B56, Power and Nonpowered Industrial Trucks
As of September 1, 2005, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) transferred maintenance of all the B56 Safety Standards to a new entity, the Industrial Truck Standards Developing Foundation (ITSDF). ITSDF, of Washington DC, was established in December 2004 by the Industrial Truck Association (ITA), of Washington DC. ITSDF and ASME signed a management transfer agreement on May 16, 2005. All current members of the ASME B56 Committees were invited to continue serving on those committees after they became ITSDF committees. ITA hopes to have all the B56 documents posted electronically on its website when the website becomes available.

All questions and inquires should be directed to Mr. Chris Merther, ITA manager of technical programs. He can be reached at Tel: 202-296-9880 or by email: cmerther@earthlink.net.
 
 
B15, Safety Standard for Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus
On January 4, 2006, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) completed a formal agreement to transfer maintenance of the B15 Standards Committee, and the B15.1 Safety Standard on Power Transmission Apparatus, to the Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT).

All questions and inquires regarding B15 and its standards should now be directed to Cindy Haas at Tel: 703.827.5266 or by email clhaas@amtonline.org.  AMT's toll-free order number is 800-524-0475 and soon the standards will be available for online ordering at www.amtonline.org.

B19, Compressors
On February 22, 2006, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) completed a formal agreement to transfer maintenance of the B19 Standards Committee, and the B19.3, Safety Standard for Compressors for Process Industries  and B19.1, Safety Standard for Air Compressors Systems, to the Compressed Air & Gas Institute (C.A.G.I.).

All questions and inquires regarding B19 and its standards should now be directed to R.Christopher Johnson at Tel: 216.241.7333 or by email cjohnson@taol.com