LABORATORY ACCREDITATION CAN MAKE REGIONAL TRADE EASIER

Jamaican Prime Minister, Mr Bruce Golding said the recent incident where Trinidad and Tobago authorities initially denied entry of Jamaican patties into their local market underscored the importance of laboratory accreditation for promoting efficient trade in CARICOM.

TTBS RETAINS ISO 9001:  2000 CERTIFICATION

At a ceremony held at TTBS Head Office on 27th July, 2009 to celebrate this achievement, Mr Deryck Omar, Executive Director, TTBS was formally presented with the Certificate by PJR's representatice, Mr Larry Belusz, Executvie Committee Chairman.

TTBS AND NWRHA FORM PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE

Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) and the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) agreed to work together to improve the quality of health services provided by this health institution.

TTBS CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION DAY

Trindad and Tobago Bureau of Standards joins with the rest of the international community in celebrating International Accreditation Day.

INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION DAY MESSAGE FROM CROSQ

ACCREDITATION - DELIVERING COMPETENCE, ENSURING TRUST

This year's theme for Accreditation Day is ‘competence' - a core principle of what accreditation delivers. Technical and operational competence, as it relates to an organisation's ability to provide the market with quality products and services, is determined by accreditation.

IN REMEMBERANCE OF DR MICHAEL LINES FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BUREAU OF STANDARDS (TTBS)

Dr Michael Lines, who served his adopted country with distinction, passed away on

May 8, 2009.

TTBS CERTIFIES CARIBBEAN PACKAGING INDUSTRIES (CPI) TO ISO 9001: 2000

Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) has recently certified Caribbean Packaging Industries (CPI) along with its subsidiaries Barbados Packaging Industries (BPI) and Jamaica Packaging Industries (JPI) respectively.

TTBS STAFF WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Mr Victor Ryan Biran, a Standards Officer with the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) won an illustrious award for placing 1st in an international competition.

TTBS REVIEW:  SMART GREEN BUILDINGS SAVE ENERGY AND REDUCE COST

Buildings have always been central to civilization.  Humanity's shift from nomadic

hunter-gatherer to farmer required among other things the building of permanent settlements.

TTBS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Dr Winston G Lewis, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of the West Indies, is a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) National Technical Committee on Health and Safety.

TTBS CELEBRATES WORLD METROLOGY DAY 2008

This year's theme:  Metolorgy in Sports

Metrology is defined briefly as the science of measurement.

TTBS celebrates World Metrology Day

The Metrology Act 18 of 2004 has mandated the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards to establish and develop modern Metrology within our twin island Republic. The Bureau, in our new role of National Metrology Institute joins with other celebrants in this interesting commemoration on the 20th of May, World Metrology Day.

Trinidad and Tobago: Going Metric Again?

The Metrology Act 18 of 2004 “gives effect” to the International System of Units (SI).  The SI is a modernised, scientifically based version of the Metric System.  It is this law that makes the Metric System legal in Trinidad and Tobago.

Those of us that have memories of the 1970’s will ask, “Haven’t we gone metric already?” .