Voluntary forum sets standards for industrial materials worldwide

ASTM International is a global forum for the development of consensus standards.

Organized in 1898, it is one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world. ASTM is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for developing and publishing voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems and services.

Its members, representing producers, users, consumers, government and academia from more than 100 countries, develop technical documents that are a basis for manufacturing, management, procurement, codes and regulations. These members belong to one or more committees, each of which covers a subject area such as steel, petroleum, medical devices, property management, consumer products and many more. These committees develop the more than 11,000 ASTM standards that can be found in the 77-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

For more than a century, industries around the world have turned to ASTM International to develop voluntary consensus standards. Known for high technical quality and market relevance, these standards are an important part of the information infrastructure that guides design, manufacturing and trade in the global economy.