Airmid Healthgroup, a Dublin, Ireland–based research facility for consumer products, will provide research and laboratory testing services for Smartsilk, a producer of bedding products based in Montreal. Specifically, Airmid will perform bedbug–related research for Smartsilk, evaluating “the complex interactions of biological, chemical and physical properties associated with Smartsilk’s bedding products. With bedbug infestations on the rise, demand is greater than ever for bedding products with label claims that are validated by independent laboratories,” the companies said in a news release.
Smartsilk offers silk–filled pillows, mattress pads, protectors and other items to customers in Canada and the United States.