swimsuits and standardized and secure floating garments

Standards to ensure your safety

The initial tests, both technical and with potential customers, being conclusive, Alain Belkadi wanted to submit his development to the rigors of standardization. This was a prerequisite for any large-scale commercial deployment in European markets, and more generally an ethical necessity. But when the company turned to certification bodies, it was to discover that there was no buoyancy standard for children!

There were dozens of nomenclatures for pools, supervised swimming, balloons, inflatable boats, but nothing for the swimsuits floaters we put on our children.

The CRITT Sports and Leisure therefore undertook to develop this standard with the active support and expertise of Greystone, and thus of Plouf!

Logically the brand was the first to benefit from the NF EN 13138-1 standard as early as 2001, and has since continued to meet the strictest European standardization criteria, thereby ensuring market access and nurturing the brand Plouf!

A fight against drownings

Among children aged 1 to 14, drownings represent the second leading cause of accidental death, after traffic accidents. When they do not result in death, they sometimes leave severe consequences, particularly neurological, in children.

The risk is even greater in France where there are more than 1.8 million private pools that all must comply with strict safety standards.

Within this market, the second largest in the world after the United States, everything is done to secure the place: barriers at regulated height, standardized openings, mandatory alarms...

Yet nothing is planned, except for adult supervision, when the child is within the pool perimeter.

ISO standards and other standards of Plouf products

Standard NF EN 13138-1: 2014 "specifies the safety requirements for the manufacture, performance, size, marking, and information provided by the manufacturer of swimming aids designed to help beginner users move in the water, when they learn to swim or when they learn a part of a swimming movement."

The Standard EN ISO 12405-5.50N was applied to the quarter suit for navigators and sailors – which allows it to provide comfort of movement while being supported by a buoyancy of 50 N .

Concerning the NF EN 15649 Standard, it applies to floating leisure articles of water toys (class D) to fully enjoy this revolutionary towel.

Learn more about the values of Plouf Safety Concept!