STANDARDS ASSOCIATION

AND INSTITUTE

AA Aluminium Association, USA

AAR Association of American Railroads, USA
ABS American Bureau of Shiping, USA
ACS American Chemical Society, USA
AFBMA Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association, USA
AGA American Gas Association, USA
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association, USA
AIIS American Institute for International Steel, USA
AIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers, USA.
AISA Australian Independent Steel Association, Australia.
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction, USA
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute, USA
ALCOA Aluminium Company of America, USA
AMS Aerospace Material Specifications- SAE, USA
AN Air Force-navy Aeronautical Standards, USA
ANSI American National Standards Institute, USA
API American Petroleum Institute, USA
AREA American Railway Engineering Association, USA
AS Australian Standards, Australia
ASA American Standards Association, USA (USASI)
ASM American Society for Metals, USA
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
ASPA Alloy Steel Producers Association, India
ASPIBI Association of Indonesian Steel Ingot & Billet Manufacturers,
Indonesia
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials, USA (ASHRAE)
ASTPM Association of Steel Tube & Pipe Manufacturers of South Africa, South
Africa.
AWPA American Wire Producers Association, USA
AWS American Welding Society, USA
BDS Comite Supreme De I’Automobile, Frnace
BS British Standards, UK
BV Bureau Veritas, France
CCS China Classification Society, China
CII Confederation of Indian Instries, India
CIMM Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Canada
CNS Chinese National Standards, Taiwan
CS Commercial Standards, USA
CSA Canadian Standards Association, Canada
CSB Centrala Sjukvardsberedningen-SIS, Sweden
CSN Ceskoslovenskych Norem, Czekoslovakaia
CSPA Canadian Steel Producers Association, Canada
CGSB Canadian Government Specification Board, Canada
DGN Direccion General de Normas, Mexico
DIN Deutsche Industrie-Norm, Germany
DNV Det Norske Veritas, Norway
DS Dansk Standards, Denmark
ECSC European Coal & Steel Community, Europe
EISA European Independent Steelworks Association, Europe
ENO Greek Standards Committee, Technical Chamber of Greece, Greece.
EOS Federal Specifications and Standards, USA
ESSDIG European Stainless Steel Development & Information Group, Europe
ESTA European Steel Tube Association, Europe
FS Federal Specifications and Standards, USA
GAPBESI Federation of the Indonesia iron & Steel Manufacturers Association,
USA
GB China Standards, China
GOST State Committee on Standards, Russia
GL Germanischer Lloyds, Germany
HDGASA Hot Dip Galvanizers Association Southern Africa, South Africa
HEI Heat Exchange Institute, USA
IBS Instituto Brasileiro De Siderurgia, Brazil.
IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute, USA
IISI International Iron and Steel Institute
IlAFA Instituto Latinoamericano del Fierro Y el Acero, Soth American
IP Institute of Petroleum, UK
IPLOCA International Pipeline and Offshore Contractors’ Association
IREPAS International Rebars Exporters & Producers Association
IRSS Indian Railway Standard Specification, India
ISI Indian Standards, India
I.S. Irish Standards, Ireland.
ISA International Federation of the National Standardizing Association.
ISO International Organization for Standardization.
IVES Venezulean Steel Institute, Venezuela
JASCO Japanese Automobile Standards Organization, Japan
JIS Japan Industrial Standards, Japan.
JRS Japanese National Railway Standards, Japan
KOSA Korea Iron and Steel Association, Korea
KRS Korean Register of Shiping, Korea
KS Korean Standards. South Korea
LR Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, UK
MAC Mining Association of Canada, Canada
MBMA Metal Building Manufacturers Association, USA
MCA Metal Construction Association, USA
MIL Military Specifications and Standards, USA
MNC Metallnormcentralen-SIS, Sweden
MPIF Metal Power Industries Federatin, USA
MRA Metal Roofing Alliance, USA
MSCI Metal Service Center Institute, USA
MSS Manufacturers Standardisation Society of the Valve and Fittings
Industry, USA.
MSZ Magyar Szabvanyugya Hivatal, Hungary.
NB Normas Brasileiras, Brazil
NRN Nederlandse Norms, Netherlands
NF Norme Francaise, France
NK Nippon Kaiji Kyolai, Japan
NP Norma Portuguesa, Portugal
NS Norsk Standard, Norway
NZSS New Zealand Standard Specifications, New Zealand
NV Norske Veritas, Norway
ONORM Osterreichische Norm, Austria
PCA Philippine Constructors Association, Philippine
PISI Phillippine Iron & Steel Institute, Philippine
PMA Precision Metalforming Association, USA
PN Porska Norma, Poland
PSA Philippine Steelmakers Association, Philippine
PRSS Pakistan Railway Standard Specification, Pakistan
PS Pakistan Standards, Pakistan
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers, USA
SAISI South African Iron and Steel Institute, South Africa
SEAISI South-East Asia Iron & Steel Institute, South East Asia
SFS Finlands Standardisering Kommission, Finland
SI Israel Standars, Sweden
SIS Swedish Standards Institute, Sweden
SMA Steel Manufacturers Association, USA
STI Steel Tube Institute of North America, North America
TS Turk Satandardlari, Turkey
TSIIA Taiwan Steel & Iron Industries Association, Taiwan
UIC International Union of Railways
UNCO Una Norma Colombiana, Colombia
UNE Una Norma Espanola, Spain
UNI Unificazione, Italy
USASI United States of American Standards Institute, USA
VSM Verein Schweizerischer Maschinenindustrieller, Switzerland
VDEH Verein Deutscher Eisebgyttebkeyte, Germany.