Catas, Europe's leading laboratory for the wood-furniture industry, has developed an online procedure, verify.catas.com, that allows immediate verification of the authenticity of Catas test reports. This is to protect the legitimate interests of contractors and companies working in full compliance with international standards and rules.

Authentic Catas test reports

Catas test reports are valuable documents because they attest to the quality, safety, and performance of a product. In some cases there have been regrettable incidents involving the use or transmission of tampered test reports, modified documents that can be mistaken for authentic ones issued by Catas institutional offices in San Giovanni al Natisone (Udine) and Catas in Lissone (Monza Brianza). A decidedly unfair practice, put in place by those who, despite not formally having all the required titles or technical requirements, offer false statements. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

A simple and quick solution

The problem has now found a quick and easy solution, thanks to this new online service made available by Catas that allows immediate verification of the authenticity of Catas test reports. Simply connect to the link verify.catas.com and “upload” the test report: in just a few seconds the system verifies the digital signature, a tool that is now a proven and internationally recognized tool affixed to all Catas reports, guaranteeing the integrity of the document.

After a few seconds, it will then be possible to know whether the test report exhibited by a potential supplier or partner is actually issued by Catas or whether it has been voluntarily or involuntarily “modified.” In the case of a “presumed nonconformity,” i.e., if the digital signature appears to be compromised, the software developed by Catas proposes a more thorough verification to the user, which is carried out directly by Catas staff by comparing the file received with the one in its archives, so that the situation can be definitively clarified and resolved.