Stakeholders
Who are the partners?
Since plastic products are truly ubiquitous, so are the stakeholders of the International Standards developed by ISO/TC 61. Certainly at the top of the list are the resin producers themselves. This is because they know that plastics must meet demanding standards if they are to replace traditional materials like glass, paper, and metals.
Next on the list are the plastics processors (molders, converters, etc.) who convert plastic resins to plastic parts, components, and finished products. Their customers set demanding quality requirements that depend on globally relevant performance and testing standards. Plastic processors operate in almost every country in the world.
This brings us to the third but most important list of stakeholders – manufacturers of finished oods – who rely on plastics for a significant level of functionality. Here, the list of stakeholders is extremely varied and reflects the fact that plastics have made tremendous inroads to so many markets: automotive, aerospace, mass transit, electrical appliances, electronics, medical products and equipment, sporting goods, toys, military hardware, building and construction, and packaging to mention a just few leading markets.
There are still other commercial stakeholders such as companies that manufacture plastics additives and molding and testing equipment. In essence, the many subcommittees within ISO/TC 61 work to help ensure that all of these plastics industry stakeholders have an opportunity to be heard in the development of International Standards for plastics. The horizontal nature of ISO/TC 61 ensures that there is a very broad spectrum of stakeholders for standards developed by ISO/TC 61.
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