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THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL Manufacturers Association, a recognized leader in the standardization of electrical equipment, has for eight

decades been at the center of change in

what is arguably the most influential industry in the last century. In the early years of

a new century, the association is still prominent, and its reach, once limited largely to the United States, is becoming ever more international.

Created in 1926, NEMA has sponsored the development of thousands

of standards, thus helping to bring safe, compatible electrical products

to market; made numerous important contributions to U.S. public policy; and served as a central agency for gathering, compiling, and analyzing market statistics and economic data. NEMA is the trade association

of choice through which the electroindustry develops and promotes

positions on standards and government regulations, and is the preeminent source of worldwide market information for the electroindustry.

Headquartered in Rosslyn,Virginia, NEMA represents a global network of

over 400 large, medium, and small businesses that manufacture products

used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use

of electricity. Annual shipments of these products exceed $100 billion.

3 Developing Standards and

Reducing Market Barriers

4 Influencing Public Policy

6 Tracking the Economy

7 Turning to the Global

Marketplace in the New

Millennium

8 Staying on the Leading

Edge of Technology

10 Furthering Motor 

Efficiency

Representing NEMA

in the Field

Fighting Counterfeiting

11 NEMA Divisions and Their

Product Groups

12 NEMA Affiliates:

Promoting Electrical 

Safety

Modernizing Business 

Data Processes

13 Other Affiliated Organizations

and Programs

14 Providing an Electroindustry

Internet Portal

INSIDE

INTRODUCING THE

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL 

MANUFACTURERS

ASSOCIATION

Setting Standards for Excellence
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STANDARDS ENABLE CUSTOMERS to select

from a range of safe, effective, and compatible electrical products.They promote fair competition by defining products and processes, leading to economies in

production and elimination of misunderstanding.The

standardization process also benefits the user by making products that are available globally, delivered

locally, competitively priced, able to perform predictably, and are safe and environmentally sound.

NEMA’s Technical Services Department, NEMA/TEC,

pursues an ambitious standards agenda that includes

representing NEMA members in the development of

codes, standards, and conformity assessment policy

across the globe. It provides support to 49 product

group technical committees and 20 ANSI-accredited

standards committees, and promotes adoption of NEMA

standards as American National Standards.

NEMA sections conduct regularly scheduled,

mandatory reviews of all industry standards. When

the need for a new standard is identified or when an

existing standard is being reviewed for revision or

withdrawal, the product group seeks guidance from

both users and manufacturers. By incorporating the

views of both groups, the association ensures the

design of effective and safe products. NEMA member volunteers are the heart of the standards development process. NEMA/TEC facilitates their work

and the writing of sound standards.

NEMA/TEC responds to codes and standards proposals of other organizations in the U.S. and around

the world, facilitating the development of international and North American harmonized standards. Within

the Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical

Standardization of the Nations of the Americas

(CANENA), NEMA sponsors secretariats for 20 technical harmonization committees and subcommittees.

CANENA has generated more than three dozen

multinational standards.

Heavy NEMA participation in the international standards process acknowledges the increasing impact of

international and regional standardization and conformity assessment on NEMA member products.

NEMA provides the secretariat for four International

Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) technical committees and one International Organization for Standardization (ISO) committee, along with administration of

over 50 parallel U.S. committees.Three quarters of all

NEMA product groups are involved in either IEC or

ISO standards development.

NEMA provides secretariat support for

the U.S. National Committee of the IEC

System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment and for

the U.S. National Committee for the

IECEx Scheme for equipment used in

explosive atmospheres (hazardous locations).The sought after ideal is the use

of one international test certificate and

mark accepted by all participating countries. As secretariat, NEMA is in a position

to facilitate proposals and document review

by NEMA members and other interested parties,

and ultimately help create a level playing field in the

international marketplace.

NEMA assists members in various regions important to their business.The Americas region is a case

in point.The development and harmonization of

North American codes and standards to support the

electrical infrastructure in Central and South America is key to strengthening the competitiveness of

many NEMA members. NEMA seeks to influence the

incorporation of North American electrical standards and installation code requirements in countries throughout the Americas.

The association facilitated an agreement between

Underwriters Laboratories and CSA International

that enables manufacturers to get their products to

Canadian and U.S. markets more quickly and without

redundant testing.The two organizations have agreed

to accept each other’s test data for a broad range of

electrical components and end products, making the

certification process much more efficient for manufacturers. CSA and UL signed the agreement after

several months of negotiations and with the support

of NEMA and the Electro-Federation Canada.

