Zipper standards in Textiles

Nickel
Nickel is a material belonging to the group of heavy metals. The material, which is used in the production of
zippers, buttons and similar textile accessories, is nowadays not the preferred choice because of the risks to
human health.
Either pure or mixed, nickel might be preferred to make the accessory hard and bright.
Harms to Consumer Health
Research results show that 2% of men and 10% of women are allergic to nickel. Accessories, which touch the skin directly and contain nickel, can cause rashes and itching. Besides countries that are members of EU, lots of other countries prohibit or restrict nickel-containing products.SAA ZIPPER Products fulfill the International Standards related to Zipper quality, its safety & ecological aspects such as EN (European Norms), BS (British Standards) & DIN (German Standards).
BS Standards
The BSI is the UK’s national standards organization. Its role is to produce & publish British standards & information products that promote & share best practice. BSI serves the interest of a wide range of Industry sectors as well as governments, consumers, employees & society overall, to make sure that BS British standards, EN European
standards & ISO International standards are useful, relevant & authoritative.BS EN Standards.It is an European technical standard as adopted in the UK. BS EN standards often supersede pre-existent national technical standards BS (British Standards).

DIN Standards
DIN (Deutsches Institute for Norming, a German Institute for standardization) is a German National Organization
for standardization & is that country’s ISO member body. DIN is a registered German Association headquartered
in Berlin. There are currently around 30,000 DIN standards, covering nearly every field of technology.

EU Norms
The importing of nickel-containing products to EU Countries has been restricted since 20th July 2000. In some countries, even prison sentence maybe applicable beginning in October 2001. Relevant to the issue, below standards are put into practice:
EN 1811 Reference test method for release of nickel from products intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with skin.
EN 12472 Method for the stimulation of wear and corrosion for the detection of nickel release from coated items.