ASTM International: Standards Development to

Enable Supply Chain Evolution
Anthony R. Quinn
Director - Public Policy & International Trade
NACFAM’s Annual Conference and AMLF Meeting
Arlington, VA – 9 April 2015
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Over a Century of Openness
How We Work
– Experts, individuals, organizations,
academia, governments, trade
associations, consultants and
consumers come together
– Over 30,000 members from 148
countries
– Established 1898
– Offices in: Washington DC,
Brussels, Ottawa, Mexico City, and
Beijing
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main committees
12,000 +
plus
ASTM standards
operate globally
Important. Every Day.
The Role of ASTM Standards

– Ensures safety, quality and reliability
– Built on principle of voluntary
consensus: giving everyone
an opportunity to participate
– Effective and relevant across
diverse markets
– Incorporated into contracts,
regulations, codes, and laws around
the world; they support established
and emerging economies and free
and fair global trade.
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ASTM standards have
been adopted, used as
a reference, or used
as the basis of national
standards outside
the USA
Universal Equality of Opportunity
Operating Globally
– Our global outreach activities
increase understanding
– The choice for many global
industries
50% outside USA
– Embracing all the principles of the
World Trade Organization’s
Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade
– Our Memorandum of Understanding
Program provides tangible
encouragement
to developing economies
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memorandums
of understanding
Helping Our World Work Better
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Standards Development = Supply Chain
Evolution
Macro Perspective
– ASTM International’s Smart Manufacturing Advisory Committee (SMAC)
– Horizontal
– Cross-Cutting
– Tool for Internal & External Collaboration
Micro Perspective
– ASTM International’s Committee F40 on Declarable Substances in
Materials
– Multi-National Participation
– Collaboration to Create Solution to EU Directive
– Market Expansion
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Smart Manufacturing Advisory Committee
 Smart manufacturing refers to production systems at the equipment, factory, and
enterprise levels that integrate cyber and physical systems to enable innovative
production, products, and systems of products. Approximately 8 technical committees
service some aspect of the smart manufacturing environment with their ASTM
activities. This effort intends to create a more formalized structure of coordination and
collaboration to share information and identify new opportunities for ASTM standards
or programs.
 Committee D10 on Packaging
 Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing Committee E55 on Manufacture of Pharmaceutical
Products
 Committee E56 on Nanotechnology
 Committee E57 on 3D Imaging Systems
 Committee E60 on Sustainability
 Committee E62 on Industrial Biotechnology
 Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies
 Committee F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles
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Standards as a Bridge from Research to
Market = Supply Chain Evolution
 Provides a two-way communication vehicle between the advisory committee and
the technical committees on standards related activity and other ASTM
programs (i.e. credentialing, training, certification, etc.)
 Serves to Identify external stakeholders that might be advantageous to include
on the advisory committee whether as regular participants or guest speakers on
a given topic
 Material Handling International (MHI)
 Society of chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA)
 Object Management Group (OMG)
 Developed a liaison with the newly established Smart Manufacturing Leadership
Coalition (SMLC) and the NIST-driven Smart Manufacturing Programs
 Identify new standards or program opportunities for ASTM in the smart
manufacturing space
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Committee F40 on Declarable Substances
in Materials
 Organized in 2005
 Current Membership = 150+
 11 Countries Represented (Bolivia, Canada, China, Germany,
Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom,
United States)
 Scope: The development of standards for the evaluation of
materials/products relative to RoHS (and similar directives)
requirements. The Committee will encourage research in this field
and sponsor symposia, workshops, and publications to facilitate the
development of such standards. The Committee will promote liaison
with other ASTM Committees and other organizations with mutual
interests.
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What is REACH?
EU Chemicals Regulation
 Registration
 Evaluation
 Authorization and restriction
 Chemicals
Focused on Protection human health +
environment
Enhancing competitiveness of EU
chemicals industry
12,400
Substances
48,000 registrations
ECHA
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What is RoHS and RoHS 2?
EU Regulation
 Restriction
 Of
 Hazardous
 Substances (Cd, Cr6+, Hg, Pb, PBB+PBDE)
Prevent the release of hazardous
substances into the environment
Ban on heavy metals and other
dangerous chemicals in electrical and
electronic equipment
RoHS 2: much wider range of products:
thermostats, medical devices, cables,
control panels
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Electric+
electronic
equipment
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Subcommittee and Task Group Structure
 F40.01 Test Methods
 F40.01.01 Task Group for REACH Supply Chain Information Exchange
F40.01.02 Task Group for Identification and Quantification of Heavy Metals Using XRay Spectrometry
F40.01.03 Task Group for Analysis of Heavy Metals in Glass by Field Portable X-Ray
Flourescence (XRF)
F40.01.05 Task Group on Lead in Paint and Coatings
 F40.02 Management Practices and Guides
 F40.02.01 Task Group on Guide for REACH Supply Chain Management
F40.02.02 Task Group on SVHCs
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F40.03 Monitoring and Research of Legislation and Regulations

F40.04 Rare Earth Materials

F40.90 Executive

F40.91 Terminology
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REACH & RoHS within ASTM F40
F2577: Guidance for Assessment of Materials and Products
for Declarable Substances
F2617: Identification and Quantification of Chromium,
Bromine, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead in Polymeric Material
Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry
F2853: Determination of Lead in Paint Layers and Similar
Coatings or in Substrates and Homogenous Materials by
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
In progress:
 tin-based solder alloys using optical emission spectrometry;
 analysis of heavy metals in glass by field portable X-ray
fluorescence (XRF);
 identification and quantification of lead in paint and other
coatings using energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDXRF);
and
 analysis of tin-based solder alloys for lead, cadmium, mercury,
antimony and bismuth (and others) using inductively coupled
plasma atomic emission spectrometry.
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Impact of Standards on Supply Chain
 Committee E60 on Sustainability and E50 on Environmental
Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action
 New Guide for Integration and Reporting of Environmental and
Social Sustainability within Manufacturing Supply Chain (ASTM
WK 48052)
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Questions & Thank You
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