If the scope of your standard specification — existing or proposed — covers a product, consider certification for it.

Certification, a kind of conformity assessment, seeks to ensure that…

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Your approach to submitting or resolving negative votes is a critical step in the process of shaping standards and is the single most important element of the ASTM International…

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As an ASTM International member, your participation is key to the ASTM standards development process, which includes voting to express your endorsement, disapproval and opinion via ballots.

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ASTM’s Blue Book, Form and Style for ASTM Standards states that all technical standards should include a…

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“My ASTM” — your gateway to participating online as an ASTM International member — now makes it easier to work with your task group in developing draft standards before they go to ballot. The tool…

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Writing a new standard presents many challenges, and sometimes, just figuring out which type of standard it should be is Challenge #1.

There are six different kinds of ASTM standards… which…

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Does your ASTM committee want to:

  • Gather information for a possible new area of work or a standard already underway?
  • Exchange technical information?
  • Encourage new…
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