Packaging Specifications Manual | Acknowledgments

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

Rail Industry Forum (RIF)

Packaging Standards Subcommittee (PSS)

Packaging Specifications Manual

Acknowledgments

This is to acknowledge the many individuals and the companies who have supported the efforts of the National Association of Purchasing Management (ISM)-Rail Industry Forum (RIF) Packaging Standards Subcommittee (PSS) and have extensively contributed to the development of the rail packaging guidelines and standards contained herein. Though the individual PSS representatives may have changed since the subcommittee was chartered by the ISM-RIF Executive Committee in 1991, the railroads, car and locomotive manufacturing companies, car companies, material suppliers and consultants listed below remained steadfast in their resolve to work collaboratively in order to accomplish the subcommittee’s stated goals and objectives.

Creation of this manual would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance of the following companies as abbreviated and listed in alphabetical order within categories:

ATSF (BNSF)
BN (BNSF)
CN
CP Rail
Conrail
CNW (UP)
CSX
NS
SP (UP/SP)
UP (UP/SP)

TTX Company

EMD
GE

Gunderson
Johnstown America
National Steel Car
Thrall Car Manufacturing

Many Industry Suppliers