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 a Standard for Lab Grade Flooring, with our next endeavor to be walls and ceilings.  Click on the link below to download a complimentary copy of our current Desk Reference which contains our published standards.

SEFA Desk Reference 3.0

SEFA Annual Meeting

Join SEFA and your industry colleagues as we celebrate our 35th Anniversary at SEFA's Annual Meeting, November 1-3, 2023 at The Omni at ChampionsGate in Orlando, Florida.

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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 165 members located in 25 countries across 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®

News

SEFA at ARABLAB 2023

Great turnout for our presentations in the SEFA Theatre at ARABLAB -- SEFA's Year in Review and the 2023 Lab of the Year Program.  Good to see so many of our members and colleagues at our Networking Reception at The Conrad Hotel in Dubai.  Special Thanks to our event Sponsors, Alliant Insurance and Hamilton Laboratory Solutions. 

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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 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

STEELSENTRY, Inc.

Round Rock, Texas, United States

J.E.D. Installations

Basehor, Kansas, United States 

STEM Solutions

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

H.H. Hawkins 

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Geeken Seating Collection Pvt., Ltd. 

Gurugram, Haryana, India

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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

SEFA Lab of the Year® Competition

Thank you to everyone who submitted a project for the 2023 SEFA Lab of the Year Competition.  The Project Entry Portal is now closed until early spring.  We have assembled a world-class Judging Panel chaired by Advisory Board Member, Josh Meyer, AIA.  Joining Josh on the panel are Jay Bargmann (Rafael Viñoly Architects);  Lloyd Fisk (RFD);  Abbie Gregg  (AM Technical Solutions); Jill Lerner (KPF); Barbara Han (Columbia University) and Shawn Mazzeo (UC San Francisco).  The Judges met in Columbia University in New York City at the end of September and have selected two finalists -- Kornberg Center, Promega Corporation (SmithGroup) and Sarafan ChEM-H and Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute - Stanford University (Ennead Architects LLP).  Click below for more information about these projects and the SEFA Lab of the Year Program.
SEFA Lab of the Year Program

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