Calibration and Chamber Resource Links

Accreditation Bodies
A2LA — American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
APLAC — Asian Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
ICBO Evaluation Service (International Conference of Building Officials)
ILAC — International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
LAB — Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (U.S.)
NATA — Australian National Association of Testing Authorities
NACLA — (U.S.) National Cooperation for Laboratory Accredition
ILAC — International Laboratory Accreditation Coop
NVLAP — National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program — US Department of Energy

International Standards Organizations
CIE — International Commission on Illumination
IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
IEC — International Electrotechnical Commision
ISO — The International Organization for Standardization
ITU — International Telecommunication Union

Metrology Conference Organizations
IMEKO — International Measurement Confederation
MSC — Measurement Science Conference
NCSL — National Conference of Standards Laboratories

National Standards Bodies
Australia — SAA — Standards Australia
Austria — ON — Osterreich Normungsinstitut (Austrian Standards Institute)
Belgium — IBN/BIN — Belgian Institute of Normalization
Canada — SCC — Standards Council of Canada
Colombia — ICONTEC — Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificacion
Czech Republic — CSNI — Czech Institute of Normalization
Denmark — DS — Dansk Standard
Finland — SFS — Finnish Standards Association
France — AFNOR — Association franÁaise de normalisation
France — EDF — ElectricitÈ de France Bienvenue chez EDF
Germany — DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
Greece — ELOT — Hellenic Organization for Standardization
Hong Kong — Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme
Ireland — NSAI — National Standards Authority of Ireland
Iceland — STRI — Icelandic Council for Standardization
Italy — UNI — Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
Japan — JISC — Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
Luxumbourg — SEE — Service de l'Energie de l'Etat
Malaysia — DSM — Department of Standards Malaysia
Morocco — SNIMA — Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
Netherlands — NNI — Nederlands Normalisatie — instituut
New Zealand — SNZ — Standards New Zealand
Norway — NSF — Norges Standardiseringsforbund
Portugal — IPQ — Instituto PortuguÍs da Qualidade
Saudi Arabia — SASO — Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
Slovenia — SMIS — Standards and Metrology Institute
Spain — AENOR — Asociacion Espanola de Normalizacion y Certificacion
Sweden — SIS — Standardisaeringen i Sverige
Switzerland — SNV — Schweizerische Normen Vereinigung
United Kingdom — BSI — British Standards Institution
USA — ANSI — American National Standards Institute
USA NSSN — ANSI National Standards System Network

Standardizing Organizations
ASTM — The American Society for Testing and Materials
EIA — Electronic Industries Association
ISA — Instrument Society of America
OSA — Optical Society of America
SMPTE — Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineering
UL — Underwriters Laboratories

National / International Metrology Organizations
AIP — American Institute of Physics
AIST — Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (JAPAN)
ASQ — American Society for Quality
IMEKO — International Measurement Confederation
International Society for Weighing and Measurements
MSA — Metrology Society of Australia
NCSL International

U.S. Government Metrology Sites
Defense Standardization Program (MIL — SPEC reform)
DOE Technical Standards
GIDEP — Government Industry Data Exchange Program
Navy Primary Standards Laboratory, San Diego
NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Boulder Facility
NIST Time and Frequency Division
NWAD — Naval Warfare Assesment Division
Sandia National Laboratories
TMDE — Army Metrology Page

U.S. National Laboratories
ACL — Advanced Computing Laboratory
Ames Laboratory
ANL — Argonne National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
EML — Environmental Measurements Laboratory
Fermilab — Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
INEL — Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
LLNL — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
FETC
National Biodynamics Laboratory
National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Lab
Pantex
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
Sandia National Laboratories
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
U.S. Department of Energy

World National Laboratories
Australia — CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organizations
Canada — INMS — NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards
Denmark — DFM — Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology
Germany — PTB — Physikalsch — Technische Bundesanstalt (English)
Germany — PTB — Physikalsch — Technische Bundesanstalt (German)
Ireland — Irish National Metrology Laboratory
Italy — IEN — Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazional Galileo Gerraris
Japan — ETL — Electrotechnical Laboratory
Korea — KRISS — Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Malaysia — SIRIM BERHAD
Netherlands — Nederlands Meetinsituut
Slovenia — SMIS — The Slovenian Standards and Metrology Institute
South Africa — NML — National Metrology Laboratory
Sweden — SP — Swedish National Centre of Metrology
United Kingdom — National Physical Laboratory

University & College Sites
Center for Precision Metrology — University of North Carolina
Coordinate Metrology and Measurement Laboratory — Ohio State University
Department of Metrology — Penza State Technical University (RUSSIA)
Metrology Research Institute — Helsinki University of Technology
Measurement and Information Technology — Tampare University of Technology

