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Standards and Medical Technology
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in medical and surgical, neurotechnology, orthopaedics, and… more
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Medical

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Standards Advance Lifecycle-Management Services
Kinetrics is the category leader in providing lifecycle-management services for the electricity industry. Trusted by clients worldwide, our expertise in engineering, testing, inspection, and certification is backed by our independent laboratory and… more
Industry sectors:
Energy, Medical

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Standards and High-Quality Footwear
Vibram is the world leader in the development and manufacturing of high-performance rubber soles for outdoor, recreational, military, workwear, shoe repair, and fashion footwear. For more than 80 years, the yellow octagon that symbolizes Vibram has… more
Industry sectors:
Consumer Products

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Standards Help Serve Critical Testing Needs
Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. is an independent, accredited materials-testing laboratory that is ISO/IEC 17025:2017 certified and Nadcap accredited for materials and nondestructive testing. Our facility in Latrobe, Pennsylvania houses a… more
Industry sectors:
Quality

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Standards Enable the Future of Drone Operations
In crewed aviation, technology development has traditionally come first, followed later by harmonization of industry practices through standards. This worked well for many years considering the moderate development pace of crewed aviation – and the… more
Industry sectors:
Aerospace

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Standards Support Drone Operations and Airspace Management
Drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have gained visibility as an innovative solution to improve efficiency and productivity for a variety of industries. They are the new frontier, offering creative ways to decrease costs and workload while… more
Industry sectors:
Aerospace

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Quality, Standards, and the Petrochemical Industry
Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) is a joint project between Saudi Aramco and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Company. It was founded in 2005 and islocated by the Red Sea in Rabigh City, Saudi Arabia. Petro Rabigh refines 400,000… more
Industry sectors:
Energy

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Transitioning to a Decarbonized Future
Concrete is an ubiquitous part of daily life worldwide. Society relies on concrete to perform in a safe, resilient, reliable, and sustainable manner. Virtually all of Titan America’s finished products must meet an ASTM International standard, most… more
Industry sectors:
Construction

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Standards Enable Construction Innovation
In construction, occupant safety is paramount. As a result, the industry is heavily regulated and slow to adopt new technologies — a reflection of the fact that too often those regulations have come about because of tragedy. Given this reality,… more
Industry sectors:
Construction

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Cannabis Standards Improve Lives
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (Aurora) is a global leader in the cannabis industry, serving both the medical and consumer markets. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Aurora is dedicated to helping people improve their lives. Driven by science and… more
Industry sectors:
Cannabis