Strengthening the world’s emerging technology from research to standards
At ASTM International we have a bold ambition. We want to put standards at the heart of the world’s emerging technology.
Across emerging technologies we believe standards offer an invaluable platform for better and deeper global collaboration.
Embedding standards at the start of the R&D process accelerates commercialization and reduces costs. Critically, it also builds trust.
Standards can span the void between innovation and production – with multi-billion US$ cost benefits.
At ASTM International we have a bold ambition. We want to put standards at the heart of the world’s emerging technologies – promoting excellence, accelerating development and underpinning commercial success.
Many brilliant concepts get stuck in the void between innovation and full-scale production – with multi-billion US$ cost implications. Incorporating standards from the start of the development cycle transforms this dynamic – ensuring that exciting advances can quickly demonstrate their safety, reliability, quality and relevance.
ASTM Xcellerate is the way we are turning our ambition into action.
Our Centers of Excellence conduct strategic R&D that enables different emerging technologies to make better use of standards to drive-up quality and accelerate commercial success. At present, there are two operational Centers – additive manufacturing and exo technologies – with a number of others at various stages of exploration and development.
The Centers see ASTM partnering with industry, research hubs, regulators, academics, and governments from around the world
to provide three core elements:
– coordinated R&D to support faster standards development
– programs and services to support workforce development and training
– strategic guidance and funding – geared towards the needs of each technology
Additive manufacturing, our first Center, focuses on four primary pillars; research and development, education and workforce development, industry consortia, and advisory services. The Center’s team, advisory board, and stakeholders support these activities and future developments.
The additive manufacturing Center of Excellence is a prime example of ASTM Xcellerate taking practical steps to help game-changing technologies realize their full potential.
Historically, ASTM has relied on our outstanding membership to provide technical expertise across the vast array of products, services, and technologies ASTM covers. That’s still the case for emerging technologies, but to increase our strength and focus in these areas we have also recruited technical experts in these specific fields:
– Additive manufacturing
– Exo technologies
– Unmanned aircraft
– Emerging airspace
All these experts have a huge depth of knowledge and experience in their field. Our aim is to assess the need to engage experts in other emerging technologies in the next 12 months and beyond.
Our technical experts fulfill a number of roles. They actively engage with industry and stakeholders around the world, looking particularly at their long-term goals and current priorities. They explore new kinds of collaborative models that will help ASTM Xcellerate create impact in specific technology fields. They also provide insights and thought leadership through a program of conferences, workshops, panels, and webinars. Finally, they act as a key link between their respective technology and the rest of ASTM, ensuring that all our Xcellerate activities are coordinated to best effect.
Stakeholders across all emerging technologies require market insight that is authoritative, independent, and above all, timely. In 2021, ASTM acquired Wohlers Associates to provide this service as part of the wider ASTM Xcellerate® proposition.
For 25+ years, the Wohlers Report has been the definitive market intelligence publication for the additive manufacturing and 3D-printing industries. Drawing from an unrivaled global network, the report includes contributions from a myriad of authors around the globe. It contains a wealth of detailed information on AM developments, along with data, and trend lines spanning more than 30 years. The business is now operating as Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International.
As part of Xcellerate, the Wohlers Report will continue to offer an unparalleled view of developments in additive manufacturing. Similar publications based on Wohlers’ established methodology are planned for other emerging technologies.
As part of our wider Advisory Services, the Wohlers team also offers bespoke market insight consultancy to clients in the additive manufacturing sector and beyond.
Bridging the gap between R&D and sustained commercial success by harnessing standards to optimum effect can be complex and challenging for those working in emerging technologies. Events move quickly, and established processes don’t always apply. For this reason, we offer Advisory Services to organizations to help them make rapid and effective progress.
Areas we typically cover include:
– Technical and strategic consulting on new developments and trends (drawing on the expertise of Wohlers Associates – see Market Insight)
– Roadmapping (often aligning technology and standards roadmaps)
– Product development workshops and liaison
– Bespoke analysis and technical reports – often impacting investment or M&A decisions
Education and training is a further pillar of ASTM Xcellerate’s work. Leveraging expertise from industry, academia, and government, we create and deliver a growing range of courses and events to support emerging technology communities. As an example, in additive manufacturing our Center of Excellence has developed cybersecurity training, where cutting-edge research into cyber threats and counter-measures are being translated into practical knowledge and skills for the industry.
At ASTM International we have a bold ambition. We want to put standards at the heart of the world’s emerging technologies – promoting excellence, accelerating development and underpinning commercial success.
Many brilliant concepts get stuck in the void between innovation and full-scale production – with multi-billion US$ cost implications. Incorporating standards from the start of the development cycle transforms this dynamic – ensuring that exciting advances can quickly demonstrate their safety, reliability, quality and relevance.
