The focus of World Metrology Day (20 May) is the fundamental change in the International System of Units. As of today, no one can say how much the small platinum cylinder in a safe in Sèvres near Paris is worth – yet, for over a century, this object has told the world what a kilogram…
Dear readers, PTB is very large and there’s always something new to discover – sometimes you’ll even meet a long-lost family member. That’s exactly what happened when we ran into the brilliant and friendly Clara Candela at our Press Office. We were quick to invite Clara to make an appearance in our blog, which bears…
We celebrated the 50th anniversary of PTB’s cooperation with the national metrology institute of Argentina in November 2017. Fifty years of cooperation is also a great achievement for us. The development that INTI has gone through in all those years is impressive: It went from being a partner in one of the largest technical cooperation…
The new ambassador from Sri Lanka, Karunasena Hettiarachchi, had barely taken up his post in September 2017 when the first joint talk with project coordinator Daniel Böhme took place on the future collaboration to strengthen quality infrastructure in Sri Lanka. How did the new ambassador find out about the joint project between Sri Lanka and…
The first South Caucasus regional conference for food analysis will take place in Tbilisi from 29-30 March. There, 150 experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will convene for short lectures, poster presentations and discussions. Representatives of the European networks Eurolab, Eurachem and the international laboratory concern Merieux Nutriscience are invited to meet talents from the…
Access to clean water has officially been a human right since 2010. But how can you detect contaminants in water? And who detects the germs in the water that are often invisible? Testing laboratories play a key role when it comes to successfully and reliably testing the quality of water. In the Southern African Development…
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Since 1 October, PTB Braunschweig’s Technical Cooperation Department has had a new name: International Cooperation. We moved from Division Q, »Scientific-technical Cross-sectional Tasks« to the newly established Division 9, »Legal and International Metrology«. In the new division, we, as Department 9.3, will pursue our task of assisting the establishment of quality infrastructure in developing countries…
»Quality pays!« Francisco Boshell from the International Renewable Energy Agency directed this clear message to the visitors of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn – the largest conference ever organized in Germany. And the message was well received. Boshell’s contribution was part of the PTB event »Fulfilling the Promise of Paris – Quality…
Nods of appreciation at the construction site and closer looks at bricks: More than 30 African cement experts were impressed by the cutting-edge cement mix facility at a construction site in Cameroonian Yaoundé. Later, the group of experts visited a brick factory belonging to the Cameroonian Mission for the Promotion of Local Materials (MIPROMALO). This…