Contents:

Organizations
General Information
Color-related sites
Spectroscopy-related sites
National institutes
Institutes (providing calibration standards)
Paper-related sites
Textiles-related sites
Detergents- and cosmetics-related sites
Plastics-related sites
Instruments manufacturers
Software for Whiteness
FWA manufacturers
Test Instrumentation and Material

Organizations

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
The British Colour Makers Association
British Standards Institution
Commission Européenne de Normalisation (CEN)
Commission Internationale de lÉclairage (CIE)
CIE News
CIE Division 1: Vision and Colour
CIE Division 2: Physical Measurement of Light and Radiation
CIE Division 3: Interior Environment and Lighting Design
CIE Division 4: Lighting and Signaling for Transport
CIE Division 8: Image Technology
Colour Index International
Council of Optical Radiation Measurements (CORM)
Council of Scientific Industrial Research, South Africa (CSIR)
Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)
Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Pigments Manufacturers (STAD)
French Association for Standardization (AFNOR)
Illumination Society of North America (IESNA)
International Daylight Measurement Programme (with the CIE)
Inter Society Color Council (ISCC)
International Standardization Organization (ISO)
Japan Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)
Munsell Color Science Laboratory
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Scandinavian Pulp, Paper and Board Committee (SCAN)
Society of Dyers and Colourists
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
State Committee of the Russian Federation for Standards and Metrology (GOSSTANDARD)
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General Information

Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology On-line
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology On-line
NIST Webbook
Ullmans Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
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Color-related sites

Argentinian Color Group
Color Research Group, the University of Derby
Color Technology Forum
Color and Vision Database
Color and Vision Science (University of Mannheim)
Color Research & Applications
Coloring Pages
Colour Society of Australia
The Colour Group (UK)
Deutsche farbwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (DfwG)
International Color Vision Society
The Lighting Resource
Natural Colour System (NCS)
Pantone Inc.
RAL Deutsches Institut für Güterzeichnung und Kennzeichnung e.V.
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Optics and Spectroscopy-related sites

Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Journal of Fluorescence
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics
Society of Applied Spectroscopy
The Society of Fluorescence
Spectroscopy Europe
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National Institutes

Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung (BAM)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Metrology Laboratory (NML) of South Africa
National Physics Laboratory (NPL)
National Research Council of Canada (NRCC)
National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Japan (NRLM)
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
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Institutes (providing calibration standards and service)

Centre Technique du Papier (CTP)
Keskuslaboratorio-Centrallaboratorium (KCL)
Hohenstein Institut
Swedish Pulp and Paper Institute (STFI)
Technidyne Optical Laboratory (TOL)
Textilforschungsinstitut Thüringen-Vogtland
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Paper-related sites

Alkaline Paper Advokate
Appita
Brazilian Pulp and Paper Association (ABTCP)
Canada Pulp and Paper Association
Centre Technique du Papier (CTP)
Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST)
Internationale Forschungsgemeinschaft Deinking-Technik e.V. (INGEDE)
ISEGA
Keskuslaboratorio-Centrallaboratorium (KCL)
The Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (PAPRICAN)
Papermaking Wet-End Chemistry (at the NCSU)
Papier-Technische Stiftung (PTS)
Pulp and Paper On-Line
Swedish Pulp and Paper Institute (STFI)
The Pulp and Paper Information Center (PPIC)
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry of South Africa (TAPPSA)
Zellcheming
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Textiles-related sites

American Association of Textile and Colorist Chemists (AATCC)
Association of the Non-Woven Fabrics Industry
Hohenstein Institut
The International Bureau for the Standardization of Man-Made Fibers (BISFA)
International Textile Market Association (ITMA)
Korea Textile Inspection and Testing Institute (KOTITI)
Textile Web
Textilforschungsinstitut Thüringen-Vogtland (TITV)
Thüringensches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung (TITK)
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Detergents- and Cosmetics-related sites

American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS)
Association Internationale de la Savonnerie, de la Detergence et des Produits dEntretien (AISE)
Comiteé Europeén des Agents de Surface et leurs Intermédiaries Organiques (CESIO)
Detertec (D&T)
Forschungsinstitut für Reinigungstechnologie e.V. (wfk)
Household and Personal Products Industry (HAPPI)
International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC)
Japan Oil Chemists Society (JOCS)
Soap and Detergent Association
Society of Cosmetic Chemists
Spanish Committee for Detergents, Surfactants, and Related Products (CED)
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Plastics-related sites

