Early in the 1950s, adhesives standardisation started in Germany at a national level. This initiative continued with the issuing of a terminology standard and other standards for various fields (wood, shoes, flooring adhesives). DIN standards issued during that period by the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) still apply on a domestic level, unless they have been repealed or replaced by European standards. On 23 January 2013, DIN formed the new committee "Adhesives; Test Procedures and Requirements", which will in future function as an umbrella committee for the DIN standards committees that deal with adhesives. The reason is that most of the standards required are in the meantime available in the form of DIN EN standards, thus making national standards committees dormant. This had the consequence that, in those cases in which a revision was decided on a European level, no active mirror committee and therefore no possibilities for participation were available. The formation of the committee "Adhesives; Test Procedures and Requirements" thus represents a milestone in the reorganisation of adhesives committees at DIN. It is now possible to spin off new subordinate committees relatively quickly and therefore to react more quickly to new requirements than was previously the case. Therefore and due to the integration of other DIN committees dealing with adhesives, the NMP (Standards Committee Materials Testing) sees itself as being well equipped for the future.
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