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DIN Standards Committee Paper, board and pulps

About NPa

The DIN Standards Committee Paper, board and pulps (NPa) is part of DIN and the responsible committee for the standardisation in the field of requirements and test methods. In detail, the requirements and specifications cover the following areas:

  • raw material(s);
  • pulps;
  • finished commodities and products;
  • ageing resistance;
  • criteria for the assessment of environmental efficiency.

For the examination of the requirements and specifications the following corresponding test methods have to be specified:

  • chemical-technological test methods;
  • optical test methods;
  • physical-technological test methods.

Included are ability tests for inkjet-media as well as test methods for tissue paper, tissue products and non-woven.

The NPa is the National mirror committee of ISO/TC 6 "Paper, board and pulps" (Secretariat Canada) and responsible for co-ordinating the German work for the International (ISO) standardisation.

The NPa is also the National mirror committee of CEN/TC 172 "Pulp, paper and board" (Secretariat DIN-NPa, Germany) and responsible especially for the guidance of the Secretariat of CEN/TC 172.

EN 646 & EN 648

Source for examples of glass fibre papers

One source for the glass fibre papers that meets the requirements of EN 646 and EN 648 is the glass fibre paper MN 86/70 BF (60 mm x 90 mm) with the article/order number 40086/70/001 of a product supplied by Macherey-Nagel.

This information is given for the convenience of users of EN 646 and EN 648 and does not constitute an endorsement by CEN or DIN of the product named. Equivalent products may be used if they can be shown to lead to the same results.

How is NPa composed?

Contact

DIN e. V.
Michaela Treige

Am DIN-Platz
Burggrafenstraße 6
10787 Berlin

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New projects
Document number Begin Title Comment
ISO/AWI TS 19857-2 2025-12-03 Paper, board and printing inks - Part 2: Laboratory test for ink setting on paper using prüfbau-type printability testers More  Comment 
ISO/AWI TS 19857-1 2025-12-03 Paper, board and printing inks - Part 1: Laboratory test for ink setting on paper using IGT-type printability testers More  Comment 
DIN ISO 11093-2 2025-12-02 Paper and board - Testing of cores - Part 2: Conditioning of test samples (ISO 11093-2:2025) More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN EN 647 2026-02 Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs - Preparation of a hot water extract; German and English version prEN 647:2026 More 
DIN EN 645 2026-02 Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs - Preparation of a cold water extract; German and English version prEN 645:2026 More 
DIN ISO 3689 2026-01 Paper and board - Determination of bursting strength after immersion in water (ISO 3689:2024); Text in German and English More  Read draft and comment

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title Order from DIN Media
DIN ISO 7763 2025-12 Standard Testing of paper and board - Compressive strength of a sample held in S-shape (ISO 7763:2024) More  Order from DIN Media
DIN ISO/TS 23885 2025-11 VN Paper, board and graphic technology - Determination of the coating strength in the inner fold (ISO/TS 23885:2022) More  Order from DIN Media
DIN EN ISO 3035 2025-11 Standard Corrugated fibreboard - Determination of flat crush resistance (ISO 3035:2025); German version EN ISO 3035:2025 More  Order from DIN Media

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