Cover of the 10th issue of magazine De acuerdo

Metrology for young readers: The magazine ¡De acuerdo! celebrates its 10th issue

The science magazine ¡De acuerdo! – La ciencia a tu medida (¡De acuerdo! – Science made to your measure) has published its 10th issue. We would like to congratulate the magazine’s authors and technical collaborators as well as members of the editorial and executive boards on this special occasion. We are also looking forward to…

Some modern building with a glass front and a monument showing the logo of NIMT.

Congratulations – it’s NIMT’s 25th anniversary!

The National Institute for Metrology in Thailand, NIMT, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding this summer. As PTB and as the International Cooperation group, we wish to congratulate NIMT and send our best wishes on this special occasion. There was also a change of office in the NIMT board this year. Dr. Pornchai…

A medal made of copper showing a person with wings. This person is a genius holding a circle in their hand which is used to measure the world globe.

60 years of technical cooperation – PTB as a partner for sustainable development

As PTB, we have been working for 60 years on behalf of the Federal Government with developing and emerging countries to promote sustainable economic, social and ecological development. We are thus one of the four governmental implementing organisations of development cooperation (DC) in Germany. In DC, we distinguish between two types of projects. Bilateral cooperation…

Experiment for conformity assessment of LEDs

60 years of successful development cooperation with Bolivia

2022 saw the German Federal Government and its partners in Bolivia celebrate a special anniversary: 60 years of successful development cooperation! We are very pleased about the positive progress we have made as are the other executing agencies working in the field of German development cooperation. This joint progress has been achieved in supplying drinking…

Gram weight piece under a glass bell jar.

A universal language for the world

The metric system was introduced in Germany 150 years ago Introducing a uniform measurement system that was acceptable throughout the world was far less a scientific achievement than a political one. Whereas the previous systems of units reflected the regional balances of power (as demonstrated by the various princely ells), the metric system won people…

Reception for the Minister of Economy Ismael Touré from Guinea with Federal Minister Walter Scheel in 1964.

The BMZ is 60 years old

2021 is a special year for Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). This is because the Federal Republic of Germany has now been engaged in development policy for over six decades. On 14 November 1961, Walter Scheel was appointed as the first Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation. This day is considered to…

30 Years of Metrological Cooperation with Eastern Europe

COOMET, the association of Eastern European metrology institutes, is turning 30. Its new Vice President is Frank Lienesch from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt. The 30th anniversary of COOMET (Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrology Institutions) calls to mind the dissolution of the Soviet Union as well as the reunification of Germany and the integration of the metrological…