Abbreviations and Acronyms of the Plastics Industry

Below is list of abbreviations and acronyms used in the plastics industry. Not the full list but I am trying my best to include everything. These include international and regional standards organizations, government agencies, industry terminology, directives, etc. For abbreviations on plastics resin/material, click here.

ACCSQ — ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality

ANSI – American National Standards Institute

ARSO – African Organization for Standardization

ASQ – American Society for Quality

ASME – American Society for Mechanical Engineers

ASTM – American Society for Testing and Material

CAD – Computer-aided Design

CAE – Computer-aided Engineering

CAM – Computer-aided Manufacturing/Computer-aided Machining

CAR – Corrective Action Report

CARACAL – Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP

CE – Conformité Européenne (EC stamp of approval)

CEN – Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)

CIT – Continuous Improvement Tools

CKD- Completely Knock Down

CLP – Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures

CMR – Carcinogenic, Mutagenic, Toxic to Reproduction (Chemical Safety Classification)

CNC – Computer Numerical Controlled

COPANT – Pan American Standards Commission

CSA – Canadian Standards Association

CSR – Chemical Safety Report

CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility

DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Standards Institute)

EAN – International Article Numbering (formerly European Article Numbering)

ECHA – European Chemical Agency

EFTA – European Free Trade Association

E&E – Electronic and Electrical

EMI – Electromagnetic Inteference

EPA – United States Environment Protection Agency

ESCAP – Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (United Nations)

ETA – Estimated (expected) time of arrival

ETD – Estimated (expected) time of departure

ETS – Estimated (expected) time of sailing

ESCR – Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance

FDA – US Food And Drug Administration

FRP – Fiber Reinforced Plastics

GADSL – Global Automotive Declarable Substance List

GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GASG – Global Automotive Stakeholders Group

GBI – Green Building Index (Malaysia)

GPC – Gel Permeation Chromatography

HAO – High Alpha Olefin

HFFR – Halogen Free Flame Retardant Compounds

HRC – Rockwell hardness (C scale)

HS Code – Harmonized System (Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System)

HSEQ – Health Safety Environment Quality

HV – Vickers hardness number

IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission

IEC – International Engineering Consortium

IATA – International Air Transport Association

IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

ILO – International Labour Organization

IMA – In-mold Assembly

IMDS – International Material Data System

IML – In-mold Labelling

IPR – Intellectual Property Rights

IRMM – Institute for Reference Material and Measurements

ISIC – International Standard Industrial Classification

ISO – International Organization for Standardization

ISSN – International Standard Serial Number

IQGs – Information Quality Guidelines

JIL – Japan Institute of Labour

JISC – Japan Industrial Standards Committee

JAMP – Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium

JSA – Japanese Standards Association

KNCPC – Korean National Cleaner Production Center

LCL – Loose Container Load

MI – Melt Index

MIR – Melt Index Ratio

mPE – Metallocene Polyethylene

MW – Molecular Weight

MWD – Molecular Weight Distribution

NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology

NSF – National Science Foundation

OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OSHA – Occupational Health and Safety Administration

PASC – Pacific Area Standards Congress

PBT – Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic

PKD – Partial Knoeck Down

PLC – Product Life Cycle

PPAP – Product Part Approval Process

PPM – Parts Per Million

QA – Quality Assurance

QC – Quality Control

QMP – Quality Management Plan

QSA – Quality System Audit

QSAR – Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship

REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemical

RoHS – Restriction of Hazardous Substances

ROO – Rule of Origin

SAP – Sampling and Analysis Plan

SIS – Swedish Standards Institute

SIEF – Substance Information Exchange Forum

SOP – Standard Operating Procedure

SVHC – Substance of Very High Concern

TBT – Technical Barrier to Trade

TQM – Total Quality Management

WTO – World Trade Organization

vPvB – Very Persistent, Very Bioaccumulative

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