The IEC Policy on Global Relevance, if properly

implemented, will help its members overcome technical barriers to trade across the globe. NEMA, acting

through the U.S. National Committee of the IEC, was

instrumental in the development of this IEC policy

and implementation plan.The policy opens the door for

industry to seek inclusion of essential U.S. standards

requirements on an equal basis in IEC standards.

NEMA’s Frank Kitzantides was elected vice president by the IEC Council in October 2003 and serves

a four-year term as chairman of the IEC Standardardization Management Board, the body responsible

for the management of IEC technical work.

Developing Standards and

Reducing Market Barriers
ONE OF THE CHIEF functions of a trade association is to provide a respected voice on public policy

on behalf of its members in order to obtain policy

that is beneficial to all. NEMA’s success in advocating industry views has earned it a reputation as an

organization that gets things done in both the

nation’s capital and the state capitals. NEMA/GOV,

the government relations arm of NEMA, provides a

full range of lobbying services to its members,

including policy analysis and monitoring; development of industry positions; and advocacy of industry

positions to federal and state governments, foreign

governments, and international bodies that wield

power in the global marketplace.

NEMA/GOV works to raise the industry’s visibility with Congressional and executive branch leadership and monitors all three federal government

branches, tracking electroindustry-specific issues

that advance the interests of member companies. Association representatives testify before

Congressional and state legislative committees, federal and state regulatory agencies,

and other policy-making bodies.

NEMA/GOV has been directly involved in

landmark legislation on energy and energy

efficiency, intellectual property protection

and anti-counterfeiting, product stewardship and environmental design, electrical

safety, and consumer protection. Representing an industry that offers energy supply and

demand solutions, NEMA has fought for energy efficiency and conservation, improved transmission grid and distribution systems, focused

energy research and development, and energy tax

incentives.

In its legislative and regulatory work, the association develops policy initiatives related to a product or

an industry, advises national and state policymakers,

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Influencing 

Public Policy
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and works with coalitions of environmental, consumer,

business, and energy organizations.The association also

works closely with various federal agencies including

the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Commerce, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, to name a few.

The NEMA/GOV Environment, Health, and Safety

program is engaged in actively tracking and promoting “best practices” and developments of interest to

NEMA members on state, federal, and international

levels.The association’s environmentally conscious

design and product stewardship program coordinates

and provides leadership for association members to

influence federal and state governments, particularly

on legislative and regulatory initiatives, relying on

sound reasoning and scientific principles, rather than

rhetoric, in defense of a given position.

By working with the executive branch, Congress,

and foreign counterparts, NEMA/GOV pursues an

international trade policy agenda based on free

trade in order to spur economic growth, exports,

employment, and innovation. NEMA/GOV assists

U.S. negotiators in framing trade agendas favorable

to member interests and lobbies Congress for ratification of free trade agreements, both bilaterally and

globally.The association works to address European

Union directives and policies, as well as trade and

market access issues in Latin America, China, and

other key trading areas.

NEMA’s Political Action Committee (NEMA/PAC)

is a vehicle through which members can support

pro-business candidates for election to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. NEMA/PAC

engages in close races, where there are clear differences between the candidates’ positions on business

issues, and in states where there is NEMA member

company and job presence. PAC monies come from

private contributions of industry executives.

NEMA also conducts non-partisan, web-based

Get-Out-The-Vote and issue-advocacy programs that

allow NEMA member companies to educate employees on key economic and industry issues and to

share candidate positions and voting records.The

GOTV program also offers information on how to

register to vote, and provides forms and materials on

absentee voting and local voting requirements.

[LEFT]: Kyle Pistor

(NEMA), House Majority

Whip Roy Blunt 

(R-MO), Senator Kit

Bond (R-MO), and 

Del Nickel (Hoffman

Enclosures) at a GetOut-the-Vote event.

[ABOVE]: NEMA 

testifies before the 

House Ways and 

Means Committee.
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IN BUSINESS,THE right information at the right

time is critical for success. Since NEMA Business

Information Services was established in 2001 as a

full-service economics and market research consulting shop, it has gained a reputation as a reliable,

reasonably priced provider of business information to

the electroindustry. NEMA/BIS is uniquely positioned to fill business information needs. It provides

accurate and timely customized research, data collection, analysis, and forecasting to key decisionmakers in NEMA member companies—from relatively small surveys to the complex product line

forecasting model developed for several NEMA product groups. Its services are distinguished from the

competition because they are reasonably priced,

individually designed to meet specific customer

requirements, and employ a rigorous method of collecting accurate primary data from a cultivated

group of suppliers, while at all times maintaining

the utmost confidentiality of company data.

