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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… more
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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 is located by the Red Sea in Rabigh City, Saudi Arabia. Petro Rabigh refines 400,000… more
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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

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Industry Standards for Commercial Spacecraft
Orbital flight places extensive demands on a spacecraft and its materials in ways designers must account for in order to achieve success. Just getting into space requires a vehicle that can tolerate the gravity loads of accelerating from a… more
Industry sectors:
Aerospace

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Additive Manufacturing Standards Help Meet Customer Needs
Additive Industries is an international company based in The Netherlands with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Singapore. Providing solutions for additive manufacturing (AM), we manufacture a system that performs laser beam powder… more
Industry sectors:
Manufacturing