Organizations

Jan. 1, 2012
This list identifies many domestic and international organizations that may prove to be useful sources of fluid power information.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 705
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 452-7100; Fax: (202) 463-6573
Internet: www.steel.org

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 642-4900; Fax: (212) 398-0023
Internet: www.ansi.org
E-mail: [email protected]

American Petroleum Institute (API)
1220 L Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005-4070
Phone: (202) 682-8000; Fax: (202) 682-8569
Internet: www.api.org
E-mail: [email protected]

American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM)
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
Phone: (610) 832-9585; Fax: (610) 832-9555
Internet: www.astm.org
E-mail: [email protected]

American Society of Agricultural Engineers
2950 Niles Road
St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659
Phone: (269) 429-0300; Fax: (269) 429-3852
Internet: www.asae.org
E-mail: [email protected]

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
3 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 591-7722; (800) 843-2763
Fax: (212) 591-7739
Internet: www.asme.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
111 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000
Milwaukee, WI 53202-4806
Phone: (414) 272-0943; Fax: (414) 272-1170
Internet: www.aem.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Association of International Motion Engineers (AIME)
Western Michigan University
Kohrman Hall, 1903 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5336
Phone: (269) 337-7650; Fax: (269) 345-4393
Internet: www.aime.net
E-mail: [email protected]

British Fluid Power Association (BFPA)
Cheriton House; Cromwell Business Park
Chipping Norton, Oxon OX7 5SR United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1608-647900; Fax: 44-1608-647919
Internet: www.bfpa.co.uk

Canadian Fluid Power Association (CFPA)
2175 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 310
North York, ON M2J 1W8
Phone: (416) 499-1416; Fax: (416) 491-1670
Internet: www.cfpa.ca
E-mail: [email protected]

Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI)
1300 Sumner Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-2851
Phone: (216) 241-7333; Fax: (216) 241-0105
Internet: www.cagi.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Fluid Power Distributors Association (FPDA)
P.O. Box 1420
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-0054
Phone: (856) 424-8998; Fax: (856) 424-9248
Internet: www.fpda.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Fluid Power Educational Foundation (FPEF)
3333 North Mayfair Road, Suite 101
Milwaukee, WI 53222-3219
Phone: (414) 778-3364; Fax: (414) 778-3361
Internet: www.fpef.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Fluid Power Institute (FPI)
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Allen-Bradley Hall of Science
432 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 277-7191; Fax: (414) 277-7470
Internet: www.msoe.edu/fpi
E-mail: [email protected]

Fluid Power Society (FPS)
1930 East Marlton Pike A-2
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Phone: (800) 303-8520; Fax: (856) 424-9348
Internet: www.ifps.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331
Phone: (732) 981-0060; Fax: (732) 981-1721
Internet: www.ieee.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
3577 Parkway Lane, Suite 200
Norcross, GA 30092
Phone: (770) 449-0460; Fax: (770) 263-8532
Internet: www.iienet.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Instrument Society of America (ISA)
67 Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12277
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: (919) 549-8411; Fax: (919) 549-8288
Internet: www.isa.org
E-mail: [email protected]

International Organization for Standardization
1, rue de Varembe, Case postale 56
CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland
Phone: 41-22-749-0111; Fax: 41-22-733-3430
Internet: www.iso.ch
E-mail: [email protected]

National Electrical Manufacturers Association
1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1847
Rosslyn, VA 22209
Phone: (703) 841-3200; Fax: (703) 841-5900
Internet: www.nema.org
E-mail: [email protected]

National Fluid Power Association (NFPA)
3333 North Mayfair Road

Milwaukee, WI 53222-3219
Phone: (414) 778-3344; Fax: (414) 778-3361
Internet: www.nfpa.com
E-mail: [email protected]

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA 15096-0001
Phone: (724) 776-4841; Fax: (724) 776-0790
Internet: www.sae.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
One SME Drive, P.O. Box 930
Dearborn, MI 48121-0930
Phone: (313) 271-1500; (800) 733-4763
Fax: (313) 425-3400
Internet: www.sme.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
840 Busse Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068-2376
Phone: (847) 825-5536; Fax: (847) 825-1456
Internet: www.stle.org
E-mail: [email protected]

Taiwan Hydraulic & Pneumatic Association
Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall
No. 5, Hsinyi Road, Sec. 5, Room 4E-01
Taipei, Taiwan
Phone: 886- 2-2723-3768; Fax: 886-2-2723-3813
Internet: www.thpa.org.tw
E-mail: [email protected]

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