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National Standards
Steel specifications are often prefixed with initials. This can indicate the originating country of the grade.
We’re here to help with those ‘hard to find’ steel grades.
Specification Prefix | Country of Origin |
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AS | Australia |
ONORM | Austria |
NBN | Belgium |
BDS | China |
GB | Canada |
CSA | Slovak/Czech Republic |
CSN | Finland |
AFNOR | France |
DIN | Germany |
BS | United Kingdom |
MSZ | Hungary |
UNI | Italy |
JIS | Japan |
NS | Norway |
PN | Poland |
STAS | Romania |
GOST | Russia |
SS | Sweden |
UNE | Spain |
SNV / VSM | Switzerland |
AISI, AMS, ASME, SAE, UNS | United States |
EN (Euronorm) | European |