ISO

Normen

Our products comply with ISO 12757-1 (General Application) and ISO 12757-2 (Application for Documents). ISO standards for "International Standards Organisation" – a world-wide association of international standards institutes which has also exactly defined the quality requirements for ballpoint pens and ballpoint pen refills. Naturally, StarMinen strictly satisfies the following criteria:

light resistance
writing quality (even writing at V = at 9 m/min)
legibility
no shining through of paste
smear/erase-proof
long shelf life
water resistance
ethanol resistance
hydrochloric acid resistance
ammonia resistance
bleaching resistance
storability

Our ingredients are listed in:

TSCA List USA
MITI List JAPAN

and satisfy the requirements of

EN 71 Part 3
California Proposition 65

Our products comply with the Directive on Swiss Utensils – GebrV SR 817.04