Industry Links

SEFA provides these informational links for your convenience.  They are divided into three (3) categories:

  1. ASSOCIATIONS­ Trade associations involved in the sciences, divided into representatives of suppliers of laboratory products and equipment and general associations representing the sciences.

  2. GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORS ­ Public agencies that promote, influence and regulate laboratories and lab products

  3. OTHER ­ Publications and service organizations of interest to the industry.

ASSOCIATIONS:

ALMA - Association of Lab Managers
http://www.labmanagers.org

ALMA began as the University Laboratory Managers Organization (ULMA) founded by Drs. Claude Luchessi and Tom Lyttle in 1980.  The organization was soon expanded to become the Analytical Laboratory Managers Association (ALMA) to include the managers of analytical organizations in universities, industry and government laboratories.  Later, recognizing that laboratory managers in all disciplines including analytical, R&D, clinical and technical service face the same challenges, ALMA became the broader based Association of Laboratory Managers welcoming managers from all laboratory based organizations to participate.

AIA - The American Institute of Architects
https://www.aia.org

- ASHRAE.org 
https://www.ashrae.org

ASHRAE's mission is the advancement of the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration and related human factors to serve the evolving needs of the public and ASHRAE. 

-AWI - Architectural Woodwork Institute
http://www.awinet.org

AWI  is a resource center for excellence in architectural woodwork.

- American Chemical Society 
http://www.acs.org

The ACS is an individual membership organization that consists of 161,000 chemists, chemical engineers and technician members—60% from industry, at all degree levels.

Analytical Life Science & Diagnostics Association

https://thealda.org

The Analytical Life Science & Diagnostics Association (ALDA) is the successor to the Analytical Life Science Systems Association (ALSSA), the primary trade association in North America for companies that manufacture and market systems — instruments, consumables, reagents, software, information databases and services — used for analysis and measurement in chemistry applications and the life sciences.

- Biotechnology Industry Organization 
http://www.bio.org

BIO is an association of over 850 member companies involved in the biotech industry.

- CETA- Controlled Environmental Testing Association
 www.cetainternational.org

The Controlled Environment Testing Association (CETA) is devoted to promoting and developing quality assurance within the controlled environment testing industry.

- CSI - Construction Specifications Institute
https://www.csiresources.org

The Construction Specifications Institute provides knowledge for creating and sustaining the build environment.

- LPA - Laboratory Products Association 
http://www.lpanet.org

The Laboratory Products Association member companies manufacture and distribute products such as glass and plasticware, chemicals, equipment and supplies used in research and applied science worldwide. 

- LSI - Laboratory Safety Institute
www.labsafety.org

The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI) is a non-profit national center for health, safety and environmental affairs. The Institute's mission is to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, our work, and our lives.

- NEBB - National Environmental Balancing Bureau

http://www.nebb.org/

NEBB is an international association certifying firms and qualifying supervisors and technicians in the following disciplines: Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing (TAB) of HVAC systems; Building Systems Commissioning (BSC); Sound and Vibration Measurement (S&V); Retro-commissioning (RCX); Fumehood Testing (FHT); and Cleanroom Performance Testing (CPT). 

- NIBS - National Institute of Building Sciences 
https://www.nibs.org/

NIBS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization bringing together representatives of government, the professions, industry, labor and consumer interests to focus on the identification and resolution of problems and potential problems that hamper the construction of safe, affordable structures for housing, commerce and industry throughout the United States.  The National Institute of Building Sciences is an authoritative national source of knowledge and advice on matters of building regulation, science and technology

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America 
  http://www.PhRMA.org

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier and more productive lives. 

 US Green Building Council 
http://www.usgbc.org

The nation's foremost coalition of industry leaders working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. 

- Woodwork Institute 
http://www.wicnet.org

Individuals and firms primarily engaged in the manufacturing and/or distribution of architectural millwork products per plans and specifications and brokers of architectural millwork products per plans and specifications in California, Nevada, and Oregon.

GOVERNMENT AND REGULATORS:

- ANSI- American Natiuonal Standards Institute 
http://www.ansi.org

- ASTM- American Society for Testing and Materials 
http://www.astm.org

- CARB - California Air Resources Board a
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/

- DOT - Department of Transportation 
http://www.dot.gov

- EPA - Environmental Protection Agency 
http://www.epa.gov

- FM - FM Global 
http://www.fmglobal.com

- ICC - International Code Council 
http://www.iccsafe.org

- NFC - National Fire Code of Canada 
http://www.nationalcodes.ca

- NFPA - National Fire Protection Association 
http://www.nfpa.org

- NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health 
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh

- OSHA - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov

- OSHA/EPA Occupational Chemical Database
http://www.osha.gov/chemicaldata/

- UL - Underwriters Laboratories 
http://www.ul.com

Underwriters Laboratories is a trusted world-wide source for product compliance.  UL  provides product safety certification and quality system registration services (ISO 9000, QS-9000, and ISO 14000).

- ULC - Underwriters Laboratories of Canada
http://www.ulc.ca

OTHERS:

Lab Manager Magazine

http://www.labmanager.com

SelectScience.net

http://www.selectscience.net

SelectScience.net is an on-line, consumer resource, providing scientists with the information they need before they buy a product. This information comes not only from the manufacturers of these products, but also from the consumers that use them.