American Plastics Council (APC)
Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME)
Brazil Plastics on the Internet
The British Plastics Federation
European Plastics Converters (EuPC)
International Society of Coating Science and Technology
Laminating Materials Association
Modern Plastics
Nonwovens Magazine
Plastics Institute of America (PIA)
Plastics.org
PlasticsNet
Society of Plastics Engineers
The Society of the Plastic Industry
Thüringensches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung (TITK)
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Instrument Manufacturers

Datacolor International
Gretag-MacBeth
Hunter
Labsphere
Lenzing
Lorentzen & Wettre
Minolta
Optronik
Technidyne
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Software for Whiteness

Axiphos GmbH
Datacolor International
Gretag-MacBeth
Hunter
Lorentzen & Wettre
Minolta
Nisshinbo Industries Inc.
Shelyn Inc.
Technidyne
Treepoint AG
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FWA Manufacturers

3V (Sigma)
Alliachem Synthesia
Apex Polymers
Atul
BASF
Bayer
Beijing Odyssey Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.
Beijing Prina Chemical Ltd.
Burlington Chemical Co.
Chekemcolour Ltd.
Changzhou Yuanhua Synthetic Chemical Factory
China Scientific Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Clariant
Cosmoquimica
Cota
Crompton & Knowles
Daikaffil Chemicals India Pvt.
Dalian Research & Design Institute of Chemical Industry
Daqing Xinshiji Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Diamond Dye-Chem Ltd.
Eastman
Eksoy Chemical Industries Ltd.
Euroasian Industrial Co.
Gaoyou Auxiliary Factory
Guangzhou Times Chemical Factory
Hangzhou Hetd Industry Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Whyyon Chemical Co., Ltd.
Hengdian Group Dyestuff Chem. Co., Ltd.
Henglin Synthetic Chemical Factory
Hickson & Welch
Hongment Chemicals Ltd.
Igcar
Jiangyin Yuandong Fine Chemical Factory
Jianhong Chemical
Jinhua Best Industrial Chemical Dyes
Jinhua Dyestuff Chemical
Jinhua Jieda Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jiangshan Ositer Chemistry Products Co., Ltd.
Junwee Chemical Co., Ltd.
Khyati Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
Kyung-In Synthetic Corp. (KISCO)
Kuan Chuan Chemical Industries Ltd.
Kunshan Far-East Chemical
Lenape Industries
Ling Xiang Xinda Dyes Chemical
Luquan Xingyu Chemical Factory
Makhteshim Chemical Works
Mayzo, Inc.
Mölchemie Overseas Operations
Nanjing Longxi Chemical Co., Ltd.
Nantong Lisi Organic Chemicals
Paramount Minerals and Chemicals Ltd.
Proquimac Color
Qingdao Tianshi Chemical Co., Ltd.
Qingdao XinDaLu Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Quzhou Beste Chemistry Products Co., Ltd
Richest Chemical Company Ltd.
Rohan Group
Rudolf Chemie
Rumit White
Sam Shin Chemical Co., Ltd.
Serboy Chemistry
Shanghai Auxiliary Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Shanghai Beimon Material Manag Inc.
Shanghai Dyestuffs Corp., Ltd.
Shanghai Jingwei Chemical Corp.
Shanghai Jizhong Chemical Plant
Shanghai Optical Brightener Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Shangying Brightener Plant
Shanghai Wusi Chemical Auxiliary General Factory
Shandong Zhaoyuan Ling Long Flux Factory
Shenyang Cenkey Chemical Co., Ltd.
Souzhou Jiangnan Chemical Commodity Co., Ltd.
Souzhou Sheng Xin Chemical Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Chemicals
Sun Bright Industries
Sun Rise Chemicals
Textile Colour and Chemical
Tianjin Tianshun Chemical Dyestuff Co., Ltd
Valblanc Chemie Pvt. Ltd.
Virkler
Yangzhou Zhongbao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Wanda Chemical Industry
Whitelene Chemicals
Widetex Biotech Co., Ltd.
Xiaoshan Mudan Chemical Co., Ltd.
Yangcheng Chemical Industry Bureau
Yantai Wanhua
Youn Foung Enterprises Co., Ltd.
Zhaoyuan Dongwei Chemical Co., Ltd.
Zhaoyuan Petrochemical Plant
Zhechem Colours Co., Ltd.
Zhengkang Shangyo No.4 Chemical Plant
Zhejiang Runtu Chemical Industrial Group Corp.
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Test Instrumentation and Materials

Fluorescent samples
Avian Technologies LLC
Laetus
Light fastness
Atlas Weathering Services Group
Atlas Material Testing Technology
Atlas Electronic Devices Co.
Opacity charts
The Leneta Company
Textile samples
Australian Wool Testing Authority (AWTA)
Detertec
Eidgenössische Materialsprüfung und Forschungsanstalt (EMPA)
wfk Testgewebe GmbH (wfk)
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