Another attempt to expedite the development of Malaysian Standards and as parts of efforts to lead the nation towards industrialisation, a national strategy to decentralise some of the standards development activities to relevant private and public sector organisations has been adopted.

    These Standards-Writing Organisations (SWO) are organisations or associations appointed by SIRIM Berhad to undertake and manage standards development work under the direction of a specific Industry Standards Committee (ISC). Each SWO enters into formal agreement with SIRIM Berhad with its functions and duties defined.

(1) MALAYSIAN PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (MPMA)

(2) CEMENT AND CONCRETE ASSOCIATION (C & CA)

(3) MALAYSIAN RUBBER BOARD (MRB)

(4) MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD (MPOB)

(5) CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD MALAYSIA (CIDB)

(6) MALAYSIAN ELECTRIC CABLE & WIRES ASSOCIATION (MECWA)

(7) THE MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD (MTIB)

(8) THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA (TEEAM)

(9) SEWERAGE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

(10) FMM-MALAYSIAN GASES MANUFACTURERS GROUP (FMM-MIGMA)

(11) THE INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS (UK) MALAYSIA BRANCH (IFEM)

(12) MALAYSIAN WOOD PRESERVING ASSOCIATION (MWPA)

(13) DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (DOSH)

(14) THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MALAYSIA (IEM)