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ASAM e.V. and SAE International to Build Standards Collaboration

May 08, 2018 by Paul Shepard

The European-based standardization organization ASAM e.V. and the US-based organization SAE International have agreed to enter a Cooperative Partnership. Main goal of this partnership is to better serve the needs of their members, to avoid duplicative standardization, and to promote standardization globally.

ASAM e.V. and SAE International are both committed to developing and providing standards for the automotive industry. The aim of their activities is to improve engineering processes and to make workflows more efficient.

Duplicative standards are costly and counterproductive. In order to avoid that, both organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding as basis for their future collaboration.

Both parties have agreed to develop a mechanism for early review and planning of projects: Within defined areas of common interest, the parties will establish a regular communication exchange and share information on ongoing activities with the goal to avoid redundancies.

Complementary standards shall in the future refer to each other and thus point out related standards or standardization projects.

Dr. Estenfeld, managing director of ASAM e.V., states, "For the benefits of the members of our two organizations we want to avoid redundancy in our respective standards. ASAM therefore welcomes this collaboration." He continues, "The geographical strengths of SAE and ASAM are complementary and we are confident that our partnership will additionally lead to truly global standards for the industry in the future."

"We are pleased to enter into the collaborative partnership with ASAM e.V.," Jack Pokrzywa, Director of Global Ground Vehicle Standards for SAE International, said. "ASAM has developed many critical standards work for the automotive industry so the collaboration with the top SAE experts is just a perfect fit."