While providing targeted services

directly to product groups or companies, NEMA/BIS also provides a number of services to all NEMA members.The Electroindustry Business

Confidence Index has become a

widely cited and well-regarded

monthly barometer of the electrical manufacturing industry.

Based on a survey of the chief

executive officers of more than 40

of the largest member companies,

the index gauges confidence in economic conditions affecting the electrical industry in four global regions.

Other widely disseminated research

includes the quarterly Electroindustry Stock

Index and the Electroindustry Economic Outlook.

Using its extensive databases of product sales

and economic indicators, NEMA/BIS builds accurate

models that explain how demand for electroindustry

products is affected by current and expected economic conditions. Employing forecasts that are generated from a nationally recognized model of the

U.S. economy, NEMA/BIS can project a product’s

market size for several quarters or even several

years into the future.

NEMA/BIS can find hard-to-get data on economic variables that affect product sales, and can even

identify which variables have the most influence on

them. It can track these market drivers and provide

forecasts for them in custom reports designed for

each company’s needs. A web-based subscription

service allows users to select and download a variety

of economic and industry-specific data.

NEMA/BIS performs a number of economic 

benchmarking studies, including financial and operating ratios, capacity utilization, and wage, benefit,

injury, and illness surveys based on OSHA workplace

reports, as well as custom research involving customer

satisfaction surveys and industry best practices.

With roots that trace back to the early part of the

last century, NEMA/BIS maintains NEMA’s longstanding reputation for unbreached confidentiality,

accuracy, and timeliness.

Tracking the 

Economy100.0

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Current conditions Future conditions

Latin America Europe Asia/Pacific

Electroindustry Business Confidence Index

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The EBCI indexes are based on the results of a monthly survey of senior managers at NEMA

member companies, which together represent more than 80 percent of the electroindustry.They are

designed to gauge the business confidence of the electroindustry in key world regions.
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GLOBALIZATION CEASED BEING simply a 

new business buzzword and became an operating 

mandate for NEMA the day its board of governors

determined that NEMA was much more than a

national trade association.

NEMA has been actively engaged in the development of standards, conformity assessment policies

and procedures, and free trade activities on every

major continent, working to provide market access to

NEMA members as they pursue global product

development and sales. Among the association’s

objectives are zero tariffs and national treatment for

all manufacturers, imperatives in a world where

more and more products are being designed in one

country, manufactured in another, and sold in markets around the world. NEMA strives to harmonize

product standards, as well as testing and certification requirements in order to reduce costs and

decrease time to market.

NEMA carries out its international programs

from a growing infrastructure that currently

includes staff professionals located in Washington

D.C., China, Brazil, and Mexico.They participate in a

wide array of activities such as representing NEMA

on technical committees; developing

installation codes and product

standards; attending meetings

with member company representatives and local government officials to clarify and

influence the development

of public policy; and

investigating and articulating local certification

requirements.They monitor local markets, identify

trends and developments

that can either benefit or

harm members, and launch

initiatives identified by

NEMA product groups or governance committees.

The overall goal is to sharply

reduce the number of occasions in which

national standards exclude NEMA member

products from a given market and to reduce the

number of occasions in which their products are

held up at customs due to uncertainty about certification requirements or incomplete paperwork.

NEMA helps reduce certification costs for many of

its member companies.

The future will no doubt compel NEMA to further

shift its approach to international affairs. As global

competition continues to heat up, the need to

increase market share in countries currently dominated by offshore competitors will continue to grow.

NEMA will concentrate most of its efforts on the ten

largest global markets for electrical products.

Increasingly, these products will be manufactured to

a single global standard, tested once, and certified

in a way that is recognized in all of the markets in

which they are sold.

Turning to the 

Global Marketplace

in the New Millennium

[LEFT]: Shaking hands

with NEMA’s Timothy

Feldman is Shi Baoquan,

vice administrator 

Standardization 

Administration of 

the People’s Republic 

of China.
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NEMA MEMBERS ARE leading the way in a number of cutting-edge technologies and systems that are

improving the quality of life here and across the globe.

