National Physical Laboratory
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a world leading National Measurement Institute for the physical sciences committed to using the science of measurement to help drive innovation, support industry and improve the quality of life.
Working with business and industry, NPL’s Research and Development programmes focus on identifying and addressing customer needs, ensuring our expertise and knowledge is always relevant and easily applied by our partners.
With over 100 years’ of experience developing industrially relevant science and technology, NPL uses measurement to underpin confidence across government, business and society to help enhance economic performance and quality of life.
Reasons for being an Expo sponsor
NPL is playing a leading role, working with partners such as the LDA and the IfS, in developing measurement science and technology to support climate research and a low-carbon future.
The Shanghai Expo will give NPL the opportunity to gain further insight into global sustainability and low-carbon initiatives and to share our expertise and services with a wider audience. The Expo will help us shape our work programmes to deliver measurement science and technology that can be exploited globally, helping the UK to continue its leading role in the creation of a Low Carbon future.
NPL’s support of the Towards Sustainable Cities initiative at the Shanghai World Expo provides a unique opportunity to showcase the UK’s world-leading expertise in applying measurement science and technology to deliver a Low Carbon future - including our work supporting London a Low Carbon Capital