Tlic Diinlop Rul)bcr Co. lins nppointcd Mr. A. Ilciilcy. wlro 11ns been tcchnicnl mnnngcr n t Fort I111nlop since 1037, to bc works director a t 35iriningham and to R scat* BTr. F. J. Wolfc hiis bcen nppointcd clinirninn of tliv 011 t l l C lOCnl IJOXrd. Anglo-dnicriciin Oil Co. British Standards Inrtitution .
Tlic nccd for rcguliirising nn cstcnsion of tlic origind functions of tlic 13ritisl1 lhginccring St:indards Associiition lins been undcr consitlcrntion from tinic to tinic, and bccanic iniperntivc wlicn tlic clicniirnl industry, iis n result of D fully rcprcscntativc confcrencc convened by the Associntion of Ilritisli Clicmicnl AInnufnctitrcw, invited tlie Association to witlcn its scopc to iuclntlc chcmicnl stnntlnrdisntion gcncrnlly. Tlic bidding industry also dcsired n siil)stnnt.inl cstcnsion of tlic work of stnndnrdisntion within tlint intlustry, and urged t h t . t,hc titlc of tlic Associntion slioiiltl be morc in conformity with tlic widcncss of its SCOJIC. It ivns tlicreforc dccitlcd to rcorgauisc tlic work of t.hc Association iiito four inriin divisions of cqiinl stnnding, responsible for thc prcpnrntion of 13ritisli stnntlnrtl spccificntions in tlic cnginccring, clicmicnl, bidding, :ind testilc intlustrics, eiicli of tlic divisions bcing untlcr tlic control of n r e psciitntivc dirisionnl coiincil.
X t c r scciiring t . 1 1 ~ approval of tlic nicni1)crs of tlic Associntion, tlic Coiuicil iipplicd for, nnd 1i;is IICCU grnntcd, a Supplcnicnt;il RoynI Cliiirtcr, iiiitliorising thcsc clinugcs. In futuro, thc iinnic of tlic Associntion will IJC the " 13ritisli Stnntl:irtls Institution,'' nntl its activities will bc iintlcr t,l~c control of :I gelicriil coiilicil, rvliicli will Iinvc untlcr i t t,lie four divisiomil coiincils.
Tho tcrni " J5ritisli StilntI;irtl " 110s been rcgistcrcd