Standarts and Regulations

ISO

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