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NIMT directors visit PTB

We welcomed special guests to PTB on 23 October 2023. We were very pleased that the director of the National Metrology Institute of Thailand (NIMT for short), Dr Pornchai Suteerakune, and his deputy, Anusorn Tonmueanwai, paid us a personal visit during their trip to Europe. NIMT and PTB have a long history of successful cooperation.…

Woman in the laboratory in front of PTB's Primary Power Standard

Final workshop marking 10 years of successful work in the Mongolian energy sector

Following 10 years of successful and valuable cooperation with our Mongolian partners, our BMZ-funded project Support to Mongolia’s Quality Infrastructure with Particular Regard to the Energy Sector came to an end on 31 August 2023. To mark the occasion, we jointly organized a virtual wrap-up event entitled Insight into PTB Laboratories and we were very…

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Cooperation bears fruit: Mongolian delegation visits Germany

Staff members of the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the Ministry of Energy (MoE) visited Germany from 12-16 June during a delegation trip within the scope of the BMZ-funded project with Mongolia titled “Improving quality infrastructure in the energy sector”. One component of the project, which ended in August, focused on raising…

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National Quality Infrastructure Festival in Indonesia

From 14 – 16 June 2023, the central QI institutions of Indonesia organized a memorable festival titled Synergy of Metrology, Standards and Accreditation for Increasing Indonesia’s Competitiveness. This marked the first time since the incorporation of the National Metrology Institute (SNSU-BSN) under the umbrella of the National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN) in 2018 that…

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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…

Two men are shaking hands and smiling at each other, on the left is Dr. A K Tripathi, Adviser to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and to the right is Dr. Sushil Kumar, National Physics Laboratory of India. In the background more people can be seen sitting and standing.

International forum to strengthen the Indian photovoltaic industry through QI

The International Forum on Quality in the Indian Photovoltaic Sector was held in New Delhi from 28 February to 2 March 2023. The forum brought together policy makers, regulators, quality infrastructure representatives and national as well as international photovoltaic experts to discuss challenges and solutions in the field of quality infrastructure (metrology, standardization, accreditation and…

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German government delegation visits PTB’s partners in Nepal

From 2-5 November 2022, a delegation from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the German Bundestag visited Nepal. Parliamentary State Secretary Dr Bärbel Kofler was among the group that travelled to the Himalayas to discuss the continuation of bilateral cooperation between Germany and Nepal with government representatives. During their short stay, the…

Building with the lettering "7th India Water Week 2022".

PTB at India Water Week 2022

Conceptualized and organized for the first time in 2012, India Water Week is a regular forum at which the Ministry of Jal Shakti ­— formerly the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation — invites prominent stakeholders to attend awareness-raising seminars, exhibitions and strategic planning sessions on the conservation, preservation and optimum use…

Department of Accreditation, Cambodia gains international recognition with PTB support

The Department of Accreditation (DA), Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation of The Kingdom of Cambodia became a signatory to the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) in the field of the accreditation of testing laboratories to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025 on 5 July 2022. In consequence, DA…