What are ASTM standards in footwear?

ASTM standards answer "how was that measured?" rather than "is this shoe good?". When a US buyer specifies ASTM D2240 for hardness, they are fixing the instrument, the conditions and the reading — so an Asker/Shore number on a spec sheet is checkable rather than a claim.

The ASTM methods that come up most in footwear are material-level: D2240 for hardness, D3884 for abrasion, D2256 and D2261 for tensile and tear, D3574 and D3575 for foam properties, and D1002 and D2097 for adhesion. Our testing standards reference maps each test item we run to the standards it is run to, ASTM included.

ASTM, ISO, EN, DIN and SATRA overlap rather than compete — the same test item frequently maps to several, and which one applies is usually decided by your market and your customer's specification, not by us.

DOING runs material and whole-shoe physical testing in our in-house GOTECH lab against the standards your specification names, and routes certification and restricted-substance testing to accredited third-party labs. Send us your test requirements and we will tell you honestly what we can hit.