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Global trade associations, organizations and societies relating to metals, mining, manufacturing and engineering.

Abrasive Engineering Society (AES)

All India Stainless Steel Association (AISSIA)

Aluminium Can Group - Australia

Aluminium Centrum - Netherlands

Aluminium Federation (ALFED - U.K.)

Aluminium Federation of South Africa

Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro)

Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC)

Aluminum Association (AA)

Aluminum Association of Canada (AAC)

Aluminum Association of Florida

Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC)

Aluminum Foil Containers Manufacturers Association (AFCMA)

Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites Consortium (AIMMCC)

Aluminum Tree Museum

American Bureau of Metal Statistics (ABMS)

American Ceramics Society (ACERS)

American Chemical Society (ACS)

American Coke And Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI)

American Copper Council

American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers Society

American Foundryman's Society (AFS)

American Galvanizers Association (AGA)

American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)

American Inst. of Mining, Metallurgical and Petrol Eng. (AIME)

American Institute for International Steel (AIIS)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)

American Iron Ore Association (AIOA)

American Machine Tool Distributors Association (AMTDA)

American Medallic Scupture Association

American Metalcasting Consortium

American Mold Builders Association

American Pipe Fitting Association (APFA)

American Powder Metallurgy Institute (APMI)

American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

American Railway Car Institute (ARCI)

American Shipbuilding Association (ASA)

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)

American Society of Body Engineers (ASBE)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASBE)

American Society of Electroplated Plastics (ASEP)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

American Society of Metals International (ASM)

American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)

American Supply & Machinery Mfgs' Assoc. (ASMMA)

American Vacuum Society

American Welding Society (AWS)

American Wire Producers Association (AWPA)

American Zinc Association (AZA)

Artist-Blacksmith's Association of North America (ABANA)

Asia Aluminum Extrusion Council (AAEC)

Association for Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD)

Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)

Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging

Association of Forming and Fabricating Technologies (AFFT)

Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM)

Association of Hungarian Founderies

Association of Industrial Metallizers (AIMCAL)

Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM)

Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (AISE)

Association of Lighting and Mercury Recyclers (ALMR)

Association of Small Collectors of Antique Silver

Association of Steel Distributors (ASD)

Association of Vacuum Equipment Manufacturers (AVEM)

Association of Welding Distributors (AWD)

Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI)

Australasian Corrosion Association

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)

Australian Aluminium Council (AAC)

Australian Die Casting Association (ADCA)

Australian Forging Group

Australian Foundry Industry (AFI)

Australian Gold Council

Australian Institute for Steel Construction (AISC)

Australian Mines & Metals Association (AMMA)

Australian Stainless Steel Development Association (ASSDA)

Auto Aluminum Alliance

Automotive Bright Products Association (ABPA)

Automotive Recyclers Association

Battery Council International (BCI)

Belgian Welding Institute

Belgian-Luxembourg Steel Information Center - Centre Belgo

Belgium Hot-Dip Galvanizers Association - ProGalva

Bismuth Institute

Brazilian Aluminum Association (ABAL)

Brazilian Association for Materials and Metallurgy (ABM)

Brazilian Foundry Association (ABIFA)

Brazilian Institute of Copper - PROCOBRE

Brazilian Steel Institute (IBS)

British Artists Blacksmiths Association (BABA)

British Coatings Federation (BCF)

British Columbia Sheet Metal Association (SMACNA-BC)

British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA)

British Foundry Association (BFA)

British Investment Casting Trade Assoc. (BICTA)

British Jewellers' Association (BJA)

British Metal Casting Association

British Metals Federation (BMF)

British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA)

British Surface Treatment Suppliers Association (BSTSA)

British Valve and Actuator' Association (BVAMA)

Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA)

Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)

California Cast Metals Association (CCMA)

Can Manufacturer's Institute (CMI)

Canadian Association of Mould Makers (CAMM)

Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI)

Canadian Copper and Brass Development Association (CCBDA)

Canadian Die Casters Association (CDCA)

Canadian Foundry Association (CFA)

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)

Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC)

Canadian Materials Technology Laboratory

Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute

Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA)

Canadian Tooling and Machining Association (CTMA)

Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB)

Canadian Welding Society (CWS)

Canned Food Alliance

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI)

Cast Metal Coalition (CMC)

Cast Metals Institute

Casting Exporters' Association of Spain

Casting Industry Supplier Association (CISA)

Castings Development Centre, UK

Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures (CCFSS)

Center For Heat treating Excellence (CHTE)

Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology (CPMT)

Center Quebec for Research & Development of Aluminum

Centre d Information du Cuivre, Laitons et Alliages

Chamber of Mines of South Africa

Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI)

