Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS)

VAMAS supports world trade in products dependant on advanced materials technologies, through International collaborative projects aimed at providing the technical basis for harmonized measurements, testing, specifications, and standards.

Technical Working Areas

The VAMAS technical committees, called Technical Working Areas (TWA), are at the centre of all VAMAS activities. The two new TWAs approved for start-up in 2009 are:

• Materials Databases Interoperability
• Organic Electronics

This adds to 15 other TWAs that are currently active. For more information, select this link.

VAMAS Today

A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation has been signed with the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). This leads the way to collaborate and identify key metrological traceability issues affecting the comparability and accuracy of the measurement of materials properties.

VAMAS and the World Material Research Institute Forum (WMRIF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will encourage information exchange and possible joint work items between the two organizations.

During the last year seven more countries (Australia, Brazil, Chinese Taipei, India, Korea, Mexico and South Africa) have joined the VAMAS Steering Committee.

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