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Brazil, Sweden Lead Development of Social Responsibility Standard
Tue, 10/12/2004 - 22:00
The International Organization for Standardization has assigned representatives of Brazil and Sweden to lead the working group that will develop its social responsibility (SR) standard. ISO deliberately paired Sweden, an industrial country with… Carl Zeiss Receives A2LA Accreditation
Tue, 12/07/2004 - 22:00
Carl Zeiss Industrial Measuring Technology recently received A2LA accreditation in the calibration field. The company now complies with ISO/IEC 17025 requirements and is approved to offer in-house and on-site A2LA calibration services for coordinate… Orion Registrar Forms Chinese Partnership
Tue, 04/12/2005 - 22:00
Orion Registrar Inc. and Shenyang Auditor Training Center recently partnered to create Orion (Shenyang) Registration Inc., a bid to expand Orion’s business in rural northeastern China. “The establishment of Orion (Shenyang) Registration Inc. will… Telecom Experts Discuss International Standards
Tue, 12/12/2006 - 22:00
Nearly 70,000 people attended the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Telecom World conference last week in Hong Kong to discuss international standardization of telecommunications technologies, among other things. The leading… TUV America Expands Product Safety Group
Wed, 06/16/2004 - 22:00
Diagnosing heart attacks may become an even more precise science with the advent of the first of a series of new clinical standards issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Standard Reference Material 2921--human cardiac… 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… TÜV America Announces New TL 9000 Program Manager
Tue, 11/09/2004 - 22:00
TÜV America recently announced it appointed Frank Sidorowicz as TL 9000 program manager. Sidorowicz will be based in Plano, Texas, and has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and its related standards. He will be responsible for… NIST Issues Standard Reference Materials for Herbal Dietary Supplements
Tue, 04/11/2006 - 22:00
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently issued the first set of standard reference materials (SRM) in a planned series for the assessment of botanical dietary supplements. The dietary supplement industry has exploded in the… ISO Takes on Social Responsibility
Tue, 04/12/2005 - 22:00
Nearly 300 delegates attended the first meeting of the new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group that will develop ISO 26000, the planned standard on social responsibility (SR). By the end of the meeting, the working…