Steel grade standardization organizations worldwide
2023-10-30 15:34Chinese GB Standard
GB is the abbreviation of the Pinyin “国标 Guo Biao”, which means “Chinese national standard” in English, and is issued by the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China.
Mandatory standards are prefixed with “GB”; The recommended standard is prefixed with “GB/T”, T is short for the first letter of Pinyin “推荐 Tui Jian”, which means “recommended” in English.
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is currently one of the largest standards development institutions in the world and an independent non-profit organization.
The British Standards Institution (BSI) was established in 1901 as the British Engineering Standards Committee and was the world's earliest national standardization body.
The Deutsche Institute f ü r Normung e.V. (DIN) was founded in 1917 and headquartered in the capital Berlin. It is the largest and widely representative public welfare standardized private institution in Germany.
The Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), established in 1991, is an organization specifically responsible for developing and reviewing Japanese standards. The Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) is the most important and authoritative national standard in Japan.