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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Today, the CSIR-NPL India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Physical Laboratory, celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation. The PTB sends its warmest congratulations and all the best for the future. Together with the CSIR-NPL, the PTB proudly looks back on a successful partnership over many years and has high expectations for…
Forty participants, six days and a wonderful surprise: On 29 July through 3 August, the 6th Regional Meeting with experts from Latin America and the Caribbean took place at PTB. Topics related to sustainability and cooperation were on the agenda as Working Group 9.33 started off the first expert dialogue since 2016. In a friendly…
2018 is a special year for metrology in Thailand. The Thai economy is celebrating the 20th anniversary since the National Institute of Metrology (Thailand) was founded. NIMT and PTB are taking this opportunity to look back on 20 years of close and faithful cooperation. NIMT’s development is rightly noted as a success story. Established during…