Chilean Assoc. of Metallurgical & Metalworking Industries

China Forging Industry Association (CFIA)

China Foundry Association (CFA)

China Metal Information Network

Chinese Magnesium Association

Chinese Society for Metals (CSM )

Cobalt Development Institute

Cold Finished Steel Bar Institute (CFSBI)

Cold Rolled Sections Association - UK (CRSA)

Colorado Metalsmithing Organization

Colorado Mining Association

Committee of Associations of European Foundries

Composites Fabricators Association (CFA)

Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)

Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM)

Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA)

Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC)

Cookware Manufacturers Association (CMA)

Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Inc. (CBSA)

Copper Development Association - U.K. (CDA-UK)

Copper Development Association, Inc. (CDA)

Czech Casting Association

Danish Foundry Society

Defense Logistics Agency - Defense National Stockpile Center

Denver Gold Group

Diecasting Development Council

Domestic Steel Wire Rope & Specialty Cable Mfg's

Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA)

Ductile Iron Society (DIS )

Dutch Aluminum Center

Dutch Corrosion Institute

Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC)

Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Emergency Steel Scrap Coalition

Eurofer - European Confederation of Iron & Steel Industries

Eurometal

EUROMETAUX - European Non-ferrous Metals Industry Assoc.

Euromines

European Aluminium Association (EAA)

European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA)

European Association for Brazing and Soldering (EABS)

European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting (EWF)

European Foundry Association (CAEF)

European Galvalume Steel Producers Association (EuroZAC)

European General Galvanizers Association (EGGA)

European Independent Steelworks Association (EISA)

European Investment Casters' Federation

European Perforators Assoc. (Europerf)

European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA)

European Scientific Assoc. for Material Forming (ESAFORM)

Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA)

Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International (FMA)

Fabrimetal - Belgian Metal Industry Federation

Fastener Engineering and Research Association (FERA)

Federation of Asian Die & Mould (FADMA)

Federation of Finnish Metal, Eng. & Electrotech. Ind. (FIMET)

Federation of Materials Societies

Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT)

Finnish Association of Mining & Mechanical Eng.

Finnish Foundry Institute

Florida Society of Goldsmiths

FORCE Institute of Denmark

Forging Association of Taiwan

Forging Industry Association (FIA)

Forging Industry Educational & Research Foundation (FIERF)

Foundation for Metallurgical Research (MEFOS)

Foundry Education Foundation (FEF)

Foundry Equipment & Supplies Association, UK (FESA)

Foundry Industry of South Australia

Foundrymen's Association of Turkey (TÜDÖKSAD)

French Center for Foundries

French Foundry Engineering Association (ATF)

French Sheet Metal Manufacturing Industries Group (GIMEF)

French Steel Federation (FFA)

French Technical Center for Foundry (CTIF)

French Welding Institute

Galvalume Steel Producers of North America

Galvanizers Association of Australia (GAA)

Galvanizers Association, UK

Galvazinc Association of France

Gauge and Toolmakers' Association (GTMA)

German Aluminum Association

German Foundry Association (DGV)

German Galvanizing Institute

German Institute for Copper

German Iron and Steel Institute ( VDEh )

German Nonferrous Metals Industry Association

German Welding Society (DVS)

Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA)

Gold Institute

Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI)

Guild of Metalsmiths

Heat Treating Network (HTN)

Heat Treating Society

Hobart Institute of Welding Technology

Hollow Metal Manufacturers Association (HMMA)

Home Metal Shop Club

Hot Dip Galvanizers Association of Southern Africa

Hutnictvi Zeleza, A. S., Chech & Slovac Steel Federation (HZ)

Independent Steelworkers Union (I.S.U.)

Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)

Indian Refractory Makers Association (IRMA)

Indonesian Galvanizers Association

Industrial Fasteners Institute

Industrial Perforators Association (IPA)

Innovation Development Institute

Institute for Steel Processing & Products

Institute of Architectural Ironmongers

Institute of British Foundrymen (IBF)

Institute of Cast Metals Engineers (ICME)

Institute of Corrosion

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF)

Institute of Interconnecting & Packaging Electronic Circuits

Institute of Material (IoM)

Institute of Metal Finishing (IMF)

Institute of Plumbing - U.K.

Institute of Refractories Engineers (IRE)

Institute of Scrap Recycle Industries (ISRI)

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)

Insulated Steel Door Institute (ISDI)

International Assoc. of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials

International Chromium Developement Association (ICDA)

International Cold Forging Group (ICFG)

International Copper Association, Ltd.