Distributed Power

NEMA is taking a leading role in one of the newest

approaches to supplying clean, efficient energy.The

NEMA distributed power program seeks to reduce

product market barriers for distributed power, such

as fuel cells.The industry is developing plug-andplay systems for the marketplace. Companies in the

industry need a voice to help them work together

toward technological consensus and to positively

influence the

development of

public policy governing distributed

generation. NEMA

is that voice, and,

in conjunction with

the appropriate

federal agencies,

will: (1) work toward improved generator interconnection; (2) address emissions and other environmental considerations; (3) strive to include distributed power provisions in energy tax and policy

legislation; (4) help shape relevant state and local

legislative and regulatory initiatives; (5) advocate

nationally consistent standards for interconnection;

and (6) build strong relationships with utilities.

Solid State Lighting

The Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance,

administered by NEMA, was formed to foster an

industry–government partnership to accelerate the

technical foundation, and ultimate commercialization, of solid state

lighting systems. In

2005, it was named

an industry partner

by the U.S. Department of Energy’s

solid state lighting

program, which

researches and develops advanced solid state

white lighting technologies

based on inorganic and organic light emitting diodes. Once only

used for indicator lights, high-efficiency

solid state lighting technology is now

found in a variety of specialty applications, including automotive brake lights,

traffic signals, exit signs, and flashlights.

If solid state lighting were to replace all

existing lights, customers would save

approximately $115 billion by 2025 and

there would be an accompanying 10 percent

reduction in greenhouse emission gases, according to DOE estimates.

Intelligent Transportation Systems

An expanding population demands a state-of-theart transportation system. NEMA, the American

Association of State Highway and Transportation

Officials, and the Institute of Transportation Engineers are jointly developing the National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Protocol (NTCIP). The NTCIP is a

family of standards that provides both the rules for

communicating and the vocabulary necessary to

allow electronic traffic control equipment from 

Staying on the 

Leading Edge of

Technology

NEMA is taking a leading role in

one of the newest approaches to

supplying clean, efficient energy.
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different manufacturers to operate together as a

system. It is the first set of standards for the

transportation industry that allows traffic control systems to be built using a mix and match

approach with equipment from different manufacturers. NTCIP standards reduce the need for

reliance on specific equipment vendors and customized, one-of-a-kind software.

Automation

NEMA is the industry leader in

programs and standards for

industrial automation, technology that is primarily used in

industrial applications to

monitor, control, or actuate

power utilization apparatus,

including regulation of

motors. Automation controls

provide any number of advantages to the manufacturer, perhaps the most important being

productivity and an increase in

competitiveness.

Medical Imaging

Medical imaging allows physicians to see inside

the human body. From this comes better understanding, precision, and care, and the ability to

detect disease early, enable less-invasive therapy,

and ensure patient safety. NEMA’s Diagnostic

Imaging and Therapy Systems Division is a leader

in writing standards for X-ray, nuclear medicine,

CAT scans, MRI, radiation therapy, and ultrasound

imaging, all important technologies for fighting

disease and prolonging life.

The division publishes the Digital Imaging and

Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard, a

multi-part set of rules that establishes a single language for exchanging digital images and related

information such as patient name, reason for the procedure, instrument used, and more. DICOM enables

users to acquire, display, store, query, retrieve, move,

or print medical images between instruments, computers, and hospitals. DICOM is used or will soon be

used by virtually all medical professionals within the

healthcare industry who use images, including specialists in cardiology, dentistry, endoscopy, mammography, opthalmology, orthopedics, pathology, pediatrics, radiation therapy, radiology, surgery, and even

veterinary medicine.

The division has also helped respond to insurance

industry charges that the use of medical imaging is

unnecessarily driving up the cost of health care. Its

www.medicalimaging.org website was conceived and

developed by medical imaging companies that grew

concerned over the frequent misconceptions about

the value of medical imaging.
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Furthering 

Motor Efficiency 

U.S. MOTOR MANUFACTURERS sell products that

exceed the minimum efficiency requirements set by federal legislation.These motors are slightly more costly to

purchase for the customer, but yield significant additional savings over the life of the product, with a better

return on investment. Many specifiers in the commercial

and industrial sectors, however, commonly look only at

first-cost options and do not weigh the costs and benefits over time of a completely efficient system.This is a

challenge that NEMA motor manufacturers must overcome if potential efficiency gains and subsequent energy

savings are to be fully realized.

