SEFA Standards

SEFA works within its Committees, both in person and virtually, to develop "Laboratory Grade" Standards for all furniture and equipment specified for the lab environment.  We are currently developing Standards for Lab Grade Flooring and Lab Grade Washers,  with our next endeavors to be walls and ceilings. Click here for  information about SEFA's upcoming Committee Web-Meetings.   To download a complimentary copy of our current Desk Reference which contains all of our published standards, click the link below.

SEFA Fifth Edition Desk Reference  Version 4.0

SEFA Annual Conference

Join SEFA and your industry colleagues for our 36th Annual Conference, October 30 - November 1, 2024 at The Hilton Hotel - Torrey Pines, La Jolla, California.  Click the link below to download a copy of the Preliminary Agenda.

Preliminary Agenda - Registration Download

SEFA Lab of the Year Competition®

The deadline to enter the 2024 SEFA Lab of the Year Competion was August 1, 2024.  We are pleased to announce that SEFA Advisory Board Co-Chairman, Brian Richard has been selected to lead this year's esteemed panel of Judges.  The Judges will meet at the end of September and the winner(s) will be announced at our Annual Conference at the Hilton Torrey Pines Hotel, La Jolla, California on October 31, 2024. 

News

SEFA Dinner Reception at analyticaChina

SEFA is pleased to announce that we will be in Shanghai for analyticaChina 2024 and the Labtech Congress.  SEFA will host a Dinner Reception at the Kerry Hotel on Tuesday evening, November 20, 2024 for our SEFA Members and invited guests.  Visit our analytica webpage for complete details on the SEFA Members exhibiting at the tradeshow and well as the featured speakers for our Reception.

New SEFA Standards

Congratulations to the members of the Vertical Exhausting Laminar Flow Committee (V-ELF) on the unanimous approval of their Standard.  The Committee Co-Chairs,  Pete Daniele (LM Air Technologies) and Ken Dixon (Air Control) worked closely with Paul Lemestre, PE, LEED AP (Cleanroom Engineering Design) to finalize this important standard.  Download a copy though the link below

SEFA 13 - Vertical Exhausting Laminar Flow Download

Congratulations to the SEFA 12 Committee, Co-Chaired by Edward Metzger (BioFit Engineered Products) and Kai Schuler of (Interstuhl Büromöbel GmbH & Co. KG), on the unanimous approval of SEFA 12-2022 – the first ever Laboratory Grade Seating Standard.  This document should be used and referenced when purchasing seating for use in laboratory environments.   For a limited time, we are offering a complimentary download of the SEFA 12 document through the link below.  

SEFA 12-2022 Lab Grade Seating Download

Welcome New Members

Ennead Architects 

Shanghai, China

G.T. Scien Co., Ltd.

Daejeon, Republic of Korea

LABOFAB INDIA, Pvt., Ltd.

Ahmedabad, India

Perspectus Architecture

Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Steel Cabinets S.A. de C.V.

Toluca, Mexico

Studio Archnovate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Well Done Engineering Co., Ltd.

Samutprakan Thailand

Join Today
 

FIND SEFA COMPLIANT PRODUCTS

Nearly ten years ago SEFA's Membership voted unanimously in favor of an amendment to the SEFA By-Laws requiring all manufacturing members of the association and those wishing to become members, to submit a certified test report from a SEFA-approved test lab, establishing that they manufacture at least one "laboratory grade" product the complies with a SEFA Standard.  SEFA maintains  lists for each of the Standards which contain the name of the company along with the model name and/or number for the product(s) successfully tested.  

SEFA COMPLIANT PRODUCTS

About Us

The Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) is an international not-for-profit trade association whose Executive Members are among the world’s largest manufacturers of laboratory furniture and equipment.  SEFA was formed in 1988 and currently has more than165 members located in 27 countries around the globe.  

SEFA's essential purpose is to Promote the use of "LABORATORY GRADE"  furniture, fixtures and related equipment.  We believe the proper furniture and appropriate enclosures add a blanket of safety in the lab environment.  

 SAFE LABS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW!®

 

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