NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing
and Converting Technologies serves as the Secretariat of
the US TAG to ISO TC 130 (Graphic Technology), the international
standards committee developing technical and safety standards
for the graphic technology industry.
The
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Technical Committee 130 (Graphic Technology) develops standards
for the graphic arts industry. The U.S. Technical Advisory
Group (US TAG) to TC 130 consists of experts from the industry
who provide guidance to The
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on the
development of the U.S. position on International Standards
relating to the graphic arts. The US TAG maintains a list
of experts in all areas of the graphic arts, including,
but not limited to, technologies such as ink, process control,
plates, blankets, digital data exchange, safety, and color
management.
The Secretariat for ISO TC 130 is Deutsches Institut für
Normung (DIN), the German national standards body. Under
the agreements made at the 1989 and 1990 Plenary meetings,
TC 130 is organized into five working groups with convener
and assistant convener responsibilities assigned to national
bodies.
The United States is a participating, or P-member, of
ISO TC 130. In order for the U.S. to participate in the
ISO work, there must be an ANSI-accredited U.S. Technical
Advisory Group (TAG) for each ISO TC in which the U.S. has
an interest. Those TAGs provide the U.S. technical experts
to the ISO committees, and formulate the U.S. position on
the ISO TC matters, which is formally submitted by ANSI
as the voting member body.
Participation on US TAG working groups and at meetings
is open to anyone having an interest. Minutes are available
online (see links above), or from the NPES Standards Department,
standards@npes.org.
U.S.
& International Standards
