The ASTM (
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 - and is for NDT users the first address in the US.
Organized in 1898, NDT founded in 1938
- One of the largest voluntary standards development system worldwide
- Non-profit organization
- Provides forum for producers, users, consumers and governmental agencies interested
- Organizes meetings on common ground for meetings of experts
- Creates standards for Materials, Products, System and Services
- 145 standards-writing committees
- more than 12,500 standards each year
- ASTM standards are accepted and used worldwide
- Work is done voluntarily by more than 30,000 technically qualified ASTM members
- Membership in the Society is open to all
ASTM address:
ASTM International, Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959, USA
