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ASTM International presented its top annual award – the 2024 Award of Merit – to Benjamin Markel for his contributions to ASTM’s refractories committee ( C08 ). The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM International committee activities. Markel was recognized for his…, Media Inquiries:, Gavin O’Reilly, tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11817 ###
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Bill Griese, deputy executive director for the Tile Council of North America , has started his term as the 2024 chair of the ASTM International board of directors. ASTM International’s board is made of 25 leaders from a variety of companies, associations, universities, government bodies, and other organizations around the world. “In these 15 years since I joined ASTM, even though a lot has…, Media Inquiries, : Gavin O’Reilly , tel +1.610.832.9618; goreilly@astm.org Release #11756 ###
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Presentations are invited for ASTM International’s upcoming Workshop on Weathering and Durability Testing, to be held June 28, 2023, at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, Colorado (USA). The workshop is sponsored by the ASTM committees on paint and related coatings, materials, and applications (D01) and on weathering and durability (G03). It will be held in conjunction with the June…, Symposia Operations Contact:, Tammy Schane, tel+1.610.832.9522, symposia@astm.org Release #11600 ###
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ASTM International’s asset management committee (E53) has honored Roy De Lauder, former specialist master with Deloitte and Touché, with its 2022 Dieter-Hestermann Award. De Lauder was recognized for dedicated service and leadership to Committee E53 on asset management, particularly for coordinating property management in the process subcommittee. An ASTM International member since 2007, De…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel+1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #11492 ###
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ASTM International’s asset management committee ( E53 ) is developing a new standard practice for conducting inventories. It utilizes Inventory by Exception (IBE) to allow the physical inventory process to only focus on locating assets that were not touched or physically inventoried. The new standard ( E3298 ) is used to verify items on record using IBE, which decreases the number of assets…, Media Inquiries:, Jaime Martorana, tel +1.610.832.9796; jmartorana@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Jennifer Tursi, tel +1.610.832.9653; jtursi@astm.org Release #11275 ###
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New activity from ASTM International’s ceramic whitewares and related products committee ( C21 ) focuses on standardizing grout and tile quality control. Recently, the committee approved updates to an existing standard relating to terminology of surface imperfections on ceramics ( F109-21 ). The updated standard has been expanded significantly to include recent advances in ceramic tile…, Media Inquiries:, Jaime Martorana, tel +1.610.832.9796; jmartorana@astm.org, Committee Contact:, Melissa Marcinowski, tel +1.610.832.9626; mmarcinowski@astm.org Release #11243 ###
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ASTM International presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Patrick Schneider, manager, quality assurance at Allied Mineral Products (Pell City, Alabama, USA), for his contributions to the refractories committee ( C08 ). The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM’s highest recognition for distinguished service and outstanding participation in…, Media Inquiries:, Jaime Martorana, tel +1.610.832.9796; jmartorana@astm.org Release #11237 ###
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Anthony W. Thornton, director of technical information and senior technology and applications consultant for Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, was awarded the 2021 ASTM International William T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award. The Cavanaugh Memorial Award honors W.T. Cavanaugh, CEO of ASTM International from 1970 to 1985, who established ASTM International as the world leader in developing and…, Media Inquiries:, Jaime Martorana, tel +1.610.832.9796; jmartorana@astm.org Release #11231 ###
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In light of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and ongoing safety concerns for members and staff, ASTM International announced today that all previously scheduled in-person May and June standards development meetings (including D02 and independent meetings) have been transitioned to all virtual. Last month, ASTM International announced that all April in-person meetings would be transitioned to virtual as…, Media Inquiries:, Jaime Martorana, tel +1.610.832.9796; jmartorana@astm.org Release #11189 ###
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A new ASTM International standard will be used to help determine the abrasion resistance of coatings on the touchscreens of smart devices. ASTM’s committee on paint and related coatings, materials, and applications ( D01 ) developed the new standard, which will soon be published as D8380. “Consumers have come to appreciate the difficulty of transferring fingerprints to touchscreens on smart…, Media Inquiries:, Jaime Martorana, tel +1.610.832.9796; jmartorana@astm.org , Committee Contact:, Nora Nimmerichter, tel +1.610.832.9815; nnimmerichter@astm.org Release #11173 ###