International Copper Study Group (ICSG)

International Corrosion Council

International Council of Sheet Metal Presswork Associations

International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME)

International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG)

International Institute of Welding (IIW)

International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI)

International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG)

International Lead Zinc Research Org., Inc. (ILZRO)

International Magnesium Association (IMA)

International Manganese Institute (IMnI)

International Metallographic Society (IMS)

International Metallurgists Union

International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF)

International Molybdenum Association (IMOA)

International Nickel Study Group

International Org. of Materials, Metals & Minerals Societies

International Pig Iron Secretariat (IPIS)

International Platinum Association (IPA)

International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI)

International Primary Aluminum Institute (IPAI)

International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF)

International Tin Research Institute (ITRI)

International Titanium Association (ITA)

International Tungsten Industry Association (ITIA)

International Wrought Copper Council

International Zinc Association

InterZinc

Intl. Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials

Investment Casting Institute

Iron & Steel Institute of Japan

Iron & Steel Producers' Association of South Africa

Iron & Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB)

Iron and Steel Society

Iron Casting Research Institute (ICRI)

Iron Mining Association

Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Agency (IRRRB)

Israel Institute of Metals

Italian - Inox Center for Stainless Steel

Italian Association of Foundry Machinery Producers (AMAFOND)

Italian Association of Metallurgy (AIM)

Italian Copper Institute (IIR)

Italian Institute of Welding (IIS)

Italian National Association of Iron & Steel Traders

Italian Valve and Fitting Manufacturers' Association (AVR)

Italian Zinc Association (AIZ)

Japan Aluminum Association

Japan Copper Development Association (JCDA)

Japan Institute of Metals (JIM)

Japan Iron and Steel Exporters Association - Kozai Club

Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF)

Japan Metal Stamping Association (JMSA)

Japan Titanium Society (JTS)

Japanese Magnesium Association (JMA)

Jewelers of America

Korean Iron & Steel Association

Laser Institute of America (LIA)

Latin American Iron and Steel Institute (ILAFA)

Lead Development Association International

Lead Industries Association (LIA)

Lead Sheet Association

Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association (LGSEA)

London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)

London Platinum & Palladium Market (LPPM)

Machine Tool Technologies Association - U.K.

Machinery Dealers National Association (MDNA)

Magnetic Materials Producers Association (MMPA)

Malaysian Structural Steel Association (MSSA)

Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)

Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA)

Marine Corrosion Club

Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA)

Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA)

Materials properties Council (MPC)

Materials Research Society

Metal Arts Society of Southern California

Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)

Metal Construction Association (MCA)

Metal Finishing Association (MFA)

Metal Finishing Association of Southern California (MFASC)

Metal Finishing Suppliers' Association (MFSA)

Metal Industries Research & Development Centre - Taiwan

Metal Injection Molding Association (MIMA)

Metal Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ)

Metal Packaging and Manufacturers Association (MPMA)

Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF)

Metal Powder Producers Association (MPPA)

Metal Roofing Alliance

Metal Treating Institute (MTI)

Metallurgical Society of Canada (MetSoc)

Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI)

Metalshapers Association

Mexican Foundrymen's Society

Mexican Steel Producers Association (CANACERO)

Minerals Information Institute (MII)

Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)

Mines Ministries of the Americas

Mining and Metallurgical Society of America (MMSA)

Mining Association of British Columbia

Mining Association of Canada

Mining Association of the United Kingdom

Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA)

Moldmakers Division of Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.

Molten Metal Industries Occupational Safety & Health Partnership

National Assoc. of Architectural Metal Mfg's. (NAAMM)

National Assoc. of Goldsmiths of Great Britain & Ireland

National Association of Aluminum Distributors (NAAD)

National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)

National Association of Metal Finishers (NAM)

National Association of Pipe Fabricators (NAPF)

National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM)

National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO)

National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors (NASPD)

National Association of Steel Stockholders (NASS)

National Center for Excellence in Metalworking Technology

National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

National Coil Coaters Association (NCCA)

National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association (NCSPA)

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS)

National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP)

National Institute of Steel Detailing (NISD)

National Metal Decorators Association

National Metal Finishing Resource Center

National Metal Trades Federation (NMTF) - U.K.

National Mining Association (NMA)

National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association

National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA)

National Purchasing Institute (NPI)

National Recycling Coalition

National Research Institute for Metals - Japan (NRIM)

National Screw Machine Products Association (NSMPA)

National Slag Association (NSA)

National Steel Bridge Alliance

National Tooling & Machining Assoc. (NTMA)

National Welding Supply Association

Netherlands Institute for Metals Research (NIMR)

Netherlands Institute of Welding

Netherlands Steel Institute

Nevada Mining Association

New Zealand Stainless Steel Development Association

Nickel Development Institute (NiDI)

Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA)

Non-Ferrous Founders' Society (NFFS)

Nondestructive Testing Management Association (NDTMA)

Nonferrous Metals Society of China

North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)

