Various International Standards

There are many international standards, used by various manufactuing, design firms, companies and industries. Some of the abbreviations of various international standards are listed in this post.

American Standards

ABMA                      American Bearing Manufacturers Assoc.
ACI                           American Concrete Institute
AGA                         American Gas Association
AGMA                      American Gear Manufacturers Association
AISC                         American Institute of Steel Construction
AMS                         Aerospace Materials Specification
ANS                         American Nuclear Society
ANSI                        American National Standards Institute API American Petroleum Institute
ARINC                     Aeronautical Radio Inc.
ASHRAE                  American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASM                        American Society of Metals
ASME                      American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASNT                       American Society for Non-Destructive Testing ASQ American Society of Quality
ASTM                      American Society of Testing & Materials
ATA                         Air Transport Association
AWS                        American Welding Society
AWWA                    American Water Works Association
DoD                        Department of Defense Standards
EIA                          Electronic Industries Association

FEDERAL SPECS/STANDARDS/HANDBOOKS
IEEE                          Inst. of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
IPC                           Institute of Printed Circuits
ISA                           Instrument Society of America
JEDEC                      Joint Electronics Device Engineering Council
MIL                          Specs/Standards/Handbooks
MS                           Military Standards
MSS                         Manufacturers Standardization Society
NACE                       National Assoc. of Corrosion Engineers
NAS                         National Aerospace Standards
NEMA                      National Electrical Manufacturers Assoc.
NFPA                        National Fire Protection Association
QPL                          Qualified Products List
RTCA                        Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
SAE                          Society of Automotive Engineers
TAPPI                       Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry
TEMA                       Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Assoc.
UL                            Underwriters Laboratories

International and European Standards

ABNT                       Brazilian Standards
AECMA                    Assoc. Europenne des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial (prEN)
AFNOR                    Association Franaise de Normalisation
AQAP                      Allied Quality Assurance Publication
BIN                          Belgian Standards
BSI                           British Standards Institute
CECC                        Electronic Components Committee
CEN/CENELEC         See CECC, EN, HD
CSA                          Canadian Standards Association
DEF STAN                 Defence Standards
DIN                           Deutsches Institut FŸr Normung
ECMA                       European Computer Manufacturers Assoc.
EEMUA                     Engineering Equipment Material Users Assoc
EN                            European Standards
ETSI                          European Telecommunications Standards Institute
HD                           Harmonization Document
IEC                           International Electrotechnical Commission
IP                             Institute of Petroleum (UK)
ISO                          International Standards Organization
ITU                          International Telecommunications Union
JIS                           Japanese Industrial Standards
LN                           Luft-und Raumfahrt
MoD                       See Def Stan & Stanag
NNI                         Dutch Standards
NS                          Norwegian Standards
SA                           Standards Australia
SIS                          Swedish Standards
STANAG                 NATO Standardization Agreements (MoD)
UNI                         Italian Standards
VDE                        Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker
VDI                         Verlag des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure