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(ISO: Geneva) -- Any of us can find some packages or packaged products tricky to open. Such difficulties can be worse for the elderly, or people with disabilities. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is contributing to a solution in the form of a standard for designing…
(AIAG: Southfield, MI) -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a nonprofit, member-supported organization that works with a wide range of manufacturing companies and service providers to help them operate at peak performance, is holding two events, Sept. 27–28, 2011, that are crucial for…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Emergencies, crises, and disasters like the tsunami in Japan or the recent riots in London can happen at any time. Organizations around the world are increasingly implementing risk management processes to deal with uncertainty and ensure continuity. But if their suppliers are…
(QMI-SAI Global: Cleveland) -- SAI Global has announced a new blog for the aerospace AS9100 sector. SAI Global traditionally aims to offer the best customer experience and valuable knowledge. The AS9100 blog is intended to provide aerospace professionals with recent industry updates, expert tips…
(TÜV Rheinland: Cologne, Germany) -- TÜV Rheinland Group, a leading provider of technical services worldwide, is acquiring Sonovation B.V., a highly specialized nondestructive testing services provider based in the Netherlands. Founded in 1988 and employing a staff of 50, Sonavation provides…
(UL: Camas, WA) -- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), a world leader in advancing safety, has announced the execution of a definitive agreement whereby UL will acquire the quality assurance business of STR Holdings Inc., an Enfield, Connecticut-based company. The acquisition is part of UL’s…
(QMI-SAI Global: Cleveland, OH) -- QMI-SAI Global announces a complimentary webinar You Are Closer Than You Think to ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Registration. This webinar is developed for ISO 9001-registered companies that have a structured quality management system (QMS) already in place and want…
(APEC: Singapore) -- On September 13-14, 2011, San Francisco will play host to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference on Implementation of Energy Management Standardization. The event will bring together up to 150 participants from the 21 Asia-Pacific member economies to…
(Aarcher Institute: Annapolis, MD) -- Environmental compliance and management requirements create constant business and regulatory pressures. In September 2011, the Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training is offering a wide range of courses addressing multiple compliance and management…
(NSF: Ann Arbor, MI) -- NSF International, a global independent
public-health organization with 66 years of experience, including 25
years of pharmaceutical expertise through its NSF Health Sciences
Division, is launching NSF Reference Standards, which will produce
reference standards that…
(ANSI: New York) -- More than 80 percent of global commodity trade is affected by standards and conformance, which translates to more than 13 trillion business dollars each year. Numbers like these clearly demonstrate the powerful advantage that companies gain in the global market by exerting…
(ANSI: New York) -- The U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day (WSD) Planning Committee would like to remind interested stakeholders to enter the 2011 WSD Paper Competition. Entries for the competition, sponsored by the Standards Engineering Society (SES), are due on Aug. 12, 2011.
The theme…
(ISO: Geneva) -- In “10 Good Things for SMEs,” a new ISO brochure, managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 10 countries from around the world explain how ISO standards contribute to their success.
The managers, eight of whom are senior executives or owners, are from a…
(ANSI: Washington) -- The British Standards Institution (BSI) has submitted a proposal to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for a new field of technical activity on facilities management. As the U.S. member body to ISO, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)…
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. standardization system, has released a workshop report summarizing the range of perspectives voiced at the May 12, 2011, ANSI workshop Standards Wars: Myth or Reality? in Washington, D.C.
The workshop brought together more…
(Thomson Reuters: New York) -- Techstreet, a Thomson Reuters business, has signed agreements with a range of construction and safety standards publishers to distribute standards, manuals, and codes online. The online availability of these standards promotes industry compliance, safety, and public…
(ANSI: Washington) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has reopened a public comment period seeking input on regulatory cooperation activities between the United States and the European Union. The comment period is now open through Aug. 8, 2011.
The…
(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO international standards offer benefits for just about everyone, and what the standards can achieve is becoming an increasingly useful component of general knowledge. ISO is encouraging this evolution by making freely available a rich source of information on ISO standards,…
(A2LA: Frederick, MD) -- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has added the Sustainable Energy Testing Field to its range of accreditation activities. A2LA is currently accepting new applications for accreditation from laboratories that intend to test products designed for…
Substantial improvements in energy efficiency with positive financial consequences have been experienced both by a major company and by a small business taking part in a pilot program to test the new ISO 50001 energy management standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A book newly published by Quality Press, the publishing arm of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), sheds light on how a quality framework in compliance with standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) can have a major effect on improving…
(AIAG: Warrendale, PA) -- AIAG, a nonprofit, member-supported organization that works with a range of manufacturing companies and service providers to help them operate at peak performance, is partnering with the SAE International to launch a joint global-sourcing engineering certificate program.…
(ISO: Geneva) -- Leaders of the international groups of experts that develop ISO International Standards recently gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for a two-day, highly interactive conference to improve even further the efficiency and usefulness of the solutions and benefits ISO offers to business…
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Sixty-nine organizations have tossed their hats—and their strategies for success—into the ring for the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through innovation and improvement. Applicants…
(ISO: Geneva) -- The World Standards Cooperation (WSC) has announced the results of the poster competition for World Standards Day 2011, which attracted 45 entries and 2000 votes.
Open to all, the competition was to design a poster for World Standards Day, Oct. 14, 2011, on the theme, “…