International Standards for American Papermakers, 1992 Process & Product Quality Conference Proceedings
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has been developing test methods for the pulp and paper industry for about thirty five years. The United States has participated, along with about thirty other member countries, to produce in excess of a hundred test methods which are available through ANSI, the American National Standards Institute. It is expected that the use of these testing procedures will grow during the coming decade as they become better known and as the growth in international trade continues. Serious consideration should be given to finding a mechanism for assimilating IS0 test procedures into the TAPPI test methods program.