INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR REAL LIFE PERFORMANCE

30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, ONLY ONE OBJECTIVE TOTAL QUALITY.

For more than 30 years LAS has made protective sports helmets to the highest standards. These three decades of experience have shown exceptional results in terms of safety, design and innovation.

The company was founded in 1974 in Pedrengo in the North Italian Province of Bergamo. As the acclaimed leader in the industry, today LAS continues to design, manufacture and distribute top quality products throughout the world, all rigorously tested before going on the market.

Through contacts developed in the United States with the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), in Great Britain with BSI and in Italy with several certification laboratories, LAS is able to offer a vast range of safety certified products. The prestigious ISO 9001:2000 international quality certificate will be issued shortly. Thanks to the great experience acquired in various sports sectors and to world distribution of their products,

LAS is considered a reference point in the head injury protection market. LAS combines innovation and technology of materials with a "100% made in Italy" design, which the entire world admires and tries to imitate. The LAS industry leading products are designed and manufactured exclusively in Italy by specialist technicians. The Company’s guidelines ensure a professional service at every working stage. LAS combines skill, know-how and creativity and adds the benefit of experience to all current and future products.

TAKING THE LONGER PATH TO ENSURE SUPERIOR SAFETY

All Production stages are important as regards the quality and safety of a helmet. There is, for example. polystyrene protection inside a cycling helmet and a hard shell outside and these two pieces must be fused together. It is this melding process that makes the helmet so strong. This process can be performed in two ways: the direct or the indirect method.

The direct method has only one work stage in which the two parts are produced at the same time as they are moulded: this is a cheap production method, but one with the risk of imperfections that could prejudice safety. With the indirect method. On the other hand, the outer shell and polystyrene inside are produced separately and then fused together. This process guarantees perfect adherence of the two parts and thus greater resistance to impact.

Before being put on sale, LAS cycling helmets undergo a series of certification tests that identify minimum safety requirements. LAS helmets comply with the technical regulations required by many nations at world level.

These regulations are:
CE EN 1078 for the European Union
CPSC and ASTM F 1447 for the USA
AS/NSZ 2063 for Australia and New Zealand

Each one of these standards requires several impact tests: dropping the helmet from various heights onto different types of surface (flat, angled, curved, etc.). A magnesium dummy head is placed inside the helmet and connected to the accelerometers. The dummy head is used to simulate a real human head, ranging from a small child’s one to a larger adult’s.

The helmets subjected to testing are "conditioned" as follows:
To heat:+50°C
To cold:-20°C
In water
To ambient temperature
With artificial ageing by U.V. lamp

The sides, front, back and upper parts of the helmet are impact tested and the deceleration experienced by the dummy head is measured each time. The values registered must not exceed the set limits, established scientifically by medical commissions. Tests of the helmet being torn off the head and the resistance of the strap are also simulated.

The internal liners from the Squalo, Kripton and Istrion are all removable and machine washable. It is recommended that the liner be cold water washed on the gentle cycle inside the provided helmet bag and air dried.