ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is an
international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus
technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services

SAE International - Society of Automotive Engineers

SAE International is a professional association and standards development organization for the
engineering industry, with a special focus on transport sectors such as automotive, aerospace
and commercial vehicles
ISO – International Standard Organization

Popular name for International Organization For Standardization (IOS), a voluntary, non-treaty
federation of standards setting bodies of some 130 countries. Founded in 1946-47 in Geneva as
a UN agency, it promotes development of standardization and related activities to facilitate
international trade in goods and services, and cooperation on economic, intellectual, scientific,
and technological aspects. ISO covers standardization in all fields including computers and data
communications, but excluding electrical and electronic engineering (governed by the
International Electrotechnical Commission or IEC) and telecommunications (governed by
International Telecommunications Union's Telecommunications Standards Sector or ITU-TSS).