SUMMARY
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TABLE I
IUVSTA MEMBER SOCIETIES
Country
Code
Year
Founded
Joined
IUVSTA
Left IUVSTA Name of National Society of Committee
Argentina
ARG
2013
Asociacon Fisica Argentina
Australia
AUS
1966
1971
Vacuum Society of Australia
Austria
A
1969
1971
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Vakuumtechnik
Belgium*
B
1962
1962
Société Belge de Vacuologie et de Vacuotechnique
Belgische Vereniging voor Vacuologie en Vacuumtechniek
Brazil
BR
1978
1980
Sociedade Brasileira de Vácuo
Bulgaria
BG
1967
1968
1995
Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite – Natsionalen Komitet
za Vakumka Fizika e Technika
Rejoined in 2016
Bulgarian Union of Physicists
Croatia
CRO
1979
1992
Hrvatsko Vakuumsko Drusto
Czechoslovakia
CS
1965
1995
Ceskoslovensky Narodni Komitet pro Vakuovou Fyziky,Techniku
a Aplikace
Czech Republic
CZ
1993
1995
Ceská Vakuová Spolecnost
Finland
FIN
1973
1974
Suomen Tyhjiöseura
France*
F
1945
1962
Société Française du Vide
Germany*
D
1962
1962
Deutsche Vakuum-Gesellschaft
(Fed Rep Germ)
(FRG)
(Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vakuum)
German Democratic
Republic
DDR
1977
1977
1992
Nationale Kommission Vakuum/ Grenzflachen/Dunne Schichten
der DDR
Great Britain*
GB
1959
1962
British Vacuum Council
Hungary
H
1962
1965
Nemzetközi Vákuumtechnikai Unio- Magyar Nemzeti Bizottsága
India
IND
1970
1971
Indian Vacuum Society
Islamic Republic of Iran
IRN
2004
2007
Iranian Vacuum Society
Israel
IL
1968
1971
Israeli Society for Vacuum Technology
Italy
I
1963
1965
Associazione Italiana del Vuoto
Japan
J
1958
1968
Nihon Shinkuu Kyokai
Korea
KOR
1991
1992
Hankook Jinkong Hoakhoe
Mexico
MX
1982
1986
Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia de Superficies y Vacío
Netherlands*
NL
1962
1962
Nederlandse Vacuumvereniging
Pakistan
PAK
1998
2001
Pakistan Vacuum Society
People’s Republic of China
PRC
1979
1983
Chinese Vacuum Society
Philippines
PHL
2015
2016
Vacuum Society of the Philippines
Poland
PL
1964
1965
Polskie Towarzystwo Pròzniowe
Portugal
P
1986
1989
Sociedade Portuguesa de Vácuo
Romania
RO
1990
1992
suspended Societatea Romana de Vid
Russian Federation
RF
1992
1992
Russian Scientific and Technical Vacuum Society
Slovakia
SK
1993
1995
Slovenská Vákuová Spolocnost
Slovenia
SLO
1959
1992
Drustvo za vakuumsko Tehniko Slovenije
Spain*
E
1962
1962
Associación Espanola del Vacio y sus Aplicaciones
Sweden*
S
1973
1962
Svenska Vakuum Sällskapet
Switzerland*
CH
1959
1962
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Vakuum-Physik und –Technik
Societé Suisse pour la Science et la Technique du Vide
Ukraine
UKR
1993
1995
suspended Ukrainske Vacuumne Tovaristvo
United States of America*
USA
1953
1962
American Vacuum Society
* Founder Member of IUVSTA.