Industry-standards United States

The National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) was formed in 1989 as a non-profit association of companies engaged in the cleaning of HVAC systems. Its mission was to promote source removal as the only acceptable method of cleaning and to establish ...

The Open eBook Forum, www.openebook.org, is an international non-profit trade and standards organization for the electronic publishing industry. The organization is supported by membership dues and the generous support of Adobe Systems, Inc., Microsoft ...

The national trade association of the public relations industry, the Council of Public Relations Firms represents the leading public relations companies in the United States. The Council's mission is to advance the business of public relations by building ...

Founded in 1988, the OpenDWG Alliance is a non-profit consortium committed to promoting open industry-standards for the exchange of CAD data. Its members include thousands of the largest and the smallest companies in the world. OpenDWG is a leading light ...

Founded in May of 1999, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium is an advocacy group of companies formed to promote the application service provider industry by sponsoring research, fostering standards, and articulating the measurable benefits ...

In January 2000, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), SanDisk Corporation and Toshiba Corporation established the SD Card Association as a new industry-wide organization charged with setting industry standards and promoting wide acceptance ...

ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic ...

The PCMI was founded in the United States in 1967. Quickly added to the membership list were companies from England, Germany and Japan. This was the beginning of what is now a truly an International organization. Today we have members in 20 countries on ...

The Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) is an international association which represents the interests of independent creative editorial companies and their editors.

Techstreet is a digital content delivery company that offers information management, sales, and fulfillment services to leading associations and technical content publishers. Techstreet has licensing and distribution agreements with over 250 different ...

Founded in 1990, the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) is the premier non-profit organization for the GILT (Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, and Translation) business community. Over 400 leading IT manufacturers and services ...

The TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum) provides leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the management and operation of information and communications services.

ACORD is a nonprofit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate insurance communications through the use of standards. ACORD accomplishes its mission by remaining an objective, independent advocate for sharing information between diverse platforms ...

ACCT is a trade organization, serving Challenge Course Professionals all over the world. The purpose of the association is to promote the use of Challenge Courses and to set minimum standards for Challenge Course installation, operation and inspection ...

The International Aloe Science Council is a non-profit trade organization for the Aloe Vera Industry world-wide. Its membership includes Aloe growers, processors, finished goods manufacturers, marketing companies, insurance companies, equipment suppliers ...

PDCA is committed to education and training, and great emphasis is placed on understanding the importance of how to use each Industry Standard. PDCA will also encourage the use of PDCA Industry Standards in all contractor work. By implementing Industry ...

Dataline Services, Inc. is and will continue to be the recognized leader in providing complete tele/data communication services for commercial, industrial, public, and educational environments throughout the Midwest. We achieve this by consistently exceeding ...

CDISC is an open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization committed to the development of industry standards to support the electronic acquisition, exchange, submission and archiving of clinical trials data and metadata for medical and biopharmaceutical ...

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME -- http://www.asme.org/ -- is a not-for-profit professional organization promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences ...

About ACORD (www.acord.org) Based in New York, ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance ...

RMA is the leading association of lending, credit, and risk management professionals serving the financial services industry. By advocating the best risk/reward practices, RMA enables each member to build a sound business culture that both safeguards and ...

NCPDP provides the opportunity to communicate with a large cross section of stakeholders. Through WG meetings, Educational Programs and Annual Conference, NCPDP fosters "networking" capabilities between companies. NCPDP creates and encourages an environment ...

The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers speak with one voice to advocate industry standards, promote sound environmental policies ...

The Web Analytics Association is a not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to promoting the understanding of web analytics through education, advocacy, standards, research and technology. Founded by web analytics industry leaders, the mission ...

The Association for Financial Professionals in Bethesda, Maryland supports more than 14,000 individual members from a wide range of industries through all stages of their careers in treasury and financial management. AFP is the preferred resource for financial ...