| MALAYSIA RECEIVES AWARD FOR EXCELLENT ACHIVEMENTS IN LEGAL METROLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
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SHAH ALAM, 19 Oct 2018: Malaysia has been awarded with Countries and Economies with Emerging Metrology Systems (CEEMS) Award for Excellent Achievements in Legal Metrology in Developing Countries from International Committee of Legal Metrology (OIML). The OIML CEEMS Award (previously the "OIML Award for Excellent Achievements in Legal Metrology in Developing Countries") is a special award given to an individual, a national service or a regional legal metrology organisation that has contributed significantly to legal metrology objectives at national or regional levels. The award was presented to Malaysia at a ceremony in conjunction with the 53rd OIML Meeting from 9 to 12 October 2018, in Hamburg, Germany. The Malaysian delegation, attended the ceremony on the capacity of OIML Invited Guests and was led by the Secretary-General of Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Azhar Yahaya; Senior Director of National Metrology Institute of Malaysia (NMIM-SIRIM), Dr. Osman Zakaria, Chairman Executive of MCM, Tuan Haji Ibrahim Hamzah and General Manager of Industrial Research Management, SIRIM Industrial Research (Fraunhofer Programme), Pn. Rosmina Mustafa. Past winners of the prestigious award include Jordan, Thailand, Peru, Bolivia, France, Tanzania, Serbia, Korea, Saint Lucia and Kenya. The winner received a special OIML engraved trophy as well as an invitation to International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) meeting where the award was presented. The collective work of three parties namely the National Metrology Institute of Malaysia- SIRIM, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs and Metrology Corporation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. provides a unique model for a developing country like Malaysia by establishing effective trade measurements that focusses on national legal metrology system. The system which encompasses legislation, traceability, enforcement and verification of trade transactions, also extends to the regional level and has improved fair trade, consumer protection and fraud elimination in the palm oil and rubber industries. |
| Proficiency Testing (PT) is the determination of the calibration or testing performance of a laboratory by means of inter-laboratory comparison (ILC). Inter-laboratory comparisons in which an artefact is distributed to laboratories and the results are compared to reference values - to determine the performance of individual lab in the comparison. Measurement audits (MA) in which an artefact is distributed to one laboratory and the results are compared to reference values (one-off). Read more |
| With more than 50 internationally trained metrologists in various measurement fields, NMIM provides Metrology Education Programme (MEP) which includes the specific training courses as well as the consultancy services. The scope of NMIM’s MEP spans from Quality to Electrical, Mechanical, Temperature, Humidity, Density, Viscosity, Flow and Chemistry. NMIM also entertains sessions at requested dates, tailor made training packages as per customers’ requirements and in house training sessions. Read more |
| Calibration plays an important role to ensure the accuracy of a measurement and quality control. It is essential to guarantee quality of products is at best due to competitiveness of various sectors arises nowadays. In addition to that, the science of measurement is crucial in economic development, social well- being, safety and health as well as public welfare. NMIM functions as reference standard laboratory that provides traceability to the SI unit for mass (weight), length, time, resistance, voltage and density. Read More |
| The Mutual Recognition Arrangement of International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM MRA) is the supporting structure through the National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) in corroborate the international equivalence of their measurement standards and the calibration and measurement certificates issued by them. The technical basis of CIPM MRA is the set of results obtained for certain range of time through scientific key comparison carried out by the Consultative Committees (CCs) of the CIPM, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the Regional Metrology Organizations (RMOs). Read more |
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National Metrology Institute of Malaysia (NMIM) received Best Malaysian Innovative Product Award 2018 dan Good Innovation Mark in ITEX 2018. The innovation project titled MYRM Tint is from Electrical Group by Dr. Mohd Nizam Abdullah, Mr. Muhammad Zawawi Samsudin, Mr. Mohd Khairi Khalid and Dr. Mohd. Nasir Zainal Abidin. |
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