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IAF Meeting Gets Large Turnout
Tue, 04/10/2007 - 22:00
Dozens of standards developers from around the world met in San Francisco recently for the annual meeting of the International Accreditation Forum’s technical and executive committees. The meeting, held March 24–30, included day-long breakout… New ISO Standard for Web PDF Documents
Tue, 11/08/2005 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization recently published a new standard for the management of Web-based PDF documents. ISO 19005, or PDF/A-1, enables organizations to archive documents in a way that maximizes content preservation and… U.S. Standards Groups Adopt Personnel Certification Scheme
Tue, 02/07/2006 - 22:00
The American National Standards Institute and ASTM International recently adopted a new standard for personnel certification. ISO/IEC 17024, General requirements for bodies operating certification schemes of persons addresses the need for… New ISO Standard Addresses Tire Failures
Tue, 04/11/2006 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization recently published a new standard for tire-pressure early warning devices. ISO 21750:2006, “Road vehicles—Safety enhancements in conjunction with the tyre inflation pressure monitoring,”… ISO Secretary-General Addresses World Economic Forum
Tue, 02/08/2005 - 22:00
ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden recently spoke at the World Economic Forum, emphasizing the importance of standards in the world economy. The forum was held Jan. 26–28 in Davos, Switzerland, and was attended by several world leaders in industry,… New Standard Limits Mobile Phone Radio Wave Exposure
Tue, 03/08/2005 - 22:00
The International Electrotechnical Committee recently published a standard that limits the radio waves emitted by mobile phones. Limits on specific absorption rate (SAR)—the rate at which radio frequency energy is absorbed by the human body—are set… New Standards for Nuclear Power Plants
Tue, 07/11/2006 - 22:00
The International Electrotechnical Commission recently released the second edition of a standard related to requirements for software systems in nuclear power plants. IEC 60880: Nuclear Power Plants—Instrumentation and control systems… SAI Global Announces Acquisition
Tue, 07/12/2005 - 22:00
SAI Global Ltd. recently acquired Easy i Holdings Ltd., a compliance training and awareness solutions company with operations in the United States and the United Kingdom. Ross Wraight, SAI Global CEO, says the acquisition is part of the company’s… NewTek Offers Custom High-Temperature Position SensorsCan handle environments up to 200°C
Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:02
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek manufactures custom linear position sensing units in various strokes, sizes, and materials engineered to operate reliably in hostile environments where temperatures can reach up to 200 °C.
Unlike magnetostrictive… Nanotechnology Gets Standardized Vocabulary
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 22:00
A private standards-developing organization recently published the first known consensus-based standard defining a common technical language for nanotechnology. ASTM International’s ASTM E2456-06, “Standard terminology relating to…