Beds & Mattresses (6)

• Wood glulam profiles for window framesWood glulam profiles for window frames (4) (4)

• Indoor coating systems (1)Indoor coating systems (1)

• Furniture surfaces (1)Furniture surfaces (1)

• Easier penetration wooden screwsEasier penetration wooden screws (1) (1)

New proposals CQANew proposals CQA

Office chairsOffice chairs

Furniture frontalsFurniture frontals

Handles “press – open”Handles “press – open”

Furniture locksFurniture locks

Cup hinges

Wooden floorsWooden floors

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Research

ResearchResearch

• VOC Chair district project (ENEA)• VOC Pordenone furniture district (ARPA-UNIV.UD)• Biofiltration project (UNIV.UD)• COST Action (Woodcoatings foundation for the

future)• FUNFACE Project• Leonardo Project (Furniture Technical Schools)• Knowood Project (Furniture Technical Schools)

ResearchResearch Degree thesis 2003-2004Degree thesis 2003-2004

• Plastic chairs - characteristics and durability• Hot melt adhesives• Economical valuation of chairs coating processes

with a low impact on the environment• Catas and firm globalization• Catas services costs valuation• Characteristics of coating films

1. Collaboration with Area Science Park of Triest concerning the Innovation Network project as Wood & Furniture Competence Centre

2. Beginning of some new projects in the wood & furniture sector

3. Services to the firms: technological audit, patent information, innovation assistance, assistance on development of research projects, etc.

job

Furniture Commission v president - -

Wood Commission member - -

Wood Commission, SC panels member - -

Furniture Commission member CEN TC 207 Furniture delegate

Furniture Commission, SC testing president CEN TC 207 tutti i WG ed SC delegate

Furniture Commission, all SC member CEN TC 193 Wood Adhesives delegate

Biomedical Commission, SC technical aids for disable persons

member - -

Wood coatings commission president CEN TC 112 Wooden Pannels, WG 5 - Formaldehyde delegate

Wood furniture coatings commission memberCEN TC 139 Paints and Varnishes, WG 2 Vernici per legno per esterni

delegate

Wood Commission, SC panels member -

Furniture Commission, SC fire reaction member - -

Fire behaviour commission, SC fire reaction member - -

Fire behaviour commission, SC protective coverings member - -

job

Internal transports Commission, SC castors and wheels

memberCEN TC 207 WG5/TG1 Chair and tables for educational Institutions

delegate

- ISO 136 Furniture delegate

testing surfaces section Colorimetry Commission member CEN TC 139/207 Paints and Varnishes, WG 7 Prove delegate

Furniture Commission, SC hardware member

Furniture Commission, SC contract member

Furniture Commission, SC mattrasses member

Furniture Commission, SC testing member

Biomedical Commission, SC technical aids for disable persons

member

Wood adhesives commission member - -

Wood Commission, SC panels member - -

head chemical analytical section

Enviroment Commission, WG4 Air quality member - -

Colorimetry Commission member - -

Wood coatings commission member - -

Wood furniture coatings commission member - -

Furniture Commission, SC bath member

Furniture Commission, SC upholstery member

STANDARDIZATION

dott. Franco Bulian

- -

dott. ing. Angelo Speranza

dott. Andrea Giavon

dott. ing. Franco Prete

tima Alberto Gelosa

tima Paolo Balutto

Furniture testing section Brianza branch

tima Giorgio Crotti

mechanical testing dpt

UNI/UNICHIM

tima Ezio Facchini

dott. Roberto Battaglia

p.ch. Barbara Casartelli testing surfaces section brianza branch

tima Claudio Caon

head furniture testing section

CEN/ISO

Head Brianza branch - -

vice director, head furniture testing dpt

head chemical dpt

head fire dpt

Catas personell

Catas personell UNI/UNICHIM CEN/ISO

CEO

Publications

Legno e Umidità (Wood & Moisture)

Incollare il legno - Gluing wood

Verniciare il legno (Coating wood)

La reazione al fuoco (Fire reaction)

Distretto della sedia: gli aspetti ambientali e le migliori tecnologie (The Italian

chair district: enviromental aspects and best technologies)

Distretto del mobile: gli aspetti ambientali e le migliori tecnologie (The regional

furniture district: enviromental aspects and best technologies)

Notizie CATAS (Catas News, quarterly)