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Ductile Iron Society.
Promoting the production and application of ductile iron castings.
http://www.ductile.org/

Fabricators and Manufacturers Association.
Brings metal fabricators together through technology councils, conferences, networking opportunities, and industry awards.
http://www.thefabricator.com/

IG Metall.
Der IG Metall, the German metalworkers union.
http://www.igmetall.de/

Instituto Tecnologico Metalmecanico.
AIMME is a nonprofit research association for the metal processing industry.
http://www.aimme.es/

International Metalworkers' Federation.
Federation of national unions, representing more than 20 million blue- and white-collar workers in the metal industry in nearly 100 countries.
http://www.imfmetal.org/

Metal Finishing Association.
A trade association for the British metal finishing Industry.
http://www.sea.org.uk/

Metall Organization.
Metall, the Swedish Metalworkers Union has about members in the engineering and automobile industry, shipyards, steelworks, workshops, mines, forges, and so on. (In Swedish or English.)
http://www.metall.se/

NAAMS Global Standard Components.
Defines the components that have been adopted when designing and constructing stamping dies and body assembly tools for sheet steel body components.
http://www.naamsstandards.org/

National Institute for Metalworking Skills, Inc.
Nonprofit organization formed in 1995 to support the development of a skilled workforce for the metalworking industry.
http://www.nims-skills.org/

National Metal Finishing Resource Center.
Including a full-text technical database, regulations, online conferences, a vendor database and much more.
http://www.nmfrc.org/

National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
The largest metalworkers union (and second largest trade union) in South Africa.
http://www.numsa.org.za/

Precision Metalforming Association.
Includes Metalforming Magazine.
http://www.metalforming.com/

Steel Service Center Institute.
SSCI serves as the voice of the steel service center industry. Its purpose is to enhance the financial return of member companies.
http://www.ssci.org/