ASM International

Website: https://www.asminternational.org

ASM International, formerly known as the American Society for Metals, serves as the premier professional organization for materials scientists, engineers, and technicians working with metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and other engineered materials. The organization provides extensive technical resources including handbooks, databases, journals, and conferences that advance materials knowledge and application across manufacturing industries. ASM’s activities include publishing authoritative reference materials on material properties, processing methods, and failure analysis, offering professional certification and continuing education programs, hosting technical conferences and exhibitions connecting materials professionals, and maintaining committees that develop standards and best practices for materials testing and characterization. For photochemical etching professionals, ASM International provides valuable resources on material properties, corrosion behavior, surface treatments, and metallurgical considerations that inform material selection, process optimization, and quality assurance for etched components across diverse applications.