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American National Standards Institute
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), founded in 1918 and headquartered in Washington, DC, is a private, non-profit organization that coordinates U.S. voluntary standards and represents the United States in the ISO.
British Standard Whitworth
British Standard Whitworth, or Whitworth thread, is an imperial screw thread standard with a 55-degree angle and rounded crests, proposed by Joseph Whitworth in 1841.
BSI Group
BSI Group, formally the British Standards Institution, is the United Kingdom's national standards body. Founded in 1901, it was the world's first and is among the largest certification bodies.
Bureau of Indian Standards
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is India's national standards body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, known for product certification with the ISI Mark and gold hallmarking.
GOST (ГОСТ)
GOST (ГОСТ, state standard) is a family of technical standards begun in the Soviet Union in 1925 and continued as interstate CIS standards and Russian GOST R standards.
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (국가기술표준원, KATS) is South Korea's agency for national standards, conformity assessment, and legal metrology, under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.