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DIN Standards Committee Paper, board and pulp

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 26491 2026-04-08 Paper and board--Determination of oil absorption capacity --Cobb method More  Comment 
DIN 53142-2 2026-02-27 Testing of board - Puncture test - Part 2: Puncture test with linear move More  Comment 
DIN ISO 16260 2026-01-16 Paper and board - Determination of internal bond strength (ISO 16260:2025) More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN EN ISO 186 2026-06 Paper and board - Sampling to determine average quality (ISO/DIS 186:2026); German and English version prEN ISO 186:2026 More 
DIN EN 646 2026-06 Paper and board intended to come into contact with foodstuffs - Determination of colour fastness of dyed paper and board; German and English version prEN 646:2026 More 
DIN EN ISO 287 2026-05 Paper and board - Determination of moisture content of a lot - Oven-drying method (ISO/DIS 287:2026); German and English version prEN ISO 287:2026 More  Read draft and comment

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title Order from DIN Media
DIN CEN/TS 18244 2026-06 VN Testing of paper and board - Determination of the transfer of mineral oil hydrocarbons from food contact materials containing recycled pulp; German version CEN/TS 18244:2026 More  Order from DIN Media
DIN 53116 2026-03 Standard Testing of paper - Determination of grease permeability More  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

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