To the consumer, it means quality, reliability, safety and an assurance of the value of the goods they acquire.

To businesses, it means customer confidence. Having standards enables manufacturers and producers to distinguish their products from mediocre ones.

Consumers everywhere expect quality and some kind of reliability in their purchases. They need to be assured what they procure are safe and reliable. These expectations are no longer confined to one community, country or region.

But these expectations can only be satisfied when there is conformity, especially in measurements made during the manufacturing processes. To ensure this conformity, measuring equipment used in these processes must be calibrated.

Calibration forms the basis of a credible measurements infrastructure.

Today, metrology and calibration play a significant role in our daily lives. Technical sophistication, quality expectations and expanding international trade impose great demands for consistency in metrology at all levels.

With globalisation, international trade will be more competitive. Goods and products which traverse international borders must be universally accepted.

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