The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promotes worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial standards. ISO, a non-governmental organization, is a network of the national standards institutes of 160 countries, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland that coordinates the system.
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ISO has published 22217 International Standards and related documents, covering almost every industry, from technology, to food safety, to agriculture and healthcare. ISO International Standards impact everyone, everywhere.
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ISO Standards address shared challenges and cater to things that matter most. Some very important and vital ISO standards are, information technology in general standards, information technology standards, manufacturing industry standards, agricultural standards, agriculture machine standards, standards for telecommunications, railway standards, testing standards, heat pumps standards, healthcare technology standards, health and safety standards and Medical equipment standards.
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ISO standards bring real and measurable benefits to almost every sector imaginable, they underpin the technology that we rely on and ensure the quality that we expect.