Standards Association and Institute

 

AA	Aluminum Association, U.S.A.
AAR	Association of American Railroads, U.S.A.
ABS	American Bureau of Shipping, U.S.A.
ACI	Alloy Casting Institute, U.S.A.
ACS	American Chemical Society, U.S.A.
AFBMA	Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association, U.S.A.
AGA	American Gas Association, U.S.A.
AGMA	American Gear Manufacturers Association, U.S.A.
AIIS	American Institute for International Steel, U.S.A.
AIME	American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers, U.S.A.
AISA	Australian Independent Steel Association, Australia.
AISC	American Institute of Steel Construction, U.S.A.
AISI	American Iron and Steel Institute, U.S.A.
ALCOA	Aluminum Company of America, U.S.A.
AMS	Aerospace Material Specifications-SAE, U.S.A.
AN	Air Force-Navy Aeronautical Standards, U.S.A.
ANSI	American National STandards Institute, U.S.A.
API	American Petroleum Institute, U.S.A.
AREA	American Railway Engineering Association, U.S.A.
AS	Australian Standards, Australia
ASA	American Standards, Association, U.S.A. (USASI)
ASM	American Society for Metals, U.S.A.
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, U.S.A.
Aspa	Alloy Steel Producers Association, India.
Aspibi	Associationof Indonesian Steel Ingot & Billet Manufacturers, Indonesia.
ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials, U.S.A. (ASHRAE)
ASTPM	Association of Steel Tube and Pipe Manufacturers of South Africa, South Africa
AWPA	American Wire Producers Association, U.S.A.
AWS	American Welding Society, U.S.A.
BDS	Comite Supreme de I'Automobile, France
BS	British Standards, U.K.
BV	Bureau Veritas, France
CCS	China Classification Society, China
CII	Confederation of Indian Industries, India
CIMM	Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Canada
CNS	Chinese National Standards, Taiwan
CS	Commerical Standards, U.S.A.
CSA	Canadian Standards Association, Canada
CSB	Centrala Sjukvardsberedningen-SIS, Sweden
CSN	Ceskoslovenskych Norem, Czekoslovakia
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 Committe, Technical Chamber of Greece, Greece
EOS	Federal Specifications and Standards, U.S.A.
Essdig	European Stainless Steel Development & Information Group, Europe
ESTA	European Steel Tube Association, Europe
FS	Federal Specifications and Standards, U.S.A.
Gapbesi	Federation of the Indonesia Iron & Steel Manufacturers Association, U.S.A.
GB	China Standards, China
GOST	State Committee on Standards, Russia
GL	Germanischer Lloyd, Germany
HDGASA	Hop Dip Galvanizers Association Southern Africa, South Africa
HEI	Heat Exchange Institute, U.S.A.
IBS	Insituto Brasileiro de Siderurgia, Brazil
IFI	Industrial Fasteners Institute, U.S.A.
IISI	International Iron and Steel Institute
ILAFA	Instituto Latinoamericano del Fierro y el Acero, South American
IP	Institute of Petroleum, U.K.
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	Venezuelan Steel Institute, Venezuela
JASO	Japanese Automobile Standards Organization, Japan
JIS	Japan Industrial Standards, Japan
JISF	Japan Iron & Steel Federation, Japan
JRS	Japanese National Railway Standards, Japan
KOSA	Korea Iron and Steel Association, Korea
KRS	Korean Register of Shipping, Korea
KS	Korean Standards, South Korea
LR	Lloyd's Register of Shipping, U.K.
MAC	Mining Association of Canada, Canada
MBMA	Metal Building Manufacturers Association, U.S.A.
MCA	Metal Construction Association, U.S.A.
MIL	Military Specifications and Standards, U.S.A.
MNC	Metallnormcentralen-SIS, Sweden
MPIF	Metal Powder Industries Federation, U.S.A.
MRA	Metal roofing Alliance, U.S.A.
MSCI	Metals Service Center Institute, U.S.A.
MSS	Manufacturers standardization Society of the Valve and Fitting Industry, U.S.A.
MSZ	Magyar Szabvanyugyi Hivatal, Hungary
NB	Normas Brasileiras, Brazil
NEN	Nederlandse Norm, Netherlands
NF	Norme Francaise, France
NK	Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, 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	Philippine Iron & Steel Institute, Philippine
PMA	Precision Metalforming Association, U.S.A.
PN	Porska Norma, Poland
PSA	Philippine Steelmakers Association, Philippine
PRSS	Pakistan Railway Standard Specification, Pakistan
PS	Pakistan Standards, Pakistan
SAE	Society of Automotive Engineers, U.S.A.
SAISI	South African Iron and Steel Institute, South Africa
Seaisi	South-East Asia Iron & Steel Institute, South-East Asia
SFS	Finlands Standardiserings Kommission, Finland
SI	Israel Standards, Sweden
SIS	Swedish Standards Institute, Sweden
SMA	Steel Manufacturers Association, U.S.A.
STI	Steel Tube Institute of North America, North America
TS	Turk Standardlari, 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
UNIT	Institute Uruguayo de Normas Technicas, Urugray
USASI	United States of American Standards Institute, U.S.A.
VSM	Verein Schweizerischer Maschinenindustrieller, Switzerland
VDEH	Verein Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute, Germany