ASTM Xcellerate is the way we are turning our ambition into action.
Our Centers of Excellence conduct strategic R&D that enables different emerging technologies to make better use of standards to drive-up quality and accelerate commercial success. At present, there are two operational Centers – additive manufacturing and exo technologies – with a number of others at various stages of exploration and development.
The Centers see ASTM partnering with industry, research hubs, regulators, academics, and governments from around the world
to provide three core elements:
– coordinated R&D to support faster standards development
– programs and services to support workforce development and training
– strategic guidance and funding – geared towards the needs of each technology
Additive manufacturing, our first Center, focuses on four primary pillars; research and development, education and workforce development, industry consortia, and advisory services. The Center’s team, advisory board, and stakeholders support these activities and future developments.
The additive manufacturing Center of Excellence is a prime example of ASTM Xcellerate taking practical steps to help game-changing technologies realize their full potential.
Historically, ASTM has relied on our outstanding membership to provide technical expertise across the vast array of products, services, and technologies ASTM covers. That’s still the case for emerging technologies, but to increase our strength and focus in these areas we have also recruited technical experts in these specific fields:
– Additive manufacturing
– Exo technologies
– Unmanned aircraft
– Emerging airspace
All these experts have a huge depth of knowledge and experience in their field. Our aim is to assess the need to engage experts in other emerging technologies in the next 12 months and beyond.
Our technical experts fulfill a number of roles. They actively engage with industry and stakeholders around the world, looking particularly at their long-term goals and current priorities. They explore new kinds of collaborative models that will help ASTM Xcellerate create impact in specific technology fields. They also provide insights and thought leadership through a program of conferences, workshops, panels, and webinars. Finally, they act as a key link between their respective technology and the rest of ASTM, ensuring that all our Xcellerate activities are coordinated to best effect.
Stakeholders across all emerging technologies require market insight that is authoritative, independent, and above all, timely. In 2021, ASTM acquired Wohlers Associates to provide this service as part of the wider ASTM Xcellerate® proposition.
For 25+ years, the Wohlers Report has been the definitive market intelligence publication for the additive manufacturing and 3D-printing industries. Drawing from an unrivaled global network, the report includes contributions from a myriad of authors around the globe. It contains a wealth of detailed information on AM developments, along with data, and trend lines spanning more than 30 years. The business is now operating as Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International.
As part of Xcellerate, the Wohlers Report will continue to offer an unparalleled view of developments in additive manufacturing. Similar publications based on Wohlers’ established methodology are planned for other emerging technologies.
As part of our wider Advisory Services, the Wohlers team also offers bespoke market insight consultancy to clients in the additive manufacturing sector and beyond.
Bridging the gap between R&D and sustained commercial success by harnessing standards to optimum effect can be complex and challenging for those working in emerging technologies. Events move quickly, and established processes don’t always apply. For this reason, we offer Advisory Services to organizations to help them make rapid and effective progress.
Areas we typically cover include:
– Technical and strategic consulting on new developments and trends (drawing on the expertise of Wohlers Associates – see Market Insight)
– Roadmapping (often aligning technology and standards roadmaps)
– Product development workshops and liaison
– Bespoke analysis and technical reports – often impacting investment or M&A decisions
Education and training is a further pillar of ASTM Xcellerate’s work. Leveraging expertise from industry, academia, and government, we create and deliver a growing range of courses and events to support emerging technology communities. As an example, in additive manufacturing our Center of Excellence has developed cybersecurity training, where cutting-edge research into cyber threats and counter-measures are being translated into practical knowledge and skills for the industry.
ASTM International is global standards development organization with a history stretching back more than 120 years. Over 12,000 ASTM standards operate globally, improving the lives of millions of people every day.
With ASTM Xcellerate we’re building on a world-leading standards development process, recognized by the OECD, to provide the speed and agility new technologies need. It’s an exciting prospect – allowing new innovations to quickly demonstrate their safety, reliability, quality, and relevance.
The Xcellerate team brings together professionals with deep expertise in standards development with R&D specialists from a wide range of emerging technologies.
Within each of our current primary technologies – additive manufacturing, exo technologies and emerging airspace – we have technical experts, engaging with industry and helping to shape our work programs. Our aim is to add further experts in a wider range of technologies in the months and years to come.
Our Centers of Excellence each have management teams focussing on the specific goals of each Center. We also have specialists providing services in areas like advice and consultancy, market insight and workforce training.
At the core we have a management team, led by Brian Meincke, ASTM Vice President, Global Business Development and Innovation Strategy. This team sets the strategic goals for Xcellerate and ensures that all its activities, across technologies, contribute to a growing body of relevant and effective work.
