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.

Perspectivas

Huella de carbono: medir y reducir nuestro impacto ambiental

Las empresas son cada vez más conscientes de su huella de carbono y de su relación intrínseca con el consumo de la energía. Pero ¿qué es la huella de carbono y cómo puede la energía renovable reconfigurar el panorama empresarial?

Gestión de la calidad: el camino hacia la mejora continua

Existen muchos conceptos erróneos sobre lo que hace un sistema de gestión de la calidad (SGC). Profundicemos en lo que es un SGC, cómo debería ser y por qué su empresa necesita uno sin ninguna duda.

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.

Top standards

Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products — Visual assessment of surface cleanliness
Part 1: Rust grades and preparation grades of uncoated steel substrates and of steel substrates after overall removal of previous coatings

Cosmetics — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients
Part 2: Criteria for ingredients and products

Plastics moulded parts — Tolerances and acceptance conditions

Compressed air
Part 1: Contaminants and purity classes

Plastics — Determination of tensile properties
Part 1: General principles

Plastics — Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics
Part 1: Standard method