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As the Additive Manufacturing (AM) industry moves towards series industrial production, the need for standards covering all aspects of the technology value chain becomes ever more prevalent. While standards and specifications for the various aspects of the AM materials and process chain continue to evolve, many such standards still need to be matured or are under consideration/development within the industry. In particular, materials feedstock, process qualification, testing, evaluation and structural integrity issues continue to be the main focus of ongoing efforts in the standardization community. This presentation will discuss the state of the AM standardization including gaps, challenges, opportunities, and insight based on a recent initiative to establish a global center of excellence to support standard related research and development to be able to close the standardization gaps while contributing to education and workforce development needs as well as qualification programs.