Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • – PTB –
Agency overview
Formed1887 (1887)
Preceding agency
  • Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, Charlottenburg
TypeHigher federal institute
JurisdictionFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
HeadquartersBraunschweig
Employees1900
Agency executive
Websiteptb.de

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the national metrology institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, with scientific and technical service tasks. It is a higher federal authority and a public-law institution directly under federal government control, without legal capacity, under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

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