Additional Metrology Resource Sites
CMM Metrology Forum — sponsored by Axis — Metrology
CNMS — Canada's National Measurement System
Comite Consultatif poru la Definition du Metre Working Group for Dimensional Metrology Includes listing of world contacts in dimensional metrology.
Directory of Organizations and Institutes Active in Environmental Monitoring
European Organization for Testing and Certification
Euromet Points of Contact for Length Measurements
Euromet Length Bulletin
Inter-Society Color Council
Metrology Forum sponsored by Agilent Technologies, U.K.
Hong Kong Standards & Testing Centre
IAEA — International Atomic Energy
ITS-90 — Temperature resources and information sponsored by Isotech, Ltd. UK.
National Center for Physical Acoustics
PMEL For and about PMEL Personnal
San Diego Supercomputer
Swedish National Testing and Research Institute
Valid Measurements — Information and articles on the Anderson Loop developed at NASA and related topics.

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Chamber Links

American Welding Society [www.aws.org]
The American Welding Society is a multifaceted, nonprofit organization whose major goal is to advance the science, technology and application of welding and related joining disciplines.

National Association of Purchasing Management [www.napm.org]
Founded in 1915, NAPM is a communication link with more than 40,000 purchasing and supply management professionals. NAPM provides a wide range of educational products and programs.

Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International [http://www.fmametalfab.org]
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, is the leading educational association serving the metal fabricating industry.

Association of Facilities Engineers [www.afe.org]
AFE is an organization devoted exclusively to facilities engineering professionals. There are over 9,000 members and 136 active chapters nationwide.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers [www.sme.org]
Headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, SME is an international professional society, founded in 1932. SME has more than 70,000 members in 70 countries and sponsors over 300 chapters. SME is dedicated to the education of engineering professionals.

American National Standards Institute [www.ansi.org]
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), founded in 1918, is a non-profit membership organization that is fully involved in its support of the goals of U.S. and global standardization and committed to enhancing the quality of life.

National Tooling & Machining Association [www.ntma.org]
The National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) is the national representative of the precision custom manufacturing industry throughout the United States. Member companies design and manufacture special tools, dies, mold, and related machine parts.

American Boiler and Manufacturers Association [www.abma.com]
National association representing the manufacturers of commercial industrial and utility steam generating and fuel burning equipment as well as suppliers to the industry.

American Society of Engineering & Education [www.asee.org]
ASEE plays a role in developing programs and policies that enable engineering education and allied branches of science and technology to meet challenges of global competition. ASEE provides a link among educational institutes, corporations and government agencies.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers [www.asme.org]
ASME, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is an organization for promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical engineers throughout the world.

Association for Manufacturing Technology [www.mfgtech.org]
The Association of Manufacturing Technology has been dedicated to supporting and enhancing the activities of American manufacturers since its founding over 90 years ago.

The American Society of Testing Materials [www.astm.org]
Organized in 1898, ASTM has grown into one of the largest voluntary standards development systems in the world. The ASTM is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for those having general interest in writing the standards for materials, products, systems and services.

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers [www.ieee.org]
The worlds largest technical professional society. Founded in 1884, today's institute has more than 320,000 members whose goal is promoting the practice of electrical, electronics and computer engineering and computer science.

Instrument Society of America [www.isa.org]
ISA, the International Society for Measurement and Control is a non profit engineering society with over 50,000 members for those involved with the measurement and control process.

Materials Information Society [www.asm-intl.org]
ASM International is the society for materials engineers, a worldwide network dedicated to advancing industry, technology, and applications of metals and materials.

Mechanical Contractors Association of America [www.mcaa.org]
Through education and training programs by MCAA, over 1,300 contractors currently learn about the latest technological developments and business practices related to the field of mechanical contractors.

National Center for Manufacturing Sciences [www.ncms.org]
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences is a not for profit research and development consortium of more than 220 North American corporations. Through NCMS, companies can team up on research projects that normally would be too costly and time consuming to do themselves.

National Electrical Manufacturers Association [www.nema.org]
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association has been contributing to the development of standards for the electrical manufacturing industry for more than 70 years. NEMMA is headquartered in Roslyn, Virginia, and has nearly 600 member companies.

National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative [www.nemi.org]
NEMI is a private-public partnership focused on leveraging existing resources for sustained growth of electronics manufacturing in the United States.

National Fluid Power Association [www.nfpa.com]
NFPA provides a forum for the fluid power industry. Member companies work together promoting fluid power technology and applications and educating the marketplace to its benefits. Manufacturers of hydraulic and pneumatic products and systems make up the association's regular membership.

Power Transmission Distributors Association [www.ptda.org]
The Power Transmission Distributors Association is an international trade organization serving the power transmission and motion control industry.

Society of Women Engineers [www.swe.org]
The Society of Women Engineers is dedicated to the growth and achievement of women in the engineering field.

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