Electric motor systems currently account for 23

percent of all U.S. energy use and 70 percent of

manufacturing electricity consumption, presenting

one of the largest opportunities for energy conservation and efficiency. NEMA motor manufacturers now

offer NEMA Premium® motors built to a higher efficiency standard.The NEMA Premium label helps

customers identify products that optimize motor

systems efficiency, reduce electrical power consumption and costs, and improve system reliability.

Fighting Counterfeiting 

IN 2002, SEVERAL NEMA member companies began to recognize the growing presence of counterfeit

electrical products in markets around the world.These counterfeit products bear the unauthorized

trademark of a genuine electrical manufacturer and the unauthorized mark of a certification or test

organization. Some of them incorporate unauthorized, patented technology of NEMA members.

NEMA’s anti-counterfeiting program helps its member companies understand and exercise

their intellectual property rights. Because counterfeiting is a global problem that affects certification marks as well as manufacturer brand names and trademarks, NEMA includes in its program such certification organizations as Underwriters Laboratories and the Canadian Standards Association. NEMA secured the participation of Canadian and Mexican trade

organizations representing electrical manufacturers and carries on a dialogue with European

counterparts as well.

The NEMA Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition program has three main components:

• Education and training:This involves developing best practices to assist members in protecting

their intellectual property and enforcing their legal rights, including working with customs and other

law enforcement authorities. It also requires networking with manufacturers and other trade groups

mutually interested in the counterfeiting problem.

• Documenting and publicizing the problem: NEMA prepares reports and press releases for distribution to

inform the public about counterfeit electrical products.

• Public policy advocacy: Counterfeiting is an internationally recognized crime. It has been documented that counterfeit electrical products present substantial health and safety concerns. NEMA is an advocate for greater public

resources devoted to combatting this crime, keeping counterfeit goods out of the marketplace, improving coordination among state and national governments, and strengthening law enforcement programs.

Representing 

NEMA in the Field 

NEMA’S FIELD REPRESENTATIVE program serves

NEMA members by promoting the use and adoption of

the National Electrical Code® and by monitoring

regional developments of importance to the electroindustry. As advocates of safe electrical systems and

installations, NEMA field representatives:

• Convey NEMA positions to members of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI);

• Participate in local electrical code revision

processes to promote sound safety regulations;

• Serve as NEC workshop instructors and promote the

understanding of new product installation methods;

• Maintain contact with electrical inspection authorities to ensure proper use of electrical products;

• Provide members valuable feedback from

installers, contractors, builders, and other endusers of electrical products; and

• Track the progress of state and local laws affecting

the electroindustry, including those governing energy,

the environment, and product certification.

NEMA’s web-based Code Alerts service helps interested parties stay informed about NEC developments.
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Industrial Automation Division

Carbon/Manufactured Graphite 

Arc Welding 

Industrial Automation Control Products 

and Systems 

Motors and Generators 

Power Electronics 

Lighting Systems Division

Ballasts

Lighting Controls Council

Luminaires 

Lamps 

Solid State Lighting 

Electronics Division

Dry Battery 

Residential Controls 

Signaling Protection and Communication 

Transportation Management Systems and Associated

Control Devices 

Building Equipment Division

Cable Trays 

Enclosures 

Conduit Fittings 

Fuses 

Health Care Facility Equipment 

Low Voltage Distribution Equipment 

Outlet and Switch Boxes 

Ground Fault Personnel Protection 

Pin and Sleeve Plug, Receptacle, and Connector 

Steel Rigid Conduit and Electrical Metallic Tubing 

Polymer Raceway Products 

Low Voltage Surge Protective Devices 

Wiring Devices 

Insulating 

Materials Division

Flexible Insulation and Mica 

Decorative Laminates 

Industrial Laminates 

Magnet Wire 

Electrical Insulating Resins 

Electrical Tubing and Sleeving 

Wire and Cable Division

High Performance Wire and Cable 

Modular Wire 

Building Wire and Cable/Power and Control Cable 

Flexible Cords 

Power Equipment Division

Electrical Connectors 

Capacitors 

Electrical Measuring Equipment 

High Voltage Insulators 

Surge Arresters

Switchgear 

Steam Turbines 

Transformers

Diagnostic Imaging 

and Therapy Systems Division

Magnetic Resonance (MR) 

Nuclear 

Medical Imaging Informatics 

Radiation Therapy 

Ultrasound Imaging 

X-Ray Imaging

NEMA Divisions and 

Their Product Groups

(as of March 2005)
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IN 1994, NEMA, Underwriters Laboratories (UL),

and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

(CPSC) co-founded what was then called the 

National Electrical Safety Foundation.The foundation’s primary mission was to promote electrical

safety in the home and workplace. One of its most

important annual activities is the sponsorship of

National Electrical Safety Month each May. NEMA

provides a home and a business

structure for the foundation,

and plays a critical role in its

fundraising and its program

and product development.

