Contract Division ProfileCreativity and DesignPlanningManufacturing and QualityAdvantages of AxminsterPerformance ChartWorld of ColourOpticsSales and Marketing SupportPrestige InstallationsCare and MaintenanceDocumentationHospitality Concepts Website MANUFACTURING & QUALITY While Couristan will never compromise on quality standards, we pride ourself at creating solutions that meet any specific conditions imposed by a client's application. To ensure that the finished carpet will withstand the heavy wear demands of each installation, it is crucial that the raw materials used are of the highest quality. The company's global network allows us to search the world for raw materials that meet our exacting standards, with pre-selected samples subjected to rigorous laboratory testing. Our parallel investment in color science research and technology for wools, nylons and dye materials has resulted in an understanding of dye spectrography, which allows us to create a color match for any sample that we are supplied with and, perhaps more importantly, to supply that same color at any time in the future. In addition, we can also reproduce the colors used in an artist's original design and guarantee a level of consistency for color across thousands of square yards of carpet. When the required quantities of yarn have been dyed and the Electronic Jacquard Looms have been set up, the first square yards are woven and checked against the hand sample for design and color placement. Only then when a sample from the first square yards has been approved does full-scale weaving commence. Throughout the weaving process, Couristan quality assurance teams check the carpet for quality, design and color placement. It takes many years of experience to identify the tiny imperfections that are an inevitable part of the weaving process and just as much experience for our skilled artisans to rectify these flaws by hand. Final quality inspection on the finishing tables ensures consistent pattern match from roll to roll. Detailed computer records of the carpet's design, together with samples of the colors and materials used in its creation, are then archived in the Couristan Hospitality Concepts Design Library for reference, so that it may be reproduced at any time.