North American Punch Manufacturers Association (NAPMA)

North American Sawing Association

North American Steel Framing Alliance (NASFA)

Northern Prospectors Association (NPA)

Northwest Mining Association

Norwegian Foundries Association

Norwegian Steel Association

Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council

Ontario Mining Association (OMA)

Pacific Ocean Coalition of Welding Associations (POCWA)

Paints and Coatings Resource Center

Pan American Coalition of Welding Institutions (PACWI)

Pattern Model and Mould Manufacturers Association (PMMMA)

Pennsylvania Foundry Association

Photo Chemical Machining Institute

Platinum Guild International

Plumbing Manufacturers Institute (PMI)

Porcelain Enamel Institute

Portable Rechargeable Battery Association (PRBA)

Powder Coating Institute (PCI)

Powder Metallurgy Equipment Association (PMEA)

Powder Metallurgy Parts Association

Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA)

Precision Metalforming Association (PMA)

Pressure Vessel Research Council

Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC)

Quebec Mining Association

Rack Manufacturer Institute (RMI)

Recycling Council of British Columbia

Refractory Metals Association (RMA)

Resistance Welders Manufactures Association (RWMA)

Romanian National Research & Development Inst. for Welding

Selenium Tellurium Development Association (STDA)

Sheet Metal & Air Cond. Contractors' National Assoc.

Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)

Silver Institute

Singapore Structural Steel Society (SSSS)

Singapore Welding Society (SWS)

Soc. for the Advancement of Material & Process Eng. (SAMPE)

Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)

Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC)

Society of American Silversmiths (SAS)

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Society of Gilders

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)

Society of North American Goldsmiths

Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)

South Africa Iron & Steel Institute (SAISI)

South African Council for Mining & Metallurgical Technology - Mintek

South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy

South African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC)

South African International Steel Fabricators (ISF)

South African Iron and Steel Institute

South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI)

Southern African Stainless Steel Development Assoc.

Spanish Association of Steel Tube Manufacturers (AFTA)

Spanish Association of Steelworks Exporters (SIDEREX)

Spanish Association of Weld Technologies (CESOL)

Spanish Federation of Foundry Associations

Spanish Technical Association of Galvanization (ATEG)

Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA)

Specialty Tubing Group (STG)

Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI)

Stainless Steel Appeal (SSA)

Steel Alliance

Steel Authority of India (SAIL)

Steel Can Recycling Council of Australia

Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau - U.K.

Steel Construction Industry New Zealand

Steel Construction Institute (SCI)

Steel Construction Institute (SCI- UK)

Steel Deck Institute (SDI)

Steel Door Institute

Steel Erectors Association of America (SEAA)

Steel Fabricators Association of Southern California (SFA)

Steel Foundation

Steel Founders' Society of America (SFSA)

Steel Industry Systems Association (SISA)

Steel Joist Institute (SJI)

Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA)

Steel Plate Fabricators Association (SPFA)

Steel Recycling Institute (SRI)

Steel Shipping Container Institute (SSCI)

Steel Stud Manufacturers Association (SSMA)

Steel Tank Institute

Steel Tube Institute of North America (STINA)

Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)

Structural Engineers Association International (SEA)

Surface Engineering Association, UK (SEA)

Swedish Corrosion Institute

Swedish Institute of Steel Construction (SBI)

Swedish Mining Association

Swedish Steel Producers' Association - Jerkontoret

Swiss Aluminum Association

Swiss Foundry Association

Swiss Machine Tool Society (SMTS)

Taiwan Magnesium Association (TMA)

Taiwan Steel and Iron Industry Association (TSIIA)

Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center

Texas Cast Metals Association (TCMA)

Thai Welding Society (TWS)

The Alabama Forge Council

The Federation of Metal Detector & Archeological Clubs

The Historical Metallurgy Society

The Institute of Metal Physics, Russia

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths

The Welding Institute (TWI)

Thermal Spray Society (TSS)

Tin Technology Limited

Titanium Information Group (TIG)

Tooling & Manufacturing Assoc. (TMA)

Tooling Industry Forum of Australia (TIFA)

Tube and Pipe Association, Intl. (TPAI)

Tube Council of North America (TCNA)

Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association, Inc.

U.K. Metalforming Machinery Makers' Association (MMMMA)

U.K. Steel Association

UK Spring Manufacturers' Association (UKSMA)

United States Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI)

United Steelworkers of America (USWA)

Uranium Institute

Utah Mining Association

Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA)

Vanadium International Technical Committee

Welding Research Council (WRC)

Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA)

Wire Fabricators Association

Wire Reinforcement Institute (WRI)

World Coal Institute (WCI)

World Foundrymen Organization

World Gold Council

World Plumbing Council

Wyoming Mining Association (WMA)

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