The CPSC estimates that

accidental electrocutions related to consumer products

declined significantly in the

late 1990s. Greater electrical safety awareness,

along with better codes and standards, new safety

technologies, and better product design and manufacture helped bring about that decline.

The greater threat lies with electrical-related

fires. According to CPSC, between 1994 and 1998,

there was an annual average of more than 165,000

electrical-related home structure fires, taking more

than 900 lives, injuring nearly 7,000 and causing

nearly $1.7 billion in property damage.

The foundation has evolved and is now known as

the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI).

While its mission remains the same, its name, activities, and scope have changed. ESFI delivers hundreds

of millions of electrical safety messages each year

through the media, distribution of its publications,

and via its website, www.electrical-safety.org.

ESFI has become a recognized authority on electrical safety awareness. It offers turnkey electrical

safety awareness campaigns to companies and communities seeking to help improve electrical safety.

MORE THAN EVER before, business data is the

driving force behind how trading partners do business with each other. Since the internet has gained

ascendency as a business tool, accurate and timely

product and pricing data is critical to conducting an

error-free purchase to payment process.

The Industry Data Exchange Association

(IDEA), formed by NEMA and the National Association of Electrical Distributors,

was created as a joint venture electronic

commerce service provider. IDEA manages

four services that help drive cost out of the supply

chain for manufacturers and their trading partners.

IDEA continued to grow and improve its products

and services for the electroindustry even as it introduced the new Industry Data Warehouse (IDW2) in

2005. IDW2 incorporates a number of features that

provide added value to manufacturers and their trading partners, including the delivery of catalog data,

images, new product and pricing options, data synchronization features, messaging, and web-based tools

to facilitate manufacturer data delivery and update.

In addition to the IDW2, IDEA is introducing new

data readiness and business process services and tools

to assist manufacturers with the preparation of their

business data and analysis of their data processes.

IDEA’s IDX2 is a 24x7 internet-based document

exchange that enables customers to interact freely and

accurately with their trading partners worldwide. Using

the internet as the backbone, along with qualified application standards and protocols, IDX2 facilitates business communications through its network core, its value

added network (VAN) gateway, and direct connections

with other internet-based exchanges.

NEMA

Promoting Electrical Safety

Modernizing Business Data Processes
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AFFILIATES

Council for Harmonization of 

Electrotechnical Standardization 

of the Nations of the Americas 

(CANENA)

Founded in 1992 to foster the harmonization of

electrotechnical product standards, conformity

assessment test requirements, and electrical codes

between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Electrical Insulation Conference

A biennial trade show and technical conference on

dielectric and insulating materials, and coil winding

technology, co-sponsored by NEMA, IEEE, and the

Electrical Manufacturing and Coil Winding Association.

Lamprecycle.org

An organization sponsored by NEMA’s Lamp 

Section to encourage the recycling of spent 

mercury-containing lamps.

National Lighting Bureau

An organization alerting people to the benefits

derived from improving the effectiveness of lighting

systems anywhere that electric illumination is sold.

NEMA/ALA Lamp and 

Ballast Platform Matrix

A matrix of lamp and ballast combinations 

developed by NEMA and the American Lighting

Association that help meet certain Energy Star®

performance guidelines for residential lighting 

systems.

Thermostat Recycling Corporation

A program to recover used mercury switch 

thermostats from HVAC wholesalers and 

contractors and recycle the mercury.

Other Affiliated Organizations and Programs
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THE NEMA WEBSITE is a portal for the electrical manufacturing industry, consumers, government officials, and the

media. Its mission is to be the premiere resource for electrical manufacturing standards, news, and product information.

The website, www.nema.org, contains the full, searchable

catalog of NEMA standards and products; links to NEMA

member companies; and provides information on NEMA’s

technical, economic, and government relations programs.

The homepage features daily news about the electroindustry,

including contracts, mergers and acquisitions, awards, and

leadership changes.

The NEMA website is fast becoming a must visit for

members of the electroindustry community seeking rich,

fresh content.

Providing an

Electroindustry 

Internet Portal
SPRING 2005
NEMA

1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1752

Rosslyn, Virginia 22209

(703) 841-3200

(703) 841-5900 fax

www.nema.org