News from the ASTM International Board of Directors Meeting

摘要

Global Cooperation and Satellite Offices Memorandums of understanding (MoUs) increased to 119 with the signing of an agreement with Associa??o Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) of Brazil. Citations of ASTM standards by both MoU and non-MoU nations now stand at 8,755, with international participation in almost all ASTM technical committees. The Technical Visitor Grant Program (TVGP) continued in 2021 with an expert from the Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization (SASO) of Saudi Arabia and another expert from the Instituto Regulador de Derivados de Petróleo (the national oil company in Angola) taking part.