Twelve Countries' Shared Commitment to Eliminating Unnecessary Technical Barriers to Trade

 

In February, after years of negotiations, 12 countries signed the trade agreement…

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From small countries with tourism-driven economies to large post-industrial nations, the services sector has driven enormous global growth in recent decades. As businesses look for consistency and…

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Standards Underpin Extraction, Processing and Distribution

 

To the average person, the oil and gas industry may appear simple - a matter of literally tapping into a natural…

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ASTM Plays Key Role in Efforts to Address Environmental Concerns

 

Energy source A, while it meets about 30 percent of the world's primary energy needs,1 is in the…

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As renewable energy plays an increasingly important role in the world's energy portfolio, the standards of ASTM International Committee E44 are helping to pave the way for innovation in clean…

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Committee G01 Standards Fight Nature's Destructive Tendencies

The evening news may leave many of us feeling war-weary, but one ASTM International technical committee has been successful…

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ASTM's Brian Meincke and Jeffrey Grove explain how and why we have focused on telling a stronger story in a changing world.

"Your brand is what people say about you when you're not…

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Standards Aid in RoHS Compliance

 

RoHS, the seminal European sustainability directive, and others like it challenge manufacturers to eliminate hazardous substances in their…

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The world's second largest metropolitan area, a city of 25 million people, was the site of the 2014 fall meeting of the ASTM International board of directors. The…

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Across many industries, manufacturers turn out the countless products we rely on in our daily lives. These processes also create something else: waste - lots of it. According to the U.S.…

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