International standards drive quality, reliability, and innovation in materials across a wide range of applications. From defining properties or purity requirements to setting guidelines for specific processes, they ensure consistent performance, support sustainability, and build global trust with users and business partners.

Top standards

Plastics — Determination of tensile properties
Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics

Plastics — Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics
Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pycnometer method and titration method

Cosmetics — Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices

Plastics — Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
Part 3: Determination of temperature and enthalpy of melting and crystallization

Compressed air — Contaminant measurement
Part 5: Oil vapour content

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Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content — Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Insights

Carbon footprint: Measuring and reducing our environmental impact

Companies are increasingly becoming aware of their carbon footprint and its intrinsic link to energy use. But exactly what is a carbon footprint, and how can renewable energy reshape the business landscape?

Quality management: The path to continuous improvement

There are many misconceptions about what a quality management system (QMS) does. Let’s delve into what a QMS is, what it should look like and why your company absolutely needs one.

The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.