(IAF: Sydney, Australia) -- It would not be an exaggeration to say that the ISO 9001 standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) brought about a revolution in the field of quality assurance.

(A2LA: Frederick, MD) --  The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) recently announced that its first U.S.

(Cambridge Viscosity Inc.: Medford, MA) -- A full line of lab and process viscometers that offer faster throughput with a new standard for all aspects of oil processing, product manufacturing, and control are available from Cambridge Viscosity Inc.

(QAI LLC: Indianapolis) -- Realizing that companies must lower costs in all areas, national quality training provider QAI LLC is introducing an instructional video series, which provides the most critical ISO standards certification tools to help individual employees support the ISO standards ce

(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is informing all stakeholders that ISO 50001—“Energy management systems—Requirements with guidance for use,” a standards development initiative of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has been recently appr

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 2010 Baldrige Regional Conferences are set for Sept. 14 in Newport Beach, California, at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa; and Sept. 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs.

(ISO: Geneva) -- The way is now open for the publication of ISO 26000, which gives guidance on social responsibility, as an international standard by the end of year.

(ISO 9000 Conference: Pittsburgh) -- The European Quality Initiative has announced that the 19th annual International Conference on ISO 9000 will be held March 13–15, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas, at the Grand Hyatt Riverwalk hotel.

(ASTM: West Conshohocken, PA) -- Standards developed by ASTM International’s technical committees—Committee F20 on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response and Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate—play a role in both the initial response and follow-up to oil spills.

During the last few years, food contamination recalls have brought the concept of global food safety to the forefront, leading to the establishment of new global food safety standards.