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      Acronym
       Coverage Full Name and Link to Home Page
       AMBA MN
      Minnesota  American Mold Builder Association Minnesota Chapter
       AMFA Minnesota Arrowhead Manufacturing and Fabricators Association
       APICS TC
      Minnesota
      Association for Operation Management
       MA Minnesota Manufacturers Alliance
      MCQ  Minnesota Minnesota Council for Quality
      MHTA  Minnesota   Minnesota High Tech Association   
      MNAMF  Minnesota Minnesota Association of Metal Finishers
       MPMA Minnesota Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association
       MTI
       Minnesota Minnesota Technology Inc. 
      NADCA MN  Minnesota North American Die Casting Association Minnesota
       NAPM TC
      Minnesota
       National Association of Purchasing Management —Twin Cities
      PMA Twin Cities   Minnesota Precision Metalforming Association Twin Cities
       TSMA Minnesota Tri-State Manufacturers' Association
       SME Mpls.
      Minnesota Society of Manufacturing Engineers Minneapolis
       SME S. MN
      Minnesota Society of Manufacturing Engineers Southern MN
       SME St. Paul
      Minnesota Society of Manufacturing Engineers St Paul
      CVMA  Iowa  Cedar Valley Manufacturing Association 
      WMC   Wisconsin Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce 
      ATI National Advanced Technology Institute
      AESF National American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers Society
      AGMA National American Gear Manufacturers Association
      AFS National American Foundrymen's Society
      AMTDA National American Machine Tool Distributors Association
      AMC National American Metalcasting Consortium
      AMBA National American Mold Builders Association
      ANSI National American National Standards Institute
      ASM National ASM International (The Material Information Society)
      ASME National American Society of Mechanical Engineers
      ASNT National American Society for Nondestructive Testing
      ASPE National American Society for Precision Engineering
      ASTM National American Society for Testing and Materials
      ASQ National American Society for Quality
      ASSE National American Society of Safety Engineers
      ASMMA National American Supply and Machinery Manufactuers' Association
      AWS National American Welding Society
      AMEA National Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers
      AME National Association for Manufacturing Excellence
      AMT National Association for Manufacturing Technology
      ARM National Association of Rotational Molders
      ABM International Brazilian Association of Metallurgy and Materials
      ABIPLAST International Brazilian Association of Plastic Industry
      BFPA International British Fluid Power Association
      BMTA International British Metalforming Trades Association
      CFPA International Canadian Fluid Power Association
      CMTDA International Canadian Machine Tool Distributors Association
      CAMI National Coated Abrasives Manufacturers' Institute
      DDC National Diecasting Development Council
      EOTC International European Organization for Testing & Certification
      FMA National Fabricators & Manufacturers Association
      FPS National Fluid Power Society
      GIMEF International Groupement Francais de Industries Transformatrices de Metaux en Feuille Minces
       IAPD  International International Association of Plastic Distributors 
      IMTMA International Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association
      IBU International Industrieverband Blechumformung
      IEAust National The Institution of Engineers, Australia
      ISA National International Society for Measurement and Control
       ISM  National  Institute for Supply Management
      ISO National International Organization of Standardization
      ISTMA  International  International Special Tooling and Machining Association 
      UCIMU International Italian Machine Tools, Robots and Automation Manufacturers' Association
      ASSOCOMAPLAST International Italian Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds Manufacturers' Association
      JMSA International Japan Metal Stamping Association
      KOMMA National Korea Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association
      MDNA National Machinery Dealers National Association
      NAM National National Association of Manufacturers
       NASF National  National Association of Surface Finishing
       NCDMM National  National Center for Defense Mfg. and Machining 
      NCMS National National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
      NACFAM National National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing
       NADCA National  North American Die Casting Association 
      NFPA National National Fluid Power Association
      NIST National National Institute of Standards and Technology
       NIMS National  National Institute for Metalworking Standards 
      NTMA National National Tooling & Machining Association
      NFFS National Nonferrous Founder's Society
      NADCA National North American Die Casting Association
      OSHA National Occupational Safety and Health Administration
      OPMFA National Oregon Precision Metal Fabrications Association
      PMPA National Precision Machined Products Association
      PMA National Precision Metalforming Association
      PMAC National Purchasing Management Association of Canada
      QEMA National Quality Engineering and Manufacturing Association
      SME National Society of Manufacturing Engineers
      SFSA National Steel Founders' Society of America
      TFA National The Ferroalloy Association
      TMA Chicago
      Tooling & Manufacturing Association
      USCTI National United States Cutting Tool Institute


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