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AGA American Gas Association, USA
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association, USA
AIIS American Institute for International Steel, USA
AIME American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers, USA.
AISA Australian Independent Steel Association, Australia.
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction, USA
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute, USA
ALCOA Aluminium Company of America, USA
AMS Aerospace Material Specifications- SAE, USA
AN Air Force-navy Aeronautical Standards, USA
ANSI American National Standards Institute, USA
API American Petroleum Institute, USA
AREA American Railway Engineering Association, USA
AS Australian Standards, Australia
ASA American Standards Association, USA (USASI)
ASM American Society for Metals, USA
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA
ASPA Alloy Steel Producers Association, India
ASPIBI Association of Indonesian Steel Ingot & Billet Manufacturers, Indonesia
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials, USA (ASHRAE)
ASTPM Association of Steel Tube & Pipe Manufacturers of South Africa, South Africa.
AWPA American Wire Producers Association, USA
AWS American Welding Society, USA
BDS Comite Supreme De I’Automobile, Frnace
BS British Standards, UK
BV Bureau Veritas, France
CCS China Classification Society, China
CII Confederation of Indian Instries, India
CIMM Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, Canada
CNS Chinese National Standards, Taiwan
CS Commercial Standards, USA
CSA Canadian Standards Association, Canada
CSB Centrala Sjukvardsberedningen-SIS, Sweden
CSN Ceskoslovenskych Norem, Czekoslovakaia
CSPA Canadian Steel Producers Association, Canada
CGSB Canadian Government Specification Board, Canada
DGN Direccion General de Normas, Mexico
DNV Det Norske Veritas, Norway
DS Dansk Standards, Denmark
ECSC European Coal & Steel Community, Europe
EISA European Independent Steelworks Association, Europe
ENO Greek Standards Committee, Technical Chamber of Greece, Greece.
EOS Federal Specifications and Standards, USA
ESSDIG European Stainless Steel Development & Information Group, Europe
ESTA European Steel Tube Association, Europe
FEM Fédération Européenne de la Manutention, Europe
FS Federal Specifications and Standards, USA
GAPBESI Federation of the Indonesia iron & Steel Manufacturers Association, USA
GB China Standards, China
GOST State Committee on Standards, Russia
GL Germanischer Lloyds, Germany
HDGASA Hot Dip Galvanizers Association Southern Africa, South Africa
HEI Heat Exchange Institute, USA
IBS Instituto Brasileiro De Siderurgia, Brazil.