Going Global: A professional society's reach should extend its grasp - as STLE is proving with major initiatives across the world

摘要

ONE OF THE CURRENT THEMES, when talking with people in our industry, is the global shifting in business and the emergence of various countries, both academically and commercially. STLE's leadership recognized the early beginnings of these shifts way back in 1987, when we changed our name to STLE from ASLE, dropping the American emphasis. At that time, most of our global relationships centered in the academic community with early relationships with the Japanese Society of Tribologists and various academic groups in Europe. These early relationships typically involved publishing technical papers and attending conferences to present these papers.