What is ISO 12625-1 on Tissue paper and tissue products about?
ISO 12625-1 is the first part of an international multi-series standard that covers terminology for tissue paper and tissue products.
ISO 12625-1 establishes general principles for the use of terms in the entire working field of tissuepaper and tissue products. It permits the use of common terminology in industry and commerce.
ISO 12625-1 defines terms for the determination of the physical properties of tissue paper manufactured using creping or un-creped techniques. It also includes products, that are made by using a combination of these tissue-making processes.
Who is ISO 12625-1 on Tissue paper and tissue products for?
ISO 12625-1 on tissue paper and tissue products is useful for:
- Manufacturers and suppliers of tissue paper and tissue products
- Dealers and distributors of tissue paper and tissue products
- Designers of tissue paper and tissue products
- Test houses for tissue paper and tissue products
Why should you use ISO 12625-1 on Tissue paper and tissue products?
Tissue products form an important and growing market for single-use disposable hygiene and industrial products.
ISO 12625-1 allows you a common understanding of the various tissue-making terms between tissue manufacturers, tissue converters, and tissue customers, as well as to facilitate the harmonization of testing methods. It has each listed term is defined briefly defined along with an example wherever it was required.
Users of ISO 12625-1 can benefit, as tissue-paper-manufacturing technology has evolved and diverged from an ordinary paper technology to this booming industry. Thus, a new glossary has become a necessity of the hour, to convey the information and products to potential consumers in a very meaningful way.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN ISO 12625-1:2019 supersedes BS EN ISO 12625-1:2011, which is withdrawn. BS EN ISO 12625-1:2019 contains the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- Change of the number of terms to those which directly concern tissue
- The alphabetical index has been restructured because of the merging and addition of “term groups”
- Editorial updates

