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INDUSTRY NEWS
Excellence and Achievement
Award from ASTM
John Fletcher, Standards
Compliance Manager at
Elcometer, was presented
with the Lifetime Excellence
and Achievement Award
from ASTM in recognition
of his services to the D01
Paint and Related Coatings,
Materials and Applications
committee, following his
last committee meeting in
Colorado in June.
A member of ASTM International since 2007,
John was made Chairman for the DOI
Committee in 2010, serving three
consecutive two-year terms, after which, he
became Vice Chairman. He went on to be
nominated as a Director on the ASTM
International Board for a three year term,
finishing in December 2019. Throughout his
time at ASTM, John has also been Chairman
of D01 Sub-committee D01.23: Physical
Properties of Applied Paint Films for 10 years
and a member of Committee E06 on
Performance of Buildings.
“I am honoured to receive this award from
the D01 committee. I have really enjoyed my
work with ASTM and shall miss my regular
meetings with D01 members, many of whom
I would call my friends.
I joined ASTM after a lengthy period of
preparing ballot responses for Elcometer’s
founder Ian Sellars so I was well steeped in
the ASTM methodology before I started
attending committee meetings. I never
expected to be asked to first Chair Sub-
committee D01.23 and then be nominated
for the role Chair of D01 itself, which in turn
provided me the opportunity to be nominated
to serve as a Director on the ASTM
International Board.
The ASTM standards process values every
member’s, contribution - ASTM is a standard
development organisation that has true
consensus at its heart. I aim to continue to
contribute electronically from my home when
I am retired but I would like to take this
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opportunity to thank my employer, Elcometer
Limited, and the team at Elcometer Inc. and
Elcometer Limited for their considerable
support for my work with ASTM. I would also
like to thank my fellow D01 members for
their help and guidance to me as a D01
Committee Officer and to the staff of ASTM,
who will continue to facilitate the more or
less continuous main and sub-committee
standards work. industries. Responsible for Elcometer’s
compliance with ISO 9001, Quality
Management Systems and ISO 14001,
Environmental Management Systems, John
travelled to the USA twice a year, to represent
Elcometer at ASTM meetings. He is also a
Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) as
well as a former President and Trustee. As a
Chartered Scientist, through ICorr, he is also
a member of both SSPC and NACE.
In 1982, John began working at Elcometer,
an inspection equipment manufacturer for
the coatings, concrete and metal detection Telephone: +44 (0)161 371 6000
Email: [email protected]
Visit: www.elcometer.com
AUGUST 2019
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