Position Paper on Pelikan Colorella Star Fibre Tip Pens
Besides the superior quality of its products, Pelikan also places uppermost priority
on ecological and health safety. The company’s own R&D centre and production plant
in Peine in conjunction with the stringent internal and external quality controls
applied serve to underline this outlook.
As leading manufacturer of paper, office and writing utensils, we do not only orient
ourselves to legislation, but also to in-house standards that in fact reach out far
beyond any legal specification. In a test carried out for the Austrian “Der Konsument”,
the plastic sheath of the Pelikan Colorella Star fibre tip pen was checked for heavy
metals. The Pelikan fibre tip Colorella Star pen complies with the stringent provisions
of EN-71 and the Toy Directive. The lead and chrome levels detected in Colorella
Star are well below the limits specified by law, in fact by more than 90%.
Consequently there is no danger or health hazard when using the Pelikan fibre tip
pens. However, complaints received have triggered a revision and further optimisation
of the product Colorella Star. Production of an even better pen is already ongoing.
