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Quality and safety

BESTO Redding devotes a great deal of attention to the quality and safety of its products. So it’s no surprise that BESTO vests satisfy many of the very highest quality standards and are approved by well known inspection services such as TNO Holland and Fleetwood Testing Laboratory(UK).
BESTO also works according to an exhaustive quality system approved by the superintendent of certificates and approvals, Bureau Veritas. A major part of this quality system is the Entry Check on both raw materials and finished products. For this, we employ a number of special procedures:

Before processing, raw materials are thoroughly checked to guarantee the best possible quality.
During the production process, finished products are monitored rigorously. Once the finished product has been manufactured, the quality-control department checks it against the correct production procedure based on the Entry Check.
The last check consists of a buoyancy test in which each individual vest is examined to see if it actually satisfies the buoyancy requirements set for it.
Only when the finished product has been approved by the quality-control department it can be stored in the warehouse, prior to delivery to our selected distributors.

Buoyancy aid and lifejackets fall into 3 main categories:

Below you will find a summary of the different approval systems as used for the above categories.

Leisure

Vests for leisure use can be divided into a number of categories based on their buoyancy. Buoyancy is measured in Newtons and is indicated below by the letter N. The abbreviation CE stands for Conformity Europe and is an identifying mark that shows whether the product satisfies all the relevant European directives.

50N buoyancy aids CE EN 393

100N lifejackets CE EN 395 (Also applies to Inland Navigation)

150N lifejackets CE EN 396

275 lifejackets CE EN 399

Safety harness & lifeline CE EN 1095

Inland Navigation (Inland Navigation, Passenger and Charter Navigation etc.)

Standards and Acts applicable to personal rescue equipment

It complies with the European 100N EN395
Inland Navigation Act
Regulations based on the Survey of Shipping Vessels on the Rhine
Shipping Act of 1965
Fishing Vessels Act

The lifejackets and vests are designed to provide the best combination of safety, ease of use and storage.

All BESTO Inland Navigation lifejackets and vests carry a minimum of the European CE EN395 100N mark of approval and a Netherlands Shipping Inspection certificate of approval.

Ocean-going ships and platforms

Standards and Acts applicable to personal rescue equipment.

All BESTO lifejackets and vests produced for the Shipping sector are approved for compliance with the requirements of the European Union Council Directive 96/98 EC on Marine Equipment as amended by the Commission Directive 98/85 EC of 11th November 1998.

Specified Regulations & Standards:

SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) 74/96.
IMO (International Maritime Organization) Res. MSC.48(66) & Res. MSC.54(66)
IMO Res. A689(17) Recommendation on testing of Lifesaving Appliances.

BESTO Shipping lifejackets for ocean-going ships and drilling platforms carry the European mark of approval – the STEERING WHEEL.

BESTO produces lifejackets for:
Passenger and Commercial Navigation
Drilling Platforms (also approved by the Dutch state supervision of mines)

BESTO shipping lifejackets are approved by well-known inspection services such as:

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