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Liotta receives ASTM Award.


Thomas S. Liotta, a consultant based in Charlotte, NC, was honored with the American Society for Testing and Materials International Committee D11 Distinguished Service Award for serving Committee D11 for more than 35 years in development and maintenance of international standards for the rubber industry.

Liotta has been an ASTM International ASTM International (ASTM) is an international standards developing organization that develops and publishes voluntary technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services.  member since 1967. He serves on many D11 subcommittees and is chairman of the main committee. He is also a member of ASTM ASTM
abbr.
American Society for Testing and Materials
 Committees D13 on textiles and D24 on carbon black.

Before consulting, Liotta was manager of Charlotte operations for the Global Evaluation Department of Continental Tire
For the German corporation, see Continental AG.


A Continental tire is an upright, external, mounted spare tire behind an automobile's trunk compartment. This term also describes a completely fake design that is stamped into the trunk lid.
. He was previously manager of materials evaluation for Continental General Tire The General Tire and Rubber Company is an American manufacturer of tires for motor vehicles.

General Tire was founded in 1915 in Akron, Ohio by William F. O'Neil. In 1943 General Tire branched out from its core business by purchasing the Yankee Network and the radio stations
 and manager of the Materials Testing Laboratories for General Tire and Rubber.
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Date:Sep 1, 2005
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