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ASTM Expands Its Advanced Manufacturing Work into a New Critical and Emerging Technologies Division
2026. 09. 15.
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ASTM Expands Its Advanced Manufacturing Work into a New Critical and Emerging Technologies Division

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ASTM International has relaunched its former Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Additive manufacturing remains a flagship area, now joined by AI, robotics, drones and semiconductors.

ASTM International has relaunched its former Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Additive manufacturing remains a flagship area, now joined by AI, robotics, drones and semiconductors.

What happened?

ASTM International has relaunched its former Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Additive manufacturing remains a flagship area, now joined by AI, robotics, drones and semiconductors.

Key details

  • The CET division is active across roughly ten ASTM committees.
  • Its work spans collaborations in 25 countries.
  • Additive manufacturing remains one of the main standardization pillars.
  • The goal is to coordinate standards, certification, training and technology roadmaps more quickly.

Why it matters

As 3D printing converges with AI, robotics and electronics, it becomes harder to standardize these technologies in isolation. ASTM’s new structure is designed to address that convergence.

The cover image is a 3DPS-created illustration.

Source and further information

This article is a summary based on publicly available source material. Read the original here: 3DPrint.com / ASTM International.



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