Why must there always be a fight between the US and Europe over standards!!!! Why doesn't the US just adopt CE and SI and make them both World Standards. The US is in a unique situation to actually create a true world standard by adopting CE and SI and then, if need be, influencing these standards from the inside rather than fighting them from the outside. What ever happened to using a good thing when it comes along. The US War of Independence has been over for centuries of gosh sakes! greg >>> "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-04-28 09:56:48 >>> 2001-04-28 I received this e-mail today and am forwarding it to the list. SOME of y= ou might want to scour this site's news letters for information related to metric, and/or even subscribe to their newsletters, or even contribute so= me of your own comments. Below, is an excerpt from the ENGINEERS FORUM. As you see, there is a comment in the second paragraph against European bias towards metric only. But, without that bias, the US would certainly force everyone to use FFU. I just wonder what "system" this guy wants US standards to be in that wou= ld counter pressure CE. Is the metric - FFU battle finally to develop into a heated battle in the next 10 years or so? It will for sure be interesting to see. STANDARDS ARE DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW Having to comply with CE requirements on many products has been a real challenge. We have been forced to improve and re-design many products to = be compliant. It has been very beneficial and worth every effort required. I have problems with the bias towards metric only, and components that do= n't have approvals in Europe and North America. I have a problem with requiri= ng manufactures with non-CE member facilities (us) to use third party testin= g on everything and being 100% compliant while locals self certify based on there understanding of the standards. I would like to see some US standards formed that would counter pressure = CE and eventually force a common world-wide standard to be developed. David Kerzel Chief Engineer John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt=FCmlich glaub= t frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe th= ey are free! Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2001-04-28 08:12 Subject: Global Engineering Journal 3 > Dear Manufacturing Engineer, > > > Greetings! > > TechSavvy Journal is now Global Engineering Journal, which better identifies the source - Global Engineering Documents. > > NOTE: Click on a link below to continue your subscription